It was once a well populated village,
dominated by the spire of the Sainte-Croix
church; only becoming part of the fortified
city at the beginning of the XIVth century.
The flat-bottomed river boats that worked
the Garonne river delivered the wood.
Bordeaux built few ocean going ships,
they were generally bought from abroad.
The large mill of Sainte-Croix, neighbouring
the Abbey was built on the Sainte-Croix
river.
In this quarter could be found: rue
des Bouviers, with the cattle for working
the quays and pulling the loads from
boats. The rope makers with their hemp,
the cobblers working the leather from
Bazas, the potters in the rue Des Fours...
Towards the end of the XVIth century,
large sugar refineries were built. The
raw sugar arriving directly from the
Caribbean.
Sainte-Croix was the seat of the Parish
from 1130. Although the church choir
was reserved for Benedictines, the transept
was for the locals. The principal altar
was dedicated to the Virgin Mary, a
pilgrim site for Notre-Dame-des-Marins;
illustrations showed scenes of lost
ships being saved.
The history of the quarter can
still be felt through the names of the
streets and the Sainte-Croix church. |
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