Three new works to (re) discover Bordeaux

Going in search of the medieval vestiges of the city of Bordeaux: this is the challenge offered by the “Medieval Bordeaux guide”. Nevertheless, by Annick Bellegarde, honorary heritage curator, who was notably responsible for the medieval collections of the Aquitaine Museum. For example, Over a hundred pages. For example, the book published in March suggests two routes of three or four hours of wandering at the heart of the old center. In addition, The first inside the first enclosure which represents the limits of Bordeaux in III^e At the beginning of the 13th^e century . Meanwhile, the second inside the second and third speakers, built in the 13th^e and 14^e centuries.

Richly illustrated with photos. Moreover, plans and engravings, “this guide does not pretend to exhaustively retrace the history of medieval Bordeaux and its monuments, but it shows that in being a little attentive, three new works (re) discover it is possible to see this past which has marked in an indelible marked the town planning of the contemporary city”, describes the author.

Annick Bellegarde, “Guide du Bordeaux medieval”, South West editions, published in March 2025, 112 pages, 12 euros.

2 “History of Bordeaux” – Three new works (re) discover

Historians Madeleine Lassère. Bernard Lachaise published, in the spring, a new updated edition of “Histoire de Bordeaux”. The book sums up more than twenty centuries of the history of the city. from the time of the Gauls to today. With temporal landmarks but also zooms, which allow the reader to peck right to left during his reading. Thus. there is a zoom on the Gallian palace, the only monument still visible in Burdigala and which would date from the beginning of II^e A century AD, we learn in particular that the amphitheater could accommodate “nearly 22,000 spectators who came to attend fights of wild beasts or three new works (re) discover gladiators”. Another on Aliénor’s marriage to the future Louis VII in the summer of 1137. on Montaigne, mayor of Bordeaux from 1581 to 1585; Or Ferdinand Maximilien Mériadeck de Rohan and his palace.

The book is embellished with a notebook of illustrations and maps and plans.

Madeleine Lassère and Bernard Lachaise, “Histoire de Bordeaux”, Sud Ouest editions, published in May 2025, 264 pages, € 19.90.

3 “Bordeaux. the guide”

Released in May, the last reissue of “Bordeaux, the guide” offers a complete panorama of the city, with historical information but also 250 addresses and good plans for visitors who want to know, where to walk or even to dine. In her guide, the journalist and author Carine Arbeux takes a precise and documented look at the Bordeaux districts. The pages offer a concise reading, the book is leafing through like a travel guide rich in information. He leads us from the quays three new works (re) discover of the Garonne to the Nansouty district. from Mériadeck to La Bastide, from Place Pey-Berland to Caudéran. He advises us to do the Chartrons market. to have an aperitif at sunset on one of the rooftops who dominate the lower basins, to discover the ruins of the old convent on rue Magendie … all richly illustrated.