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Bordeaux and 27 suburban municipalities form the Bordeaux Metropolis, an indirectly elected metropolitan authority now in charge of wider metropolitan issues. The Bordeaux Metropolis, with a population of 819,604 at the January 2020 census, [9] is the fifth most populated metropolitan council in France after those of Paris, Marseille, Lyon and ...
Ecclesiastical province of Bordeaux Former cathedral of St. John the Baptist at Bazas.. The Archdiocese of Bordeaux (–Bazas) (Latin: Archidioecesis Burdigalensis (–Bazensis); French: Archidiocèse de Bordeaux (–Bazas); Occitan: Archidiocèsi de Bordèu (–Vasats)) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France.
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During the Pax Romana, traveling became safer. This led to an increase in trade. In addition to Narbonne, two other important cities, Toulouse and Bordeaux, were situated along the Via Aquitania. The Via Aquitania was the main trade route which connected the Atlantic seaways to Toulouse and Narbonne. [6]
1970 - Bordeaux Segalen University established. [28] 1980 - Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine active. [29] 1988 - Bordeaux International School established. 1992 - Socialist Party national congress held in Bordeaux. 1995 - Alain Juppé becomes mayor. [15] 1998 - Some 1998 FIFA World Cup football games held in Bordeaux.
Wall fragment with fresco of a Gallo-Roman man, from Evreux, 250–275 AD Gallo-Roman figures found in Ingelheim am Rhein. Gallo-Roman culture was a consequence of the Romanization of Gauls under the rule of the Roman Empire.
Bordeaux Cathedral, officially known as the Primatial Cathedral of St Andrew of Bordeaux (French: Cathédrale-Primatiale Saint-André de Bordeaux), is a Catholic church dedicated to Saint Andrew and located in Bordeaux, France. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Bordeaux.
Bordeaux used to have a significant production of white wines, with Entre-deux-Mers, a primarily white wine area. Unlike the style of dry white Bordeaux favoured today, with almost 100% Sauvignon Blanc and a heavy influence of new oak, the traditional Entre-deux-Mers whites had a high proportion of Semillion and were made in either old oak ...