Provincia di Agrigento, Italy
500 BCE
Sarandë, Albania
800 BCE
Berat, Albania
c. 314 BCE
Epidaurus, Greece
4th century BCE
Corinth, Greece
7th century BCE
Argos-Mykines, Greece
1300-1250 BCE
Kameiros, Greece
6th century BCE
Athens, Greece
570 BCE
Rhodes, Greece
408 BCE
Phaistos, Greece
2000 BC
Oichalia, Greece
450-400 BCE
Argos-Mykines, Greece
1400-1200 BCE
Messini, Greece
369 BCE
Fier, Albania
588 BCE
Solin, Croatia
7th century BCE
Ialysos, Greece
3rd century BCE
Thasos, Greece
6th century BCE
Górtyn, Greece
3200 BC
Palazzolo Acreide, Italy
663 BCE
Ascea, Italy
538-535 BCE
Saint-Émilion is a picturesque medieval village renowned for its well-preserved architecture and vineyards. The town and surrounding vineyards was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1999, owing to its long, living history of wine-making, Romanesque churches and ruins stretching all along steep and narrