France

Museum holding a collection of objects and documents from the history of Bordeaux and Aquitaine.

Fine-art museum housed in a dependency of the Palais Rohan in central Bordeaux, with its collections including paintings, sculptures, and drawings from the 15th century to the 20th century.

14th-century seat of the Avignon Papacy, where seven popes governed the Catholic Church and centralized papal administration outside Rome for nearly seventy years.

Wrought-iron tower built to commemorate the French Revolution, also the most popular ticketed monument in the world.

Basilica notable for its separate Gothic bell tower and for serving as a major pilgrimage stop on the Camino de Santiago, reflecting the city’s medieval religious and civic life.

Museum located in a former 18th-century Bordeaux aristocratic mansion, which presents today a collection of Decorative arts and furniture, as well as showcases of modern design.

Citadel acting as a key example of France’s star-fort military engineering and served as the strategic stronghold that anchored Louis XIV’s control over the newly annexed city.