Bordeaux, FRANCE: (FILES) - Picture taken 30 January 2004 of Bordeaux's Notre Dame church. The southwestern French city of Bordeaux, home to one of Europe's biggest 18th-century architectural urban areas, was also placed on the prestigious list of World Heritage Sites by UNESCO, 28 June 2007, along with the old town of Corfu and the Mehmed Pasa Sokolovic Bridge of Visegrad in eastern Bosnia. Getty Images logo Getty Images 31 months ago

Bordeaux, FRANCE: (FILES) - Picture taken 30 January 2004 of Bordeaux's Notre Dame church. The southwestern French city of Bordeaux, home to one of Europe's biggest 18th-century architectural urban areas, was also placed on the prestigious list of World Heritage Sites by UNESCO, 28 June 2007, along with the old town of Corfu and the Mehmed Pasa Sokolovic Bridge of Visegrad in eastern Bosnia.

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