Atlas Obscura
Mériadeck Quarter in Bordeaux, France
The Mériadeck quarter is a large-scale high-rise estate that took shape in the 1960s and 1970s. Although many of Bordeaux’s citizens have never fully warmed to the area, it is popular with brutalist architecture enthusiasts, photographers, skateboarders, and urban dance groups. Back in the Middle Ages, the area was marshland, but it gradually evolved into a residential district. It was named Mé…