Victory Square
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Two urban area of ​​Bordeaux - Victory and Comedy - connects a lively pedestrian street of St. Catherine, which used to be a shopping street, and today there are trade stalls, shops and boutiques. Its length - 1,300 meters, it is one of the longest shopping streets in Europe.

One end abuts a street in the Grand Theatre - the best-known landmark Place de la Comedie. This neoclassical building was built in the second half of the XVIII century by the architect Victor Louis and restored at the end of XX-th.

If you walk down the street of St. Catherine in the direction of Victory Square, it will lead to the goal of Aquitaine. Also in this area you can see the obelisk celebrating wine, as well as the building of the City University. Due to the presence of the institution, the area became a place of rest and meeting local youth. In addition, at Victory Square regularly hosts concerts and other cultural events.

Arc de Triomphe, called Aquitaine gate was built in the middle of the XVIII century on the site of the medieval city gate construction. Aquitaine Gate - one of the eight gates of the city of Bordeaux.

Obelisk dedicated to winemaking, is a 16-meter column of pink stone of unusual shape. Its facets are decorated with bronze, and bunches of grapes engraved on the stone images. Weight column - about 50 tons, and its author is a Czech architect Ivan Tamer. This monument was erected in 2005. Near the obelisk you can see two bronze turtles - big and small, in their shells are engraved the names of Bordeaux wines.

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