The Golden Triangle

Here you stand in the centre of a place known as the Golden Triangle, named as such for its extraordinary concentration of beautiful architecture, historic monuments and works of art. If you look at a map of Bordeaux, you’ll see that Allées de Tourny, together with Cours George Clémencaux and Cours de l’Intendance, form a beautiful equilateral triangle. In the 18th century, convents were practically the only establishments found here. However, at the time of the French Revolution, property of the clergy became the property of the State, leaving the city with large tracts of land.Quartermaster Tourny decided to organise a major urban redevelopment project. Some say that this triangle, with the circular ‘Great Men’ square at its centre, looks just like a wide-open eye, an obvious Masonic symbol. One can’t deny that it’s quite disturbing.