St-Etienne Cathedral - Office de Tourisme de Bourges

2014
Discover the Berry through its many sights, châteaux, and towns of
exceptional character, all touched by the mark of Jacques Coeur, the
fifteenth century adventurer and visionary who was one of King
Charles VII’s most trusted advisors.
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Route Jacques Cœur
21, rue Victor Hugo - 18000 BOURGES
Tel.: 02 48 65 31 55
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Le Prinal
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La Rêvaillante
Le Pélican
Cœur de Bourges
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La Maison du Théâtre St-Bonnet
Le Samson
La Treille
La Dame de Cœur
La Roseraie
La Mozaïc
Les Marais
Citybreak Bourges 7, rue du Prinal
7, rue Félix Chédin 5, rue Montchèvre
2, cour Morogues
82, rue Bourbonnoux
10, rue de l’Hôtel Lallemant
3, rue de la Thaumassière
14, rue Voltaire
1, rue Henri Ducrot
9, rue Romy Schneider 22, Bd Chanzy 1 bd. Georges Clemenceau
28, rue Samson
25, rue Jean Baffier
76 rue Emile Martin
13, Bd du Maréchal Joffre
3, rue Bertin
68, chemin des Prébendes
70, Rue Charlet 02 48 24 92 84
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One of the particular features of this house is its
functional layout separating the reception rooms from
the family’s domain.
Numerous spiral staircases and galleries efficiently
connect the two. Inspired by the aristocratic houses of
the Duke of Berry, this building is a masterpiece of the Flamboyant Gothic style.
Museums Free entrance
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Here is a fine example of the early French
Renaissance, begun in 1490
with additions in 1515-1518.
The extraordinary sculpted façades
were inspired by Italian antiquity. Now home to
the city’s Decorative Arts Museum, this building
houses collections of 16th, 17th,
and 18th century paintings and furnishings.
Les Aubuées
Les Buissons
La Petite Famille L’Ermitage
Le Grand Bouy Au Gros Chêne
A1 Heading toward Orléans
L’Orée de Sologne
D1 Heading toward Montargis - Paris
La Rempanne
Le Château de St Georges Maison Boisbriou
La Petite Noue
Le Chézou Le Pré des Sèves La Loge E1 Heading toward Sancerre
Domaine de la Chaume
Le Gué
Au Cœur d’Azy La Montagne
Champ Charlot
E1 Heading toward La Charité-sur-Loire
E6 Heading toward Moulins
St Guillaume du Donjon. Portrait XXe
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Sancerre
Office de Tourisme: 02 48 54 08 21
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MEHUN-SUR-YÈVRE
Office de Tourisme: 02 48 57 35 51
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Menetou-Salon
Château: 02 48 64 80 54
Designed in 1424 by the clergyman and mathematician,
Jean Fusoris, the astronomic clock of the Bourges cathedral
is the oldest timepiece of its kind in France.
Encased it a wooden turret with a red brocade decor
bordered by gold columns, it bears the royal emblems.
Originally placed high above a rood screen which once
marked the entrance to the cathedral chancel,
it has recently been restored.
An amazing light show
at sundown
The crypt, which was built
in about 1200, was designed
to raise the choir to the desired height.
The tomb of the Duke of Berry is in
the double ambulatory, while the tombs
of Bourges’ archbishops form a
semicircle behind.
At the back of the rotunda,
a 16th-century Holy Sepulchre
is exhibited under a panelled baldachino.
In 1994, the remains of the cathedral
rood-screen were installed here.
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Château de Meillant
Tel.: 02 48 63 32 05
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Cité de l’Or - Musée St-Vic
St-Amand-Montrond
Office de Tourisme: 02 48 96 16 86
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Cujas
Palais
Jacques
Coeur
Place
4 Piliers
Dun-sur-Auron
Palais
Office de Tourisme:
Cinémas
Tel.:
02 48des59Sports
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Place
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Cathédrale
Esplanade
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Visit the Crypt
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A spiral staircase of 396 steps
will take you up 66 meters to the top
of the North Tower, nicknamed
the “Butter Tower” because it collapsed
in 1506 and was rebuilt
thanks to the sale of indulgences.
The panoramic view of the city
from here is a photographer’s delight.
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Climb up the North Tower
Bourges
Le Palais Jacques Cœur:
Tel.: 02 48 24 79 42
Couvent
des Augustins
Hôtel
des Échevins
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The South Tower (called the “Deaf Tower” because it has no bells),
was on the verge of collapse in the latter part of the 13th century,
and had to be consolidated by an enormous buttressing pillar.
It measures 58 meters in height.
