Bordeaux is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture of the Gironde department. Its inhabitants are called "Bordelais" (masculine) or "Bordelaises" (feminine). The term "Bordelais" may also refer to the city and its surrounding region.
Michel Eyquem, Sieur de Montaigne, also known as the Lord of Montaigne, was one of the most significant philosophers of the French Renaissance. He is known for popularizing the essay as a literary genre. His work is noted for its merging of casual anecdotes and autobiography with intellectual insight. Montaigne had a direct influence on numerous Western writers; his massive volume Essais contains some of the most influential essays ever written.
Pessac is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. It is a member of the metropolis of Bordeaux, being the second-largest suburb of Bordeaux and located just southwest of it. Pessac is also home to Bordeaux Montaigne University and the Institut d'études politiques de Bordeaux.
Bordeaux Segalen University was one of four universities in Bordeaux and five in Aquitaine. In 2014, it merged with Bordeaux 1 and Bordeaux 4 to form University of Bordeaux.
The Place des Quinconces, located in Bordeaux, France, is among the largest city squares in Europe.
The University of Bordeaux 1 was one of the four universities in the Academy of Bordeaux, together with the Bordeaux Segalen University, Michel de Montaigne University and Montesquieu University, and one of five in Aquitaine. On 1 January 2014, it merged with Bordeaux 2 and Bordeaux 4 to form the University of Bordeaux. It currently operates as the Talence campus of the merged University of Bordeaux.
Bordeaux Montaigne University is a public university in Pessac, France, approximately 8 kilometres southwest of the city centre of Bordeaux.
French university associations known as "pôles de recherche et d'enseignement supérieur" were a form of higher-level organization for universities and other institutions established by French law in effect from 2007 to 2013. The 2013 Law on Higher Education and Research (France) discontinued the PRES; these have been largely replaced by the new Communities of Universities and Institutions. The list below indicates the status of those institutions designated as PRES or related associations before the 2013 law took effect. See the list of public universities in France for the current status of these institutions.
Peixotto tram stop is located on line of the Bordeaux tramway network.
Gambetta tram stop is located on line of the tramway de Bordeaux.
Musée d'Aquitaine tram stop is located on line of the tramway de Bordeaux.
Victoire tram stop is located on line of the tramway de Bordeaux.
Béthanie tram stop is located on line of the tramway de Bordeaux.
Arts et Métiers tram stop is located on line of the tramway de Bordeaux.
François Bordes tram stop is located on line of the tramway de Bordeaux.
Doyen Brus tram stop is located on ligne of the tramway de Bordeaux, France.
UNITEC tram stop is located on line of the tramway de Bordeaux.
Camponac Médiathèque tram stop is located in Pessac on line of the tramway de Bordeaux. It was opened on 29 May 2007 during the extension line B from Pessac Bougnard to Pessac Centre.
The Museum of Aquitaine is a collection of objects and documents from the history of Bordeaux and Aquitaine.
Bordeaux municipal library is the central library of Bordeaux, situated in the Mériadeck neighbourhood and linked to nine smaller libraries. It has noteworthy collections and rare documents which earn it a French government designation of classée (‘listed’), meaning it is a library of national significance.
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