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Bordeaux — Capital of Guyenne, on the Garonne
A port on the Garonne, seat of a parlement and an archbishopric, whose presses gave the world the first book to be called Essais — and whose library keeps the copy its author annotated until his death. (Editorial synthesis)
Recorded person born in Bordeaux: Rosa Bonheur.
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