Saint-EmilionSaint-Emilion is located in the department of Gironde, it’s classified in the world patrimony of UNESCO. What to discover?There are numerous civil and religious monuments, moreover, the city possess a surprising wine landscape. You will discover old gravel-pits (Cordeliers, Menuts…) wich represent seventy hectares of the basement of the city, without counting those wich not found. Saint-Emilion invites you to visit its incontrovertible catacombs and its chapels (Chapelle de la Trinité, Chapelle du Châpitre…). The wine is a veritable speciality of Saint-Emilion, it’s a wine of great tradition, known since the Gallo-Roaman time. The is popular for its wines of hight-quality wines and possess 5400 hectares of vineyards. Moreover, there are a lot of events at saint-Emilion, among them there are the night of Patrimony (september 16th, 2006), the market of the taste (october) which offers traditional flavours and regional products of into the past. It’s a ideal occasion to sample real delights. Indeed, Saint-Emilion is also classified notable site of the taste, and organizes numerous greedy meetings. A other event is the Jurade wich takes place twice in the year. Concerning the architecture, Saint-Emilion also has its particularities. The presence of stones which decorate the landscape relate a great past of religious, warriors and politics stories… |