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The South Tower
Bourges
La ville des Nuits Lumière
Office de Tourisme: 02 48 23 02 60
Rue Molière
Its intricate mechanism, a scientific marvel
of the 15th century, had a margin of error
of only one second per 150 years. All the vital information
of the heavens continues to be displayed on its face,
including the rising and setting of the sun, the phases
of the moon, and the current monthly sign of the zodiac.
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A self-guided walking tour
that will take you approximately 1.5 hour
Free admission
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760 free spaces a ten-minutes walk from the center.
Carrefour
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Parking “Centre Historique” Séraucourt
A duty of memory and right to History.
This museum is a place dedicated to the memory
and to the History of the Second World War.
Visiting this site will lead you to a reflection
on life’s sens and commitments, and on the
modernity of Resistance’s values.”
Monday to friday 8h30/12h30 -13h30/17h30.
Saturday, sundays and holidays - 14h/18h.
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and Sundays: 10:00 to 18:00
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Underground paid parking in the center of town.
Free first 30 minutes.
Open daily: 7 am to 24 pm
Free on Sunday: 7 am to 24 pm.
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Château de Pesselières
Tel.: 02 48 72 90 49
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Underground
parking Mairie-Cathédrale
Built in 1489, this Flamboyant Gothic mansion
served as the Town Hall for three centuries.
The monument now houses a collection
of paintings by the contemporary artist
Maurice Estève (1904-2001).
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usée Estève,
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Hôtel des Echevins
Château de Maupas
Tel.: 02 48 64 41 71
The Astronomic Clock
Scène de cabaret
Nicolas Tournier
(1590-1639)
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22, rue Henri Sellier
26, bd de l’Industrie
Berry-Bouy
Saint-Eloy-de-Gy Plou
Osmoy
Parking
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Musée du Berry, Hôtel Cujas
SNCFTél.: 02 48 23 02 60
Place du accueil@bourges-tourisme.com
Avenue Pierre Sémard
Général Leclerc
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SELF-CATERING COTTAGES & ACCOMODATIONS FOR GROUPS
C5 Bourges Auberge de jeunesse
C6 Bourges Camping RobinsonH H H
A1 Gîte d’étape “l’Auberge”
A1 Gîte de La Ruesse
A6 Gîte d’étape E4 Gîte de groupes d’Osmoy
Museum of the Best Artisans of France.
The former Archbishop’s Palace now contains
prized works of the best craftsmen in France.
Gare Hugo - BP 126 - 18003 BOURGES cedex
21, rue Victor
Rue
02 48 68 01 07
02 48 26 25 63
GPS :
lat.: 47.08 - long. : 2.39
Moy
Lunery - N 151
Civray - N 151
La Chapelle d’Angillon
Château: 02 48 73 41 10
Rue
02 48 25 11 89
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Domaine de la Vergne
La Maison de Philomène
Lissay-Lochy - N 144
Château de La Verrerie
Tel.: 02 48 81 51 60
ville
02 48 25 64 28
02 48 59 66 59
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OFFICE DE TOURISME
In 1199, the
archbishop Guillaume de Danjon,
a former Cistercian abbot, was called upon to continue
the project. A staunch anti-Cathar, his iconographical
program was a rigorous statement of faith designed
to counter the fledgling heretical doctrines
sprouting up elsewhere.
The second construction campaign, which included
the nave and five portals of the western façade,
was completed in about 1230.
The absence of transept gave the church spatial
vastness. The pyramidal elevation and two-tiered
flying buttresses were audacious in scope.
Savigny-en-Septaine - D 976 02 48 25 90 37
Farges-en-Septaine - D 976 02 48 69 16 01
Plaimpied - D 106
Annoix - N 76
Rome
Madrid
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Domaine d’en Haut
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Nice
Toulouse
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A6 Heading toward Châteauroux
St-Germain-du-Puy - N 151
St-Germain-du-Puy - N 151
St-Germain-du-Puy - N 151
Sainte-Solange - N 151 - D46
Sainte-Solange - N 151 - D46
Brécy - N 151 - D12
Brécy - N 151 - D12
Villequiers - N 151 - D12
Lyon
Montélimar
rue du Général Challe
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An elegant 16th century mansion with exhibits
of Egyptian,archeological,
and gallo-roman collections.
There are also medieval works from the Holy
Chapel of Bourges, paintings and scultures from
the 15th to the 19th century given by the Fine
Arts collections.
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A6 Heading toward Montluçon
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La Rochelle
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Les Glycines
Ferme de Château Gaillard
Rians - N 151
Rians - N 151
Azy - N 151
Parassy - D 940
Morogues - D 940
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These “pages of light” illustrate the teachings
of the Church: surrounding the central figures
of the Christ, Virgin, and Saint Etienne
is a procession of prophets and apostles.
