Reference : FR094
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Size : 10 x 15 cm
"BORDEAUX (Gironde) :
La Tour Pey Berland au crépuscule"
Location of BORDEAUX in FRANCE
Bordeaux is a port city on the Garonne River in southwest France, with one million inhabitants in its metropolitan area at a 2008 estimate. It is the capital of the Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture of the Gironde department.
The Bordeaux-Arcachon-Libourne metropolitan area, has a population of 1 010 000 and constitutes one of the largest urban areas of France. The city is among the world's major wine industry centres. Bordeaux wine has been produced in the region since the eighth century. The historic part of the city is on the UNESCO World Heritage List as "an outstanding urban and architectural ensemble" of the 18th century.
La Tour Pey Berland
The tower Pey-Berland, from the name of the archbishop Pey Berland, is a tower located in Bordeaux on the Place Pey-Berland close to the Cathedral of St. Andrew. It is classified as historical monument in 1862. Its construction lasted from 1440 to 1500 at the initiative of the Archbishop of the same name. Crowned with a steeple, it has always remained isolated from the rest of the Cathedral. Beautifully sculpted, it was sold during the Revolution and turned into a factory of lead shot. The arrow, truncated by a storm with winds up to hurricane strength in eighteenth century, is now topped by the gilded statue of the Virgin and Child known as Our Lady of Aquitaine (directed by John Alexander Chertier and installed in 1863), and houses a famous bell of more than 11 tons. The statue of the Virgin at the top faces the Medoc region which was originally Pey Berland. The isolated position of the "belfry" is nothing very surprising in the Gironde, where the examples are legion. However, we must remember that the tower was formerly connected to the cathedral by the houses of the canons, according to a custom prevailing in the entire western France. You must climb two hundred and thirty two (232) steps into a narrow spiral staircase to reach the terrace atop the tower in the shape of a gallery around the arrow. It is located approximately fifty feet above the ground. The base of the statue is 60 meters and its height is 6 meters.
The tower Pey-Berland, from the name of the archbishop Pey Berland, is a tower located in Bordeaux on the Place Pey-Berland close to the Cathedral of St. Andrew. It is classified as historical monument in 1862. Its construction lasted from 1440 to 1500 at the initiative of the Archbishop of the same name. Crowned with a steeple, it has always remained isolated from the rest of the Cathedral. Beautifully sculpted, it was sold during the Revolution and turned into a factory of lead shot. The arrow, truncated by a storm with winds up to hurricane strength in eighteenth century, is now topped by the gilded statue of the Virgin and Child known as Our Lady of Aquitaine (directed by John Alexander Chertier and installed in 1863), and houses a famous bell of more than 11 tons. The statue of the Virgin at the top faces the Medoc region which was originally Pey Berland. The isolated position of the "belfry" is nothing very surprising in the Gironde, where the examples are legion. However, we must remember that the tower was formerly connected to the cathedral by the houses of the canons, according to a custom prevailing in the entire western France. You must climb two hundred and thirty two (232) steps into a narrow spiral staircase to reach the terrace atop the tower in the shape of a gallery around the arrow. It is located approximately fifty feet above the ground. The base of the statue is 60 meters and its height is 6 meters.
UNESCO w.h.s. :
Bordeaux, Port of the Moon
Date of inscription : 2007
The Port of the Moon, port city of Bordeaux in south-west France, is inscribed as an inhabited historic city, an outstanding urban and architectural ensemble, created in the age of the Enlightenment, whose values continued up to the first half of the 20th century, with more protected buildings than any other French city except Paris. It is also recognized for its historic role as a place of exchange of cultural values over more than 2,000 years, particularly since the 12th century due to commercial links with Britain and the Low Lands. Urban plans and architectural ensembles of the early 18th century onwards place the city as an outstanding example of innovative classical and neoclassical trends and give it an exceptional urban and architectural unity and coherence. Its urban form represents the success of philosophers who wanted to make towns into melting pots of humanism, universality and culture.
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