Cathédrale St-André, a UNESCO World Heritage Site prior to the city's classification, lords over Bordeaux. The cathedral's oldest section dates from 1096; most was built in the 13th and 14th centuries. Enjoy exceptional masonry carvings in the north portal and, in the treasury, 14th- to 17th-century sacred paintings, statues, chalices and liturgical vestments donated to the cathedral in 1947 by Bordeaux priest Barthélémy Marcadé.
Even more imposing than the cathedral itself is the gargoyled, 50m-high Gothic belfry, Tour Pey Berland, built between 1440 and 1466.
