It is the place to see when you are in Bordeaux, but there is so many places to see, you walk in the street and you drop on something great, old building etc... The Grosse Cloche belfry is arguably one of the best-known landmarks in Bordeaux and is prominently displayed on the city’s coat of arms.
Distinguishing features today include its two surviving towers, its gold-plated copper weather vane in the shape of a large feline (harking back to the period when Bordeaux was under English rule), the Great Bell itself… and its clock, the south face of which boasts an unusual semi-circular dial.
The belfry was added in the 15th century to the remains of the 13th-century Porte Saint-Éloi, one of the gates to the commercial and political heart of the city and a natural extension to the existing Saint-Éloi church.
This entrance was also known as Porte Saint-James as it welcomed a steady stream of St. James' Way pilgrims passing through Bordeaux en route to Santiago de Compostela, in north-western Spain.
Photos taken with iPhone 6s Plus.