22 Sights in Bordeaux, France (with Map and Images)

The monument to the Girondins, located in Bordeaux on the Place des Quinconces, was erected between 1894 and 1901 in memory of the Girondin deputies who were victims of the Terror. The people of Bordeaux commonly refer to it as the "Girondins' Column" or "Girondin Monument".

Wikipedia: Monument aux Girondins (FR)

The Grand-Théâtre de Bordeaux, commissioned by Marshal de Richelieu, Governor of Guyenne, and built by architect Victor Louis, was inaugurated on 7 April 1780 with the representation of the Athalie by Jean Racine.

Wikipedia: Grand Théâtre (Bordeaux) (FR)

The Entrepôt Lainé, formerly a real warehouse for colonial goods, is a former warehouse located in Bordeaux. Built in 1824 by the architect Claude Deschamps, it was originally intended for the bonded storage of goods from colonial plantations, before they were shipped across Europe. Until the final abolition of slavery in 1848, these commodities were largely the result of slave labour. The building now houses the CAPC Musée d'art contemporain de Bordeaux and Arc en rêve / architecture centre.

Wikipedia: Entrepôt Lainé (FR), Website

The Jean-Moulin National Centre is a Bordeaux museum and documentation centre dedicated to the history of the Second World War and in particular to that of the French Resistance, deportation and the Free French Forces. It was created in 1967 on the initiative of Jacques Chaban-Delmas. Since April 2006, it has been attached to the Musée d'Aquitaine and publishes reference works on the period of the Second World War.

Wikipedia: Centre national Jean-Moulin de Bordeaux (FR)

The Pont Jacques Chaban-Delmas is a vertical-lift bridge over the Garonne in Bordeaux, France. It was inaugurated on 16 March 2013 by President François Hollande and Alain Juppé, mayor of Bordeaux. Its main span is 110 m (361 ft) long. As of 2013, it is the longest vertical-lift bridge in Europe. It is named in honour of Jacques Chaban-Delmas, a former Prime Minister of France and a former mayor of Bordeaux.

Wikipedia: Pont Jacques Chaban-Delmas (EN)

Bordeaux-Saint-Jean 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 station is the main railway interchange in Aquitaine and links Bordeaux to Paris, Sète, Toulouse Matabiau and Spain.

Wikipedia: Bordeaux-Saint-Jean station (EN)

Bordeaux-Ségur station was the first railway station in the commune of Bordeaux (Gironde). Opened in 1841 at the eastern end of the line from Bordeaux to La Teste, conceded in 1837 to the Compagnie du chemin de fer de Bordeaux à La Teste, it was closed in 1855 following the creation of a connection between this line and the new Bordeaux-Saint-Jean station.

Wikipedia: Gare de Bordeaux-Ségur (FR)

Cap Sciences is a Centre for Scientific, Technical and Industrial Culture (CCSTI) located in Bordeaux, on the banks of the Garonne, at the foot of the Jacques-Chaban-Delmas Bridge. It is an exhibition centre open to the public to discover and understand scientific phenomena, technological principles, industrial applications and know-how.

Wikipedia: Cap Sciences (FR), Website

The Château Labottière, also known as the Hôtel Labottière, or Maison Tivoli, is an eighteenth-century mansion located in Bordeaux, at 29 rue Labottière. It was built in 1773 for the brothers Jacques and Antoine Labottière, by the architects Laclotte. It is now home to the Bernard Magrez Cultural Institute.

Wikipedia: Château Labottière (FR)

The cantonal house of La Bastide, located in the district of La Bastide in Bordeaux, now houses the annex town hall of the district. Built between 1924 and 1926; It is the work of the architect Cyprien Alfred-Duprat, the sculptor Edmond Tuffet and the ceramics company Gentil & Bourdet of Boulogne-Billancourt.

Wikipedia: Maison cantonale de La Bastide (FR)

The Church of Saint-Éloi is a historic church in Bordeaux, Gironde, located against the Porte de la Grosse Cloche. It was the church of the Jurade in Bordeaux. It was erected as a personal parish by the Archbishop of Bordeaux in 2007 and entrusted to the Institute of the Good Shepherd.

Wikipedia: Église Saint-Éloi de Bordeaux (FR)

The Bordeaux Navy Food Store is a group of neoclassical buildings originally built for the Royal Navy at the end of the 18th century. Located in Bordeaux, in the Bassins à flot district, it is being rehabilitated and converted into a cultural venue, Les vivres de l'Art, and a law firm.

Wikipedia: Magasin des vivres de la Marine (FR)

The city of Bordeaux has many mansions, large and luxurious townhouses, usually built on several floors, and designed to be occupied by a single family. Witnesses to the wealth of the city and its port, especially in the eighteenth century, many of them are now historical monuments.

Wikipedia: Hôtels particuliers de Bordeaux (FR)

The Port de la Lune is the name given to the harbour of Bordeaux, dating to the Middle Ages, because of the shape of the river crossing the city. It is represented by a crescent on the coat of arms of Bordeaux, and by three interlaced crescents in the logotype of the municipality.

Wikipedia: Port de la Lune (EN), Heritage Website

The Frugès Hotel, formerly Maison Daverne, is a mansion acquired by Henry Baronnet-Frugès in 1912, located in the Saint-Seurin district of Bordeaux. Quickly, the new owner undertakes rehabilitation of the house to make it a house "out of the tradition of Bordeaux good taste".

Wikipedia: Maison Frugès (FR)

The Galerie Bordelaise is a shopping mall located in Bordeaux. It is, along with the Sarget passage, one of the two covered passages in the city. Very fashionable during the first half of the nineteenth century, this provincial gallery rivals in elegance the Parisian passages.

Wikipedia: Galerie Bordelaise (FR)

BETASOM was a submarine base established at Bordeaux, France by the Regia Marina Italiana during World War II. From this base, Italian submarines participated in the Battle of the Atlantic from 1940 to 1943 as part of the Axis anti-shipping campaign against the Allies.

Wikipedia: BETASOM (EN), Website

The Benauge fire station is located at 1, rue de la Benauge, in the Bastide district of Bordeaux. In 2008, the building was awarded the "Heritage of the Twentieth Century" label. The barracks are now listed as historical monuments by decree of 22 September 2014.

Wikipedia: Caserne des pompiers de la Benauge (FR), Website

The Hôtel des Archives départementales de la Gironde is a building belonging to the Conseil départemental de la Gironde, located in Bordeaux, France. It has been listed in the Supplementary Inventory of Historic Monuments since 1998.

Wikipedia: Hôtel des archives départementales de la Gironde (FR)

The former Saint-Jean de Bordeaux postal sorting centre is located on rue Charles-Domercq, in the Saint-Jean district near the Saint-Jean train station. In 2008, the building was awarded the "Heritage of the Twentieth Century" label

Wikipedia: Ancien centre de tri Saint-Jean (FR)

Bordeaux Cathedral, officially known as the Primatial Cathedral of St Andrew of Bordeaux, is a Catholic church dedicated to Saint Andrew and located in Bordeaux, France. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Bordeaux.

Wikipedia: Bordeaux Cathedral (EN)

The two semi-detached houses known as Dutch houses, located at 28 and 29 quai des Chartrons in Bordeaux, were built around 1680 by the bourgeois and merchant Hilaire Renu, who was not of Dutch origin.

Wikipedia: Maison hollandaise (FR)