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The city of
BORDEAUX
is stunning when approached from the south along the river. It's big, with a population of over half a million, and obviously rich - as it has been since the Romans set up a lively trading centre here. Especially attractive is the relatively small eighteenth-century centre, paid for by the expansion of colonial trade.
The City
Bordeaux is reasonably spread out along the western side of the River Garonne, with the eighteenth-century
old town
lying between the
place de la Comédie
to the north, the imposing buildings of the river bank and the
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