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Sunday 17 September 2023, 14:30Passed
Conditions
Free. Free entrance.
September 2023
Sunday 17
14:30 - 16:00
7 to 99 years old

Place de la Croix de Vigean

Place de la Croix de Vigean, 33320 Eysines
  • Gironde
  • Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Guided tour on the theme: «The presence of the horse in the Vigean, in the 19th and 20th centuries»

Enjoy a walk in the Vigean district, where horse racing stables were set up near the Bouscat racecourse. Yet, in the mid-1970s, the activity...
Sunday 17 September 2023, 14:30Passed
Conditions
Free. Free entrance.
©Connaissance d'Eysines

Enjoy a walk in the Vigean district, where horse racing stables were set up near the Bouscat racecourse. In the mid-1970s, however, the racetrack activity declined. It is also the time when the ring road was established, creating inner and outer ring roads! Thus, the rue du Champ de Courses no longer has an outlet at the racecourse… Probably for these two reasons, the Vigeannaise stables closed in turn. But previously, coaches, jockeys and all the staff of these stables were part of the life of the neighborhood. To get to the many races at the racetrack, the jockeys rode the horses from the Vigean stables: "We were watching, it was a nice parade!" , we were told.
Come and discover the Vigean district in Eysines, to revive the past of racing stables, in this area where gardeners and artisans also lived. The proximity of the Bouscat racecourse strongly influenced the life of the Vigeanais from the end of the 19th to the 20th centuries.

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About the location

Place de la Croix de Vigean
Place de la Croix de Vigean, 33320 Eysines
  • Gironde
  • Nouvelle-Aquitaine
On the northern part of Eysines, towards Cap de Haut, we find the old Vigean with its alleys, old houses and small castles. A true «second city center», the district is concentrated around the avenue du Médoc, a metropolitan thoroughfare of great passage, with many shops along a length of about 800 meters. From the end of the 1960s, the district extended to the south, with the construction of pavilion complexes and buildings, such as the Grand Caillou, which was classified as a priority or the Hauts de l'Hippodrome.
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Urbanisme et espaces aménagés
Access
Departure: place de la croix du Vigean at 2:30 p.m.