saint emilion
states: [france]
category: cultural
year: 1999
location: Department of the Gironde, Region of Aquitaine
region: Europe and North America
latitude/longitude: 44.8947222200, -0.1552777780
visited: 2018
Viticulture was introduced to this fertile region of Aquitaine by the Romans, and intensified in the Middle Ages. The Saint-Emilion area benefited from its location on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela and many churches, monasteries and hospices were built there from the 11th century onwards. It was granted the special status of a 'jurisdiction' during the period of English rule in the 12th century. It is an exceptional landscape devoted entirely to wine-growing, with many fine historic monuments in its towns and villages.
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