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.