France - Bordeaux, Port of the Moon
The Port of the Moon, port city of Bordeaux in south-west France, is
inscribed as an inhabited historic city, an outstanding urban and
architectural ensemble, created in the age of the Enlightenment, whose
values continued up to the first half of the 20th century, with more
protected buildings than any other French city except Paris. It is also
recognized for its historic role as a place of exchange of cultural
values over more than 2,000 years, particularly since the 12th century
due to commercial links with Britain and the Low Lands. Urban plans and
architectural ensembles of the early 18th century onwards place the city
as an outstanding example of innovative classical and neoclassical
trends and give it an exceptional urban and architectural unity and
coherence. Its urban form represents the success of philosophers who
wanted to make towns into melting pots of humanism, universality and
culture.
From Óscar (dannyozzy) from Postcrossing