Scenes from the Old and New Testaments, lives of the saints, parables,
plus lively depictions of contributing trade guilds complete the scheme.
On the western façade is the 14th century “Grand Housteau,”
gift of the Duke John of Berry.
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Aubigny-sur-Nère
Château: 02 48 58 40 20
hanzy
Les Sauges
Domaine d’Augy
Fussy - D 940
St-Georges/Moulon - D 940
Pigny - D 11
Vignoux-sous-les-Aix - D 11
Menetou-Salon - D 11
Menetou-Salon - D 11
Menetou-Salon - D 11
BOURGES
Nantes
Argent-sur-Sauldre
Musée des Métiers: 02 48 73 33 10
Prague
Strasbourg
Paris
Rennes
Boulevard
02 48 64 08 19
Lille
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Allogny - D 944
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Berlin
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Le Parc du Vivier
Bienvenue à Fenestrelay
Domaine de Jacquelin
Le Guillot La Maison du Potager
La Fauconnière Benveau
Le Grand Azillon
02 48 57 08 24
02 48 57 31 22
02 48 57 13 33
02 48 26 87 46
02 48 26 89 40
02 48 57 14 14
Amsterdam
Londres
Bruxelles
Shedding colored light throughout the three
tiers of the choir, the Bourges windows
magisterially respond to the medieval quest
for “lux continua”, an interplay of light
and stone that makes the edifice come alive.
Construction began on the east end, with
a lower church or “crypt” built on the ground
level outside the old Gallo-Roman wall.
The apse and choir were then added above.
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CHÂTEAU DE GIEN: Closed during all the year 2014
Bouleva
Mehun-sur-Yèvre - D 2076
Mehun-sur-Yèvre - D 2076
Mehun-sur-Yèvre - D 2076 Berry-Bouy - D 400
Berry-Bouy - D 400 Allouis - D 2076
Verrerie de 1986 d’Alain Grémi. MOF
Bed-and-Breakfasts in the vicinity of Bourges
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Musée des arts décoratifs
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A rare treasury
of stained glass
In 1195, the archbishop
Henri de Sully decided to build
a larger cathedral in the Gothic
style on same site.
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Lateral chapels built during
the 15th and 16th centuries
by wealthy citizens of Bourges reflect
the spirit of a whole new order of society,
the most notable of which is the chapel
of Jacques Coeur with its Annunciation window.
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Angelic hosts
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Finished in about 1450, the architecture of his
mansion defies classification, borrowing from both
the feudal stronghold (façade seen from the Place de
Berry) and the urban mansion between courtyard
and garden which emerged in France during the
Renaissance.
Right in the heart of town
Avenue du 11 Novemb
Azy - N 151
An earlier Romanesque cathedral existed in Bourges in the 11th century,
probably built by the archbishop Gauzlin
(formerly of the Abbey of Saint Benoît-sur-Loire).
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Av. Henri Laud
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Hôtel d’Azy E1 Heading toward La Charité-sur-Loire
La Colombière E6 Heading toward Moulins
Le Cheval Blanc
02 48 24 41 10
02 48 65 85 85
02 48 70 20 53
02 48 70 07 26
Bells of the South Tower:
➛ Guillaume: 7 tons
➛ Henri:
3.2 tons
➛ Caroline:
2.4 tons
➛ Marie-Thérèse:
1.8 tons
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Saint-Doulchard - N 76
Saint-Doulchard - N 76
Saint-Doulchard - N 76
Saint-Doulchard - N 76
Crypte et tour
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Hotels in the vicinity of Bourges
Born in 1400 into a family of merchants, Jacques Cœur
quickly climbed the social ladder to become one of the most
influential men of his time. Knighted by Charles 7th in 1441
and head of a vast commercial empire in the Mediterranean,
Jacques Coeur decided to begin the construction
of his “Grant Maison” on the Roman wall of his town.
Pesselières
Cité médiévale et porcelainière
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02 48 26 53 33
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As the symbolic figurehead
of Capetian France against rival
Plantagenet occupations in the south,
the cathedral of Bourges had to be
a unique and grandiose monument.
The anonymous Master of Bourges thus
chose a floor plan without
a transept and plastic effects that were
revolutionary for its time.
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At the heart of the château-studded
Historic Route Jacques-Cœur lies
this rare example of civil Gothic
architecture, built in the 15th century
by Jacques Cœur, financier to King
Charles 7. Here you will discover
rooms exceptionally well laid-out,
with a number of surprising modern
conveniences.
Sculptures abound on fireplace mantles,
doorways, and corbels, reminders of the
taste for whimsy and symbol at the end
of the Middle Ages.
After becoming royal domain in 1100,
the city of Bourges steadily gained
in size and in wealth.
