Largest square in Europe with a surface area of 12 hectares. There we find the Girondins fountain, a monument erected between 1895/1901 in memory of the Girondins deputies, victims of the Terror, “Liberty breaking its chains” triumphs at the top of the 43m column. Place des Quinconces hosts important events in the city of Bordeaux but is also a meeting point between tram lines B,C,D.
Esplanade des Quinconces – Bordeaux – France
Place Pey Berland is all the more essential as it has the particularity of hosting three important places: the Palais Rohan dating from the end of the 18th century, seat of the Bordeaux Town Hall, the Saint André cathedral built from the 12th to the 16th century. , thus the Pey Berland tower completed in the 16th Century.
Place Pey Berland – Bordeaux – France
One of the most beautiful squares in Bordeaux. You can see the facade of the Grand Théâtre surmounted by 12 statues by Berruer representing the 9 muses and 3 goddesses. Place de la Comédie is also a place of convergence that blends with the Allées de Tourny, a stone’s throw from Place des Quinconces, Cours de l’Intendance or Rue Sainte Catherine.
Place de la Comédie – Bordeaux – France
It has become one of the essential places to visit Bordeaux. Located facing the Garonne, its renovated and superbly lit facades are all the more beautiful to admire when they are reflected in the neighboring mirror of water. In its center the square has hosted the fountain of the three Graces since 1869.
It is also on the Place de la Bourse that the premises of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry are located. Place de la Bourse also has its tram station (line C from Bègles Terres nouvelles to Bordeaux lac).
Place de la Bourse – Bordeaux – France
We no longer hear the roar of the wild beasts, nor the glorious cries of the gladiators. But the ruins of this amphitheater still speak of Burdigala (the name of Bordeaux in Roman times) from the time when the city was flourishing.
A monumental door still stands and some arches and wall departures are included in the gardens, the surrounding houses and even in the cellars!
On its wooden stands, which no longer exist, 20,000 spectators (double the population at the time) could attend the games.
In the 17th century, the Palais Gallien served as a refuge for gangsters and public girls… rumor made it the meeting place of witches before a mayor of the Revolution transformed it into a public quarry.
These Roman remains are located 550m from the Churchill Hotel.
Palais Gallien – Bordeaux – France
