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The museum is housed in the Entrepôt Lainé, a former warehouse for colonial goods (sugar, coffee, cocoa, cotton, spices and oils) which were then re-exported to northern Europe by Bordeaux merchants. [1] The warehouse was built in 1824 by the architect Claude Deschamps, known for the construction of the Pont de pierre of Bordeaux. It is built ...
Bordeaux-Saint-Jean (Occitan: Bordèu Sent Joan) or formerly Bordeaux-Midi is the main railway station in the French city of Bordeaux.It is the southern terminus of the Paris–Bordeaux railway, and the western terminus of the Chemins de fer du Midi main line from Toulouse.
The road begins at the Porte de Saint Cloud, southwest of central Paris, as the Avenue du Général Leclerc. It passes the suburb of Boulogne-Billancourt. The road crosses the river Seine. Through traffic then takes the RN 118 dual carriageway. The old RN 10 is now renamed the RD 910 and called Grande Rue through the suburb of Sèvres.
It cuts the center following a north-south axis linking the Place de la Comédie where the Grand Theatre stands to the Place de la Victoire. The Rue Sainte-Catherine and neighborhoods located to the west are commercial areas. The street became pedestrian for most of its length between 1976 and 1977 and then in full in 1984.
Paris mayor Bertrand Delanoë made a renovation of the Place de la République one of his campaign promises in the 2008 campaign for re-election. [6] The project involved the transformation of the square from a "glorified roundabout" into a pedestrian zone, with 70% of the square's 3.4 hectares and surroundings roads being reserved for pedestrians. [6]
Pessac (French pronunciation: ⓘ; Occitan: Peçac) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.It is a member of the metropolis of Bordeaux, being the second-largest suburb of Bordeaux and located just southwest of it.
The Bordeaux International Festival of Women in Cinema (Festival international du cinéma au féminin de Bordeaux) took place in Bordeaux from 2002 [60] until 2005. [61] [62] The Festival international du film indépendant de Bordeaux (Fifib or FIFIB), [63] or Bordeaux International Independent Film Festival, [64] [65] was established in 2012. [63]
Palais de Justice, the old building (Place de la République) and the new one (modern architecture; designed by Richard Rogers) Château du Hâ; École nationale de la magistrature, National School for Judges; Hôpital Saint-André (CHU de Bordeaux), Bordeaux University Hospital