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==Sights== [[File:Bourges place Gordaine 1.jpg|thumb|Half-timbered houses in Place Gordaine]] [[File:Jacques Cœur's palace.jpg|thumb|[[Palais Jacques Cœur]]]] [[File:BourgesMairie.JPG|thumb|The new [[Hôtel de Ville, Bourges|Hôtel de Ville]]]] *Its [[Bourges Cathedral|Gothic cathedral]] (built 1195–1255) was added to the list of the [[World Heritage Sites]] by [[UNESCO]] in 1992 *[[Palais Jacques Cœur]]<ref>Jacques Cœur's palace, [http://www.bourges-tourisme.com/en/pages/palais-jacques-coeur-bourges/ visitor centre] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130421022526/http://www.bourges-tourisme.com/en/pages/palais-jacques-coeur-bourges/ |date=21 April 2013 }}</ref> *Lallemant's [[Hôtel particulier|hotel]], from the early [[French Renaissance]]<ref>Lallemant's hotel, [http://www.bourges-tourisme.com/en/pages/hotel-lallemant-bourges/ visitor centre] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304230905/http://www.bourges-tourisme.com/en/pages/hotel-lallemant-bourges/ |date=4 March 2016 }}</ref> *The [[Berry (province)|Berry]] museum, located in the [[Jacques Cujas|Cujas]]' hotel<ref>Berry museum, [http://www.bourges-tourisme.com/en/pages/musee-du-berry-bourges/ visitor center] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507145051/http://www.bourges-tourisme.com/en/pages/musee-du-berry-bourges/ |date=7 May 2016 }}</ref> *The [[Maurice Estève|Estève]] museum, located in the so-called aldermen's hotel<ref>Estève museum, [http://www.bourges-tourisme.com/en/pages/musee-esteve-bourges/ visitor centre] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305051146/http://www.bourges-tourisme.com/en/pages/musee-esteve-bourges/ |date=5 March 2016 }}</ref> *The marshes of the [[Yèvre (Cher)|Yèvre]] and Voiselle rivers were listed in 2003 as a French Natural Monument or Site<ref>Bourges' marshes, [http://www.bourges-tourisme.com/en/pages/les-marais/ visitor centre]</ref> *The ruins of the Gallo-Roman walls *The [[Conservatoire national du Pélargonium]] *The new [[Hôtel de Ville, Bourges|Hôtel de Ville]] completed in 1992.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ville-bourges.fr/site/patrimoine-tourisme_hotels-ville|title=Les Hôtels de Ville|publisher=City of Bourges|access-date=15 December 2024}}</ref> ===Events=== The ''[[Printemps de Bourges]]'' music festival takes place in Bourges every year. Every summer, and since 2002, Les mille univers hosts a writing workshop in collaboration with [[Oulipo]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mille-univers.net/monSite.php?p=111|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728120423/http://www.mille-univers.net/monSite.php?p=111|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 July 2013|title=Les récréations à Bourges.}}</ref> Bourges was chosen as a European capital of culture for 2028.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.culture.gouv.fr/thematiques/europe-et-international/l-action-europeenne-et-internationale-du-ministere-de-la-culture/bourges-capitale-europeenne-de-la-culture-en-2028 |title=Bourges, capitale européenne de la Culture en 2028 |lang=fr |website=Ministère de la culture |access-date=21 April 2025}}</ref>
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