In Bordeaux, the foundation of the city's heritage is trade, in every sense of the word.
Since time immemorial, the Gironde metropolis has drawn to its port everything that merchants and traders went to carry or fetch from every point of the compass.
To understand this, we must go back to what made possible the building of the city we know today, with, at its heart, the 18th century, when Bordeaux, a colonial metropolis, reigned over the Caribbean islands and the African coasts.
Names remain, some from far away: Balguerie, Cabarrus, Gradis, de Kater, Lainé, Nairac, Pereire, Saige... streets, boulevards and mansions bearing their names, traditions, and sometimes, skeletons in the cupboard...
