Cité Frugès de Pessac, Pessac

Name: Cité Frugès de Pessac
Address: Pessac, France
Telephone: +33 5 56 36 56 46

#2 among attractions in Pessac

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The Cité Frugès de Pessac , or Les Quartiers Modernes Frugès, is a housing development located in Pessac, a suburb of Bordeaux, France. It was commissioned by the industrialist Henri Frugès in 1924 as worker housing and designed by architects Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret, who were responsible for the development's masterplan and individual buildings. It was intended as a testing ground for the ideas Le Corbusier had expressed in his 1922 manifesto Vers une Architecture and was his first attempt designing low-cost, mass-produced collective housing. Drawings of some of the buildings were subsequently included in the second edition of the text. ()

Local name: Cité Frugès Completed: 1926 (98 years ago)Unesco: from 2016Area: 65.42 acres (0.1022 mi²)Coordinates: 44°47'58"N, 0°38'52"W

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Pessac (Le Monteil)Pessac France

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+33 5 56 36 56 46

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Cité Frugès de Pessac – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Château Pape Clément, Tépacap, Maison carrée d'Arlac, Talence.

0.4 miN
Vineyard, Forts and castles
Château Pape Clément, Pessac
12 min walk • Château Pape Clément is a Bordeaux wine from the Pessac-Léognan appellation, ranked among the Crus Classés for red wine in the Classification of Graves wine of 1959. It is the oldest wine estate in Bordeaux, harvesting its 700th vintage in 2006.
2.7 miNW
44°49'41"N • 0°41'2"W
Tépacap, Bordeaux
68 min walk • Amusement, Theme park, Amusement park
2.3 miNE
Forts and castles, Vernacular architecture, Palladian architecture
Maison carrée d'Arlac, Bordeaux
60 min walk • The Maison carrée d'Arlac is a neoclassical folly building constructed between 1785 and 1789, in the town of Mérignac just outside Bordeaux, France. It was built for Bordeaux banker Charles Peixotto.
3 miE
Area
Talence, Bordeaux
77 min walk • Talence is a commune in the Gironde department, administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. It is the third-largest suburb of the city of Bordeaux, and is adjacent to it on the south side. It is a member of the Bordeaux Métropole.
2.9 miN
Area
Mérignac, Bordeaux
75 min walk • Mérignac is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. The 20th-century historian Robert Étienne was born in Mérignac. It is the largest suburb of the city of Bordeaux and adjoins it to the west. It is a member of the Bordeaux Métropole. Mérignac is the site of Bordeaux International Airport.
2.9 miE
Botanical garden
Jardin botanique de Talence, Bordeaux
74 min walk • The Jardin botanique de Talence is a small botanical garden within the Parc du Château Peixotto at 3 avenue Espeleta, Talence, Gironde, Aquitaine, France. The park is open daily without charge, but the botanical garden itself is open only to students and professionals.
2.5 miW
Park, Outdoor activities, Aquarium
Zoo de Bordeaux Pessac, Pessac
65 min walk • The Zoo de Bordeaux Pessac is a French zoological park located in New Aquitaine, in the town of Pessac, near Bordeaux. Opened in 1976, it occupies a site of 5 hectares on which it presents about 250 animals of a hundred species.
2.7 miN
Park
Parc de Bourran, Bordeaux
70 min walk • The Parc de Bourran is a French urban park in the commune of Mérignac, in the Gironde department of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine. It was designed by landscape architect Le Breton, in 1870.
3.3 miE
Tram
Roustaing tram stop, Bordeaux
84 min walk • Roustaing tram stop is located on ligne of the tramway de Bordeaux.
2.8 miN
Church
Vieille Église Saint-Vincent, Bordeaux
73 min walk • The Saint-Vincent de Mérignac church is a former Catholic church, now an exhibition hall, located in the commune of Mérignac, in the Gironde department, France.
2.3 miSE
Forts and castles
Motte Saint-Albe, Gradignan
59 min walk • Motte Saint-Albe is a medieval castle hill in Gradignan, Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. Nothing remains of the castle or tower that was situated on the motte.