The Cité du Vin is a
museum
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located in
Bordeaux
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,
France
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that also hosts exhibitions, shows, movie projections and
academic
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seminar
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s, generally centered around
wine
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-related themes.
Following its initial opening in June of 2017, the Cité du Vin reached a milestone of one million visitors in the fall of 2018 and passed 2 million visitors in May of 2022.
Construction
Architects
The building's design was led by Anouk Legendre and Nicholas Desmazières of XTU Agency.
Cost
During initial planning stages in January of 2011, the cost of construction was anticipated to be approximately 63 million euros excluding taxes.
However, by 2015, a year before the building's opening, the total cost of construction had increased to an estimated 81.1 million euros excluding taxes.
History and opening
The project for a wine cultural and tourist center started in 2009. An association prefiguring La Cité du Vin was created for this purpose, made up of representatives from the Aquitaine region, Bordeaux Métropole, the city of Bordeaux, the Interprofessional Council of Bordeaux wine and the Bordeaux Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Its official opening by the
President of France
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François Hollande
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and
Alain Juppé
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took place on May 31, 2016. It was followed by the public opening on June 1, 2016.
Transportation
The Cité du Vin is accessible by tram (the
''Cité du Vin'' tram stop is on
line B of the
Bordeaux tramway), by the ring road, by the
Pont Jacques Chaban-Delmas and by lines 7 and 32 of the
Transports Bordeaux Métropole (TBM) network. A stop of the Batcub is located nearby.
Gallery
File:Sunlight in a modern facade (Unsplash).jpg
File:CiteduVin-1040637.jpg, The permanent exhibition
File:Cité du Vin.jpg, The buffet of the five senses
File:RB 20210821 Bordeaux.jpg
References
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Culture of Bordeaux
Wine museums
Auditoriums
Museums in Bordeaux