Saint-Émilion
The history of the city Saint-Émilion starts in the prehistoric area. The whole city has still many narrow streets, old churches and many ruins.
The name of the town was given by the Benedictine monk Émilion, a travelling confessor in the 8th century.
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Saint-Émilion is a quite old town
Saint-Émilion is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and since the 2nd century a place for great wine.
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Nice old shops
Walking the streets of Saint-Émilion is a big fun. I went from nice restaurants to wine shops and some other old style selling places.
Wine made by Romans
The vineyards where planted by the romans in that time. Seems that some buildings are from
The same time. This belongs to a winery but the old roof is gone.
You probably never see so many wine shops on such a small area.
More shopping
The monks did it
As well the monks started up the commercial wine production in the area. Today wine is the biggest business in the area.
Great wine
Saint-Émilion belongs to the principal red wine areas of Bordeaux. There are as well Pomerol, Graves and Medoc in the neighborhood.
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Danke! Habe das mal angepasst.
What a charming place you visited! - Hier ist die Welt noch in Ordnung! :)
And the great photogrpahs! Thank you for this post, @Detlev!
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Brilliant! It looks like a lovely spot for a relaxing week ^_^
after a week you know all the wines.... ;-)
You love travelling very much I think. That's why you know how to describe the place clearly. I hope someday I can be a traveler like you, Mr. @detlev.
Anyway, I really love this part of your posting, "Saint-Émilion is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and since the 2nd century a place for great wine". The sentance gave me a new knowledge about the place. Thanks.
Be my friend, plz.
Regard.
Yes, Ilove ❤️ traveling and a tour through France together with my family is always fun.
Thank you! @Detlev
Wine suits you in a beautiful city^^
yes, this was a lovely place. Love to stay longer for some "tastings"
fantastic photo
I was fun to do this pictures
Nice place to visit and a great photography. It looks quite sunny, what's the temperature there?
It was hot around 30+ Celsius.
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very nice, I just returned from California and will post my photos soon, i am following you now, my friend.I always follow people who comment on my post