

Not far from Bordeaux, between Libourne and Castillon-la-Bataille, Saint-Emilion stands, a museum under the sky. Built as an amphitheatre, it astonishes and fascinates. With its troglodyte tradition, its striking buildings and underground galleries, its vestiges of the great Romanesque era, its steep alleyways, its ochre and luminous stones extracted from the local limestone quarries, its tiled roofs, Saint-Emilion is listed on the World Heritage List of Unesco. First wine growing region thus listed, Saint-Émilion is an exceptional site, combining extremely beautiful monuments, which have remained largely intact through the centuries, with a very beautiful and unchanging landscape
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