France : Bordeaux

félixlechat · #1 Posted **Oct 14, 2012, 4:29 PM**

- fake car accident in a parking lot :

félixlechat · #2 Posted **Oct 14, 2012, 4:30 PM**

Place de la Bourse :

félixlechat · #3 Posted **Oct 14, 2012, 4:31 PM**

- Mériadeck district :

Business, commercial, and sports centre & home to many local government agencies.

félixlechat · #4 Posted **Oct 14, 2012, 4:32 PM**

- Pont de pierre :
A bridge built by Napoléon and designed by engineer Claude Deschamps

Another replica is the Bordeaux Statue of Liberty. This 2.5 m (8.2 ft) statue is in the city of Bordeaux in Southwest France. The first Bordeaux statue was seized and melted down by the Nazis in World War II. The statue was replaced in 2000 and a plaque was added to commemorate the victims of the September 11 2001 attacks.

félixlechat · #5 Posted **Oct 14, 2012, 4:33 PM**

félixlechat · #6 Posted **Oct 14, 2012, 4:34 PM**

Girondins monument and fountain :
One of the highlights of Bordeaux. (Girondins: the people that live in the Gironde area, the Bordeaux department.)

félixlechat · #7 Posted **Oct 14, 2012, 4:37 PM**

La porte Cailhau (the Cailhau gate / entrance) built in the late fifteenth century, was part of the ramparts.
It acted as a triumphal arch and defensive gate.

félixlechat · #8 Posted **Oct 15, 2012, 5:33 AM**

the Bordeaux solar plant is the largest in an urban setting in France.

félixlechat · #9 Posted **Oct 15, 2012, 5:38 AM**

- Mériadeck district :

félixlechat · #10 Posted **Oct 15, 2012, 10:45 PM**

Gustave Eiffel’s bridge :
Built in 1858, this bridge was Gustave Eiffel’s first construction project.

félixlechat · #11 Posted **Oct 15, 2012, 10:48 PM**

- random street art :

diskojoe · #12 Posted **Oct 16, 2012, 12:27 AM**

Nice work.

mrnyc · #13 Posted **Oct 16, 2012, 6:46 PM**

fun thread and nice work -- the car is hilarious, it makes everyone do double-takes!

félixlechat · #14 Posted **Oct 17, 2012, 12:13 PM**

- World War II - Kriegsmarine's uboot base :

félixlechat · #15 Posted **Oct 17, 2012, 12:20 PM**

- Court of Justice & French National School for the Judiciary :

félixlechat · #16 Posted **Oct 17, 2012, 12:28 PM**

- Mériadeck district again :

félixlechat · #17 Posted **Oct 17, 2012, 12:31 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by diskojoe

Nice work.

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrnyc

fun thread and nice work

Thanks

Danny · #18 Posted **Oct 17, 2012, 12:49 PM**

Beautiful collection of shots from Bordeaux! Thanks for sharing.

High quality photography, very artistic. I like it. The car inside, and about to fall, of that building is amazing.

Congrats and greetings from Madrid, Spain!

félixlechat · #19 Posted **Oct 17, 2012, 12:56 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Danny

Beautiful collection of shots from Bordeaux!

Gracias

félixlechat · #20 Posted **Oct 17, 2012, 1:01 PM**