Rue Sainte-Catherine
Kilometre-long pedestrian shopping artery traced along the Roman cardo of ancient Burdigala.
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This guide to Rue Sainte-Catherine in Bordeaux questions the claim every brochure repeats, that this is the longest pedestrian shopping street in Europe, and traces what is actually verifiable about its 1,200 metres. You'll hear how the route began as the Roman cardo of Burdigala, the buried rivers Peugue and Deveze still running beneath it toward the Garonne, and the cemetery that once sat at Place Saint-Projet until it was cleared in 1977. It follows the street's slow shift from trams and traffic to the pedestrian walkway sold to visitors today.
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