Pey Berland Tower, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France
Tour Pey Berland, named for its patron Pey Berland, is located in Bordeaux at the Place Pey Berland next to Cathédrale Saint-André.
At 66 metres tall, Notre-Dame d’Aquitaine looks out over the city of Bordeaux. The origin of the name. The building is named after Archbishop Pey-Berland (circa 1370-1458) who commissioned the tower, and who was a driving force behind the renewal of the Church in Aquitaine, under control of the Plantagenets.
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