The Miroir d'eau (Water Mirror) in

Bordeaux Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefectur ...

is the world's largestPlace de la Bourse, Bordeaux
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reflecting pool A reflecting pool, also called a reflection pool, is a water feature found in gardens, parks, and memorial sites. It usually consists of a shallow pool of water, undisturbed by fountain jets, for a reflective surface. Design Reflecting pools are ...

, covering . Located on the

quay A wharf, quay (, also ), staith, or staithe is a structure on the shore of a harbour or on the bank of a river or canal where ships may dock to load and unload cargo or passengers. Such a structure includes one or more berths (mooring location ...

of the

Garonne The Garonne (, also , ; Occitan, Catalan, Basque, and es, Garona, ; la, Garumna or ) is a river of southwest France and northern Spain. It flows from the central Spanish Pyrenees to the Gironde estuary at the French port of Bordeaux – a ...

in front of the

Place de la Bourse Place de la Bourse is a square in Bordeaux, France and one of the city's most recognisable sights. Built from 1730 to 1775 along the river Garonne, it was a multi-building development designed by architect Ange-Jacques Gabriel Ange-Jacques Gabr ...

, it was built in 2006. In the context of the quays embellishment operation (2000s), it was designed by landscape artist Michel Corajoud. Then it was built by the fountain-maker Jean-Max Llorca and the architect Pierre Gangnet, who reused a former underground warehouse to set the machinery and reservoir. The reflecting pool is made of

granite Granite () is a coarse-grained (phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase. It forms from magma with a high content of silica and alkali metal oxides that slowly cools and solidifies undergro ...

slabs covered by 2 cm of water, and a system allows it to create mist every 15 minutes. The ''Miroir d'eau'' works only from April to October, and it is the most-photographed site of the

Port of the Moon The ''Port de la Lune'' (Port of the Moon) is the name given to the harbour of Bordeaux, dating to the Middle Ages, because of the shape of the river crossing the city. It is represented by a crescent on the coat of arms of Bordeaux, and by three ...

Gallery

File:Piazza della Borsa Bordeaux 04.JPG, The ''Miroir d'eau'' File:Bordeaux place de la bourse with tram.JPG, The ''Miroir d'eau'' by night File:Bordeaux - Juillet 2012 (85).JPG, The ''Miroir d'eau'' misting File:146 - Miroir d'eau et jardin des lumières - Bordeaux.jpg, The ''Miroir d'eau'' and the ''Jardin des Lumières'' File:Bordeaux water play.jpg, Water play File:Miroir d'eau (Bordeaux).jpg, Sunset

References

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