This is Cussac-Fort Médoc !!!

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On my road warrior trips to wonderful sublime Bordeaux: Oh yes is a lot more than the city to us!! Going into wine country you see other wonderful sites worth the detour, me think. One of these is Cussac-Fort Médoc, and we love it !!!. I found me a personal picture that describe it more ,see my other post more on the wines in my blog. This is Cussac-Fort Médoc !!! Hope you enjoy it as I.

The town of Cussac-Fort-Médoc is located in the Gironde department 33, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of my belle France. It is on the left bank of the Gironde estuary, facing the town of Blaye, and 37 km from Bordeaux, As far wine is concern the town is in the Haut Médoc appelation, I like to tell you a bit more on Cussac-Fort Médoc a town we have visited several times for the wines but needs more time for the rest of wonderful monuments it has.

The Château Lanessan its cellars, its farm, its stables and its water tower belong to one and the same family since 1793!! For eight generations, the Bouteiller family has exploited this 80 ha vineyard in one piece, rather rare in the region, surrounded by a 145 ha of forest lands. This is where we have been for the wines, the carriage museum and the thrill of traditions in wine country, Nice carriage rides are performed within the property awesome !

Cussac Fort Medoc ch lanessan carriage museum boys aug08

The Château Lanessan and the carriages : https://www.lanessan.com/en/visit-our-estate/

Things to see here with time are the Church of Saint-Symphorien. While waiting for the current church to be built, worship took place in the cellars of Château Aney which were rented for this purpose. Authorization to build was given on April 15, 1859. The stones came from Bourg and were cut in Cussac. The work was accelerated and, on All Saints’ Day 1860, worship took place in the church. The work was obviously completed subsequently, already its 35 meter spire stood in the sky, The Château La Chesnaye-Sainte-Gemme, The Château Beaumont, occupies the site of an old noble house which belonged to the Marquis d’ Cheerful. Also, the castles of Bernones, du Rau, de Lamothe, de Camino-Salva, de Romefort and d’Aney,

Other than wine, the next thing to see here with time is the Fort Médoc  built during the reign of Louis XIV from 1689 ; the king took the decision to build the fort Cussac to protect Bordeaux from possible enemy maritime attacks. This fort will be located within the fortified system designed by Vauban in the Gironde estuary, comprising the Blaye citadel and the Fort Paté. The whole represents a total area of approximately 24 hectares , The Fort Cussac is a simple enlarged square plan with four bastions, bastions of the Sea, of the Dauphin, of France and of the King connected by curtains, all flanked by a covered path and a grassy glacis. He thus transformed the medieval enclosure by systematically reusing pre-existing structures without this being visible. On the other side of the bank, the engineer had a square fort built ex nihilo, Fort Médoc, on marshy land, forcing him to only erect palisaded earth defenses. The three rooms of the guardhouse will be used to host temporary exhibitions or events (rooms made available to artists, associations or companies). The Fort Médoc is a member of the Network of major Vauban sites. Since 2008, the Fort Médoc has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

A bit of history I like tell us that Cussac was also the capital of an ancient barony which was attached to that of Castelnau. Very high and powerful prince, the Duke of Glaucestre, is described as lord of the place and the castle of Cussac, in a title of March 19, 1441. In the following century, the lordship of Cussac was in the power of the house of Foix.

The town of Cussac-Fort Médoc and its heritage : https://www.cussac-fort-medoc.fr/tourisme/fort-medoc-histoire-et-projets/

The town of Cussac-Fort Médoc on its wine castles : https://www.cussac-fort-medoc.fr/tourisme/decouvrir-les-chateaux-viticoles/

The Vauban sites on Fort Médoc : https://sites-vauban.org/en/sites-majeurs/blayecussac-fort-medoc

My fav Caruso33 site on the Gironde/Médoc region and the fort Médoc : https://www.caruso33.net/fort-medoc.php

There you go folks, a dandy road warrior trip into the best wine region in the world and a lot more historical places to visit in my belle France, Cussac-Fort Médoc could be in the off the beaten path tracks, but worth a detour me think, Again, hope you have enjoy the post as I

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

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I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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