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The Cité du Vin is a museum located in Bordeaux, France that also hosts exhibitions, shows, movie projections and academic seminars, generally centered around wine-related themes.
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| Established | 31 May 2016 |
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| Location | Bordeaux, France |
| Coordinates | 44°51′45″N 0°33′01″W / 44.8625°N 0.5503°W |
| Type | Museum |
| Architect | XTU agency: Anouk Legendre & Nicolas Desmazières |
| Public transit access | Bordeaux tramway |
| Website | Official website |
Following its initial opening in June of 2017, the Cité du Vin reached a milestone of one million visitors in the fall of 2018[1] and passed 2 million visitors in May of 2022.
Construction
editArchitects
editThe building's design was led by Anouk Legendre and Nicholas Desmazières of XTU Agency.
Cost
editDuring initial planning stages in January of 2011, the cost of construction was anticipated to be approximately 63 million euros excluding taxes.[2] However, by 2015, a year before the building's opening, the total cost of construction had increased to an estimated 81.1 million euros excluding taxes.[2]
History and opening
editThe project for a wine cultural and tourist center started in 2009. An association prefiguring La Cité du Vin was created for this purpose, made up of representatives from the Aquitaine region, Bordeaux Métropole, the city of Bordeaux, the Interprofessional Council of Bordeaux wine and the Bordeaux Chamber of Commerce and Industry.[3]
Its official opening by the President of France François Hollande and Alain Juppé took place on May 31, 2016.[4] It was followed by the public opening on June 1, 2016.[5]
Transportation
editThe Cité du Vin is accessible by tram (the Cité du Vin tram stop is on line B of the Bordeaux tramway), by the ring road, by the Pont Jacques Chaban-Delmas and by lines 7 and 32 of the Transports Bordeaux Métropole (TBM) network. A stop of the Batcub is located nearby.
Gallery
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The permanent exhibition -
The buffet of the five senses
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References
edit- ^ "Bordeaux: la Cité du vin passe le cap du million de visiteurs". LEFIGARO (in French). 2018-08-29. Retrieved 2023-05-27.
- ^ a b Moniteur, Le (2 December 2014). "Cité des civilisations du vin : un surcoût compensé par les retombées attendues" (in French). lemoniteur.fr.
- ^ "Site internet de La Cité du Vin, " Genèse d'un projet "". Archived from the original on 2016-01-13. Retrieved 2023-05-27.
- ^ "L'entrée à 20 euros : tout ce qu'il faut savoir sur la Cité du vin de Bordeaux" (in French). sudouest.fr. 6 February 2016.
- ^ "Organisez votre visite à La Cité du Vin - Informations pratiques". www.laciteduvin.com. Retrieved 2020-08-18.