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Bordeaux - Mérignac Airport (French: Aéroport de Bordeaux - Mérignac) is an airport serving the French city of Bordeaux. It is located in the town of Mérignac, 6 miles (10 km) west of Bordeaux, within the département of Gironde. Bordeaux Mérignac's origins begin in 1917, when a joint civilian/military air field was established there. The facility was a major hub for Air France, flying from Bordeaux to various destinations in Europe and North Africa. Military uses by the French Air Force was as a training center and also as a bomber base. During World War II the German Luftwaffe took control of the base and used it as a center for maritime reconnaissance. Focke-Wulf Fw-200 Condor aircraft flew from the base roaming the Atlantic Ocean looking for Allied shipping. The United States Army Air Force 8th Air Force and the Royal Air Force attacked the base in 1943. After the war Air France resumed commercial operations out of Mérignac and the reestablished French Air Force returned to use the facility. In 1951 Mérignac was turned over to NATO for use by the United States Air Force. Construction of a modern air base suitable for jet aircraft began on 1 August. Much evidence of the war remained with many warning signs still in German, scattered munitions around the facility; the perimeter was still mined; large quantities of practice bombs, and destroyed hangars and other buildings as a result of Allied air raids. On 1 October 1958, Bordeaux-Mérignac Air Base was closed to reduce USAFE expenses and manpower. All ongoing activities were moved to the NATO Chateauroux-Deols Air Base in central France. The U. S. Army operated a logistics facility at Mérignac for a few years, but ended their activities in 1961 and the entire facility was returned to French control.
Bordeaux (Gascon: Bordèu) is a port city on the Garonne River in southwest France, with one million inhabitants in its metropolitan area at a 2008 estimate. It is the capital of the Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture of the Gironde department. Its inhabitants are called Bordelais.
The Bordeaux-Arcachon-Libourne metropolitan area, with a population of over 600,000, is a large metropolitan area in France. The city is among the world's major wine industry centres. Bordeaux wine has been produced in the region since the 8th century.
Bordeaux is located close to the European Atlantic coast, in the southwest of France and in the north of the Aquitaine region. The city is built on a bend of the river Garonne, and is divided into two parts: the right bank to the East and left bank in the West. Historically, the left bank is more developed. In Bordeaux, the Garonne River is accessible to ocean liners. The left bank of the Garonne is a low-lying, often marshy plain.
Bordeaux is home to one of Europe's biggest 18th century architectural urban areas, making it a sought-after destination for tourists and cinema production crews. It stands out as one of the first French cities, after Nancy, to have entered an era of urbanism and metropolitan big scale projects, with the team Gabriel father and son, architects for King Louis XV, under the supervision of 2 intendants (Governors), first Mr. Dupre de Saint Maur then the Marquis (Marquess) de Tourny.
Buildings
Main sights include:
Esplanade des Quinconces
Colonnes des Girondins
Grand
Théâtre
Allées de Tourny
Cours de l'Intendance Bih
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Saint-André
Cathedral, consecrated by Pope Urban II in 1096. Of the Original Romanesque edifice
only a wall in the nave remain. The Royal Gate is from the early 13th century,
while the rest of the construction is mostly from the 14th-15th centuries.
Tour Pey Berland (1440-1450), a massive, quadrangular tower annexed to the cathedral.
Sainte-Croix Church (Church of the Holy Cross). It lies on the site of a 7th century
abbey destroyed by the Saracens. Rebuilt under the Carolingians, it was again
destroyed by the Normans in 845 and 864. It is annexed to a Benedictine abbey
founded in the 7th century, and was built in the late 11th-early 12th centuries.
The façade is in Romanesque style
The Gothic basilica of Saint-Michel,
constructed in the late 14th-15th centuries.
Basilica of Saint-Seurin, the
most ancient church in Bordeaux. It was built in the early 6th century on the
site of a palaeochristian necropolis. It has an 11th century portico, while the
apse and transept are from the following century. The 13th century nave has chapels
from the 11th and the 14th centuries. The ancient crypt houses sepulchres of the
Merovingian family.
Palais Rohan
Palais Gallien, the remains of a late
2nd century Roman amphitheatre
Porte Cailhau
La Grosse Cloche (15th century)
is the second remaining gate of the Medieval walls. It was the belfry of the old
Town Hall. It consists of two 40 m-high circular towers and a central bell tower
housing a bell weighing 7,800 kilograms. The watch is from 1759.
Eglise Saint-Eloi
Place de la Bourse (1730-1775), designed by the Royal architect Jacques Ange Gabriel
as landscape for an equestrian statue of Louis XV.
Place du Parlement
Place Saint-Pierre
Rue Sainte-Catherine
Saint-André Cathedral, Saint-Michel Basilica and Saint-Seurin Basilica are part of the World Heritage Sites of the Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France.
Girondins de Bordeaux
is the football team. It is part of the French football championship.
The
USB-CABBG (Union de Stade Bordelais - Club Athlétique Bordeaux-Bègles)
team is part of the of the Rugby Union Ligue Nationale de Rugby.
Bordeaux
is the home of one of the strongest cricket teams in France.
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