Hotel La Pelouse

Monuments of Bordeaux...

by Klod5

Les villes sont bavardes ; nous ne parlons pas ici des bruits de notre civilisation contemporaine, mais de ce discours en apparence figé dans la pierre des façades ou le bronze des statues. Il en résulte que la ville qui donna son nom au vin porte partout les signes de son activité liée à la viticulture et au négoce.

Au XVIIIe siècle l’action des intendants Boucher et Tourny fut décisive. Ils dégagèrent le quartier en faisant tomber la muraille médiévale, aménagèrent la place de la Bourse et la rue Royale (rue Fernand Philipart) percèrent la place du Marché Royal (place du Parlement), ce qui nous vaut un quartier de maisons Louis XV, décorées de mascarons, de moulures, de balcons de pierre, de fers forgés, du meilleur goût français.

Les monuments publics rendent également hommage à cette activité essentielle à la ville, qu'il s'agisse du Monument à la mémoire des Girondins, de la fontaine Art Nouveau de la place Amédée Larrieu, des monuments à Gaston Lafargue, écrivain régionaliste, ou à Alexis Millardet, scientifique "sauveur du vignoble", au jardin public
The cities are talkative; we don't speak here of noises of our contemporary civilization, but of this speech in appearance frozen in the stone of the facades or the bronze of the statuaries. He/it results some that the city that gave his/her/its name to wine carries the signs of his/her/its activity bound to the viticulture and the commerce everywhere.

In the XVIIIth century the action of the intendants Boucher and Tourny was decisive. They cleared the district while making fall the medieval defensive wall, arranged the place of the Stock market and the Royal street (street Fernand Philipart) pierced the place of the Royal Market (place of the Parliament), what is worth us a district of houses Louis XV, decorated of mascarons, of mouldings, of balconies of stone, of forged irons, of the best French taste,.

The public monuments also do homage to this essential to the city activity, that it was about the Monument to the memory of the Girondins, of the fountain art nouveau of the place Amédée Larrieu, of the monuments in Gaston Lafargue, regional writer, or in Alexis Millardet, scientific "savior of the vineyard ", to the public garden.

Fresh food on wooden plates

by aaaarrgh about Nomade Zone

So you don't want to sit for two hours eating a full meal? Understandable, but not very French ;o) Though for a peckish nomad like me, Nomade Zone was perfect. And had a cool name! It had a steady trade of young people while I was there, the food was quickly prepared by chatty, friendly staff. There were a long list of toasted bruschettas available with a variety of fillings for between 6 and 8 euros. And a small choice of (mainly ice cream) deserts.

What was unusual was the way the bruschettas were served - on wooden plates like chopping boards.

All in all an excellent experience. And Nomade Zone is on a street corner with big glass windows, great for watching the world go by.

Open midday to late evening.

Cathedral St.-Andre: Examine the Nave

by hquittner

The interior of the church is remarkable for the fact that it is a single aisled nave. There are only six such large Gothic structures in Europe and three more of them are not far from here in Southern France! It was started on Romanesque remnants. The vaulting was modified in the 13 & 15 C to prevent collapse using diagonal struts and dependent keystones in the first three bays and the irregularly placed buttresses outside. The nave is only two levels and is somewhat low. The west end does not have a door but the beautiful Renaissance organ loft covers a set of delicate bas-reliefs on the end wall, from a 1531 choir screen that was demolished. They show Christ in Limbo meeting with pagan celebrities and then His Ascension on an Eagle,

The Law Courts

by ceswho

Dominated by the Statues of Malesherbes, Aguesseau, Montesquieu and I'Hospital, the Neo-Grecian peristyle of the Law of Courts that were designed by the Architect Thiac has stood on the Place se la Republique since 1846, opposite of St. Andrew's Hospital built 17 years earlier to designs by Jean Burguet.

Capital of Bordeaux Wine

by hartti

"The Cathedral"

The town has got it's name because of Bordeaux wine... or which way it was?! The sun had just set when I arrived to the town.

"The Angel"

The town has it's own angel standing on very high pole. The only problem is that there are no parking places for short stop in the center. You have to drive many times around the central park before you'll find a free place.