St. Andrew’s Cathedral

On the way to Santiago de Compostela, Bordeaux’s largest church was built in its current form between the 12th and 15th centuries. The flying buttresses, the magnificent tympanum and the nave’s high pillars make Cathédrale Saint-André a masterpiece of Gothic architecture in southwestern France. Take in the astonishing diversity of the façade. Discover magnificent stained glass windows, bas-reliefs and pipe organs when you step inside the cathedral. Here was the scene of the wedding between Eleanor of Aquitaine, who would become Queen of France and England, and Louis VII, future king of the Franks. A must-see monument in Bordeaux.