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From century III, Bordeaux, well-known like "the small Rome", was a
prosperous Gaul-Roman city. In century XX, the city continued with its
urban, Bordeaux extension was greater the metropolis of Southwestern
of France located in the heart of the greater fine wine vineyard of the
world. Been born in Bordeaux, François Mauriac lived the rest on its
deeply tie life to its bordolesas roots, that this way appeared in
most of their novels. The years of the postwar period were for him
those of their literary glory.
City with strong personality, Bordeaux
is considered like one of the most beautiful cities of Europe. Its
name evokes best wines and the beauty of its chateaux. The artistic
patrimony of Bordeaux is important, and is referred of special XVIII and XIX centuries form having being able to be observed in the seat of
Stock-market, the Parliament and the Comedy next to buildings, sources
and avenues that speak about a fertile period for the city.
City of art, culture and history, Bordeaux conserves an exceptional
architectonic patrimony of century XVIII, proposes 10 municipal
museums, emblem of the patrimony frances, among them the museum of
Aquitana, the museum of Beautiful Arts, the Museum of the Decorativas
Arts, and the Capc museum of Contemporary Art, the national museum and
several deprived museums, two of consecrated them to the wine, and
counts closely together on quality surroundings (Atlantic sand
beaches, forests of pines, some lakes, numerous traditional
cities...).
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