Editions Sud Ouest

In his book, Visiting Bordeaux, Albert Rèche and Philippe Prévôt bring to life more than two thousand years of urban development in the city of Burdigala founded by a Celtic tribe on the north bank of the Garonne river.

After the "Golden Age" of pax romana came the barbarian invasions. The Middle Ages then brought a return to stability. In the 18th century, Bordeaux enjoyed a new period of development through trade with the "islands" which turned the city into the third largest urban community in France. This position of leadership was, however, damaged by the Napoleonic Wars and the major upheavals that accompanied the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century.

As you turn over the pages, you will discover how the city that is Aquitaine?s regional capital developed, a development described through lively texts and extensive use of photographs.

Albert RÈCHE

Albert Rèche, after working as a war correspondant during the Spanish Civil War of 1936, travelled extensively as a roving reporter in Europe and North Africa, before joining the Figaro newspaper after the Second World War and remaining one of its permanent special correspondants until his retirement in 1978. He then devoted his time to the history of the city in which he was born and to the everyday life of its people.