Religious Sights in Bordeaux

The tomb of this important and colourful painter is located in the cemetery of the Baroque church in Verdelais.

The monks originally lived just outside Saint-Emilion, but in 1338 they obtained permission from the Pope to establish a monastery within the walls. The cloister was built in the 14th-century.

The ruins of this 11th-century Benedictine abbey are located on the pilgrimage route to the Santiago de Compostela and have UNESCO World Heritage status.

The name comes from this churches location, It is situated between the banks of the river Garonne and the rue de Saint-Gervias.

The Notre-Dame church in Bordeaux is an excellent, late 17th-century example of Baroque architecture located in the Golden Triangle area.

Situated close to the Port of Arcachon this beautiful church is in the heart of the old town and fishing village area.

In 1863 Leo Lesca and his brother bought a large estate on the edge of Arcachon basin. When they returned from Algeria, they built a fabulous home, the "Villa Algerian" which was surrounded by a park with the most exotic flora.

The origin of this church can be traced back to the legend of the Sainte-Véronique. In the first century AD, after the death of the Virgin, Sainte-Veronica, Saint Amadour and Saint Martial from Palestine, come to live in Soulac.

Imposing on the Place Canteloupe in Bordeaux, this Gothic church took over 200 years to construct from the 14th to the 16th century.

The great wall, or Grandes Murailles, is now all that remains of a once Dominican monastery that was built in the 12th-century.

Gifted to Gaillard de la Mothe by his uncle Bertrand de Goth, Archbishop of Bordeaux, who later became Pope Clement V, the Cardinal Palace sits at the entrance to the city of Saint Emilion.

The Roman Catholic cathedral in Bordeaux was originally constructed in the 11th century, though little of this remains today. 

Situated close to the central Place de la Republique this catholic church is a dominating feature in the town landscape.

Flanking the Cathédrale Saint-André, this tower (and the square in which it sits) is named after the Archbishop Pey-Berland.

Known as the Abbaye de La Réole and the Prieuré des Bénédictines, it was abandoned by the monks in 1790 and today houses the administrative services of La Réole.

Founded in 1864 this stunning church was built in a Byzantine and Tuscan style and it houses one of the rarest statues of the Virgin of the Advent (the pregnant Virgin) in France.

The existing Roman Catholic church was built in the late 11th and early 12th century in a Romanesque style. However, it is thought that the original Benedictine church was built at the request of Clovis, the Merovingian King in the 5th century.

This church, sited in the higher part of Saint-Emilion town, is incredible underground feat, carved out of the rock over three centuries.