Bordeaux until the completion of the railway bridge Passerelle Eiffel [fr] in 1860 and the only road bridge until the construction of pont Saint-Jean...
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Place Saint-Pierre Pont de pierre (1822) Bordeaux Cathedral (Saint André), consecrated by Pope Urban II in 1096 and dedicated to the Apostle Saint Andrew...
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Bordeaux Cathedral, officially known as the Primatial Cathedral of St Andrew of Bordeaux (French: Cathédrale-Primatiale Saint-André de Bordeaux), is a...
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Los Angeles, USA. 1965 - Pont Saint-Jean (Bordeaux) [fr] (bridge) opens. 1967 - Pont d'Aquitaine (bridge) built. 1968 Bordeaux Métropole established. Population:...
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Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat: church Saint-Léonard Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert: former abbey de Gellone Aniane/Saint-Jean-de-Fos: Pont du Diable Saint-Gilles-du-Gard: former...
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to Saint-Jean. The station was situated near the Pont de Pierre and was subsequently converted into a cinema and restaurants. Gare de Bordeaux Saint-Jean...
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The Bordeaux tramway network (French: Tramway de Bordeaux) consists of four lines serving the city of Bordeaux in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France...
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The Basilica of St Michael (Basilique Saint-Michel, in French), is a Flamboyant Gothic church in Bordeaux, France. In 1998, UNESCO designated the Routes...
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The Pont du Gard is an ancient Roman aqueduct bridge built in the first century AD to carry water over 50 km (31 mi) to the Roman colony of Nemausus (Nîmes)...
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The Basilica of Saint Severinus (French: Basilique Saint-Seurin de Bordeaux) is a church built in Bordeaux at the dawn of the 11th century. In 1998, UNESCO...
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The University of Bordeaux (French: Université de Bordeaux) is a public university based in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. It has several campuses...
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Cenon, entering its terminus Bordeaux-Saint-Jean station after a total length of 584 km. The main stations on the Paris–Bordeaux railway are: Gare d'Austerlitz...
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opened in several stages between 1841 and 1864. The Bordeaux–Irun railway leaves the Bordeaux-Saint-Jean station in southwestern direction. The first approximately...
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The Pont du Diable on the river Hérault is one of many bridges in France with this name (it means Devil's bridge). It is located over a steep-sided gorge...
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Ponts ParisTech (originally called École nationale des ponts et chaussées; lit. 'National School of Bridges and Roads'; or ENPC, also nicknamed Ponts)...
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around Libourne), in a region of wine hills, Saint-Émilion is a medieval city located at the crossroads of Bordeaux, Saintonge and Périgord. The town and surrounding...
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may also be included. Notable touristic landmarks include the Roman-era Pont du Gard and the Arena of Nîmes; the Verdon Gorge, in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence;...
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The Dogue de Bordeaux, also known as the Bordeaux Mastiff, French Mastiff or Bordeauxdog, is a large French mastiff breed. A typical brachycephalic mastiff...
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21 (Bordeaux-Centre) Areas served: City Centre, St Jean Railway Station, A631 spur to docks and City Centre. Road becomes the RN230 over the Pont François...
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2019. (in French) André Baudrit, Saintes au XVIth siècle, (Thèse de Doctorat, Bordeaux 1957), 745 pages. (in French) Jean Combes, Gilles Bernard, Histoire...
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Les plus beaux ponts de France. p. 98. ISBN 978-2-86253-275-2. Petit, D. (1954). Saint-André-de-Cubzac et Cubzac-les-Ponts. Éditions Jean-Lacoste. Prade...
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Battle of Toulouse (1814) (section Bordeaux)
retreated north behind the river Adour to Saint-Sever. Soult was on the horns of a dilemma. He could defend Bordeaux to the north-west or Toulouse to the east...
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Dieppe Bordeaux-Saint-Jean – Agen Bordeaux-Saint-Jean – Langon Bordeaux-Saint-Jean – Hendaye Bordeaux-Saint-Jean – Pointe de Grave Bordeaux-Saint-Jean – Pau...
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journalist. The son of a lawyer at the parliament of Bordeaux, an intendant of the marquis de Saint-Alvère at Montpezat-de-Quercy (modern Tarn-et-Garonne)...
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v Bordeaux Auxerre v Bordeaux Bordeaux v Lens Nice v Bordeaux Bordeaux v Martigues Bordeaux v Paris Saint-Germain Lille v Bordeaux Source: US Pont-de-Roide...
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and Vendôme) Chartres–Bordeaux (via Saumur, Niort and Saintes, partly abandoned) Châteaubriant–Rennes Évreux–Quetteville (via Pont-Audemer, freight only...
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Louis Malus, plaster - Museum of the École polytechnique The Pont Saint-Jean (Bordeaux) (1965), bronze. Other version in silver plated bronze. French...
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Lycée Saint-Félix, Nantes Lycée Saint-Gabriel, Saint-Laurent-sur-Sèvre Lycée Saint-Genès, Bordeaux Lycée Saint-Jacques, Hazebrouck Lycée Saint-Jean, Douai...
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the Pont Neuf, by François-Frédéric Lemot (1818) replacing destroyed predecessor of 1614 Louis XIII on Place des Vosges, by Charles Dupaty and Jean-Pierre...
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Loire: Pont de l'Europe, Pont du Maréchal Joffre (also called Pont Neuf), Pont George-V (also called Pont Royal, carrying the commune tramway), Pont René-Thinat...
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