High over the old town
and encased within the Gallo-Roman
wall, the Great Tower (twin to the Louvre
dungeon) stood as a symbol of royal
authority, while the Gothic cathedral
under construction exalted the power
of the See of Bourges, primate
of the ancient province of Aquitaine.
The Bourges Cathedral is a Gothic masterpiece
with a unique architectural conception. The Middle Ages come
alive in the dazzling colors of the stained glass windows,
while ancient gargoyles and statues keep watch over the city
from their lofty heights.
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Hotels near the highway exit A71
Jacques Cœur
A UNESCO World Heritage Monument
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Residential hotel/apartments
Bd de la République
20, av. Henri Laudier
1, place des 4 Piliers
3, place du Général Leclerc
5, rue de la Halle Rue Jankélévitch 66, avenue d’Orléans
Route d’Issoudun - N 151
7, avenue de Robinson 2, place du Général Leclerc
23, avenue Marx Dormoy 7, place de la Pyrotechnie
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DEPARTURE
Place Séraucourt
Bourges
An amazing light show, flooding the medieval town with color and music... every evening in Summer
By night
Free admission
BOURGES
St-Etienne Cathedral
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Decorative Arts Museum
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Surprises galore are in store
for all ages at this discovery center
for science and the environment.
The museum’s team of biologists
are leaders of a conservation project
concerning the European bat.
Open every day except January 1,
May 1, November 1
and December 25,
from 14:00 to 18:00
and in addition, from 10:00
to 12:00 during school
holidays in Zone B.
10h-12h & 14h-18h
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Closed
january 1st,
may 1st,
november 1st,
december 25
Meilleurs
Ouvriers
Hôtel
Lallemant
Musée
Estève
Musée
du Berry
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Plaimpied
Moulins
Roanne
Musée
Résistance
see special schedule
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Musée Estève, paintings
Hôtel des Échevins
Skibet-1979-F.Lauginie - ADAGP
13, rue Édouard Branly
Tel.: 02 48 24 75 38
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Musée du Berry
4, rue des Arènes
Tel.: 02 48 70 41 92
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Bed-and-breakfasts
Pedestrian streets
Markets and shops
Bicycle trail
Dumping station
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A 45-minutes tour of the town
with foreign language commentary.
Departure from the Tourist Office
from April to November.
2 places.
Tel : 02 48 69 46 06
Free entrance
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Suggested itinerary
Enter via the Chemin des 4 Pelles
and exit either via
the Rue de Babylone
or the Passerelle Nérault
and the Boulevard Chanzy
(1 hour, on foot).
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The Marshlands, full of rivers and canals in the center of town,
offer a breath of fresh air and a great place to stroll.
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Situated on the old
marshlands, this garden
was created between 1923
and 1930 in the Art Deco
style with shrubs clipped
or trimmed into fantastic
shapes.
A rose garden, fountains,
and sculptures complete
these pleasant surroundings.
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From June to September, Bourges swings to the nightly
rhythm of free concerts. Held each evening in a different
place, the gardens, town squares, and courtyards of
prestigious monuments host a wide variety of entertainment,
ranging from classical and baroque concertos to jazz quartets
and folk music from all over the globe.
A magnificent view of the cathedral
can be had from the flower beds
and immaculate borders
of this 17th century garden.
Fair weather brings animated
afternoons around the music pavilion,
the Merry-Go-Round,
and children’s playground.
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An amusing painting on
the inside of this charming
13th century edifice will
tell you the intriguing details of the history of the miracle of Saint Anthony
of Padua and the consequent foundation of this church.
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Thursday morning
The alleged “Jacques Cœur Birthplace”.
This site was originally the home
of Lambert de Léodepart,
bailiff of Bourges.
Jacques Cœur acquired the property
after marrying the bailiff’s daughter,
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Every day except Monday in a different square of
Bourges, you can experience all the local color
of a farmer’s market.
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A Gallo-Roman rampart,
fortified with 50 lookout
towers, was built around
the central promontory of
the city to protect it from
invading barbaric tribes
from the east.
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Once the major gateway through the
city walls, the gabled store-fronts of
this centuries-old street are now small,
independent shops thronged with locals
in pursuit of regional specialties and
unique finds.
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La rue d’Auron
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In this medieval market square the butchers,
fish-mongers, and money lenders all had
their stalls. Today the gables of timberframed houses still line the streets with their
lively sculpted décors of grape clusters and
cabbage leaves.
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The timber-framed houses dating back to just
after the “Great Fire of the Magdalene” in 1487
make this one of the most charming districts of
Bourges. Old book shops, antique dealers, and
violin vendors help to preserve the medieval air
of this street lined with numerous restaurants.
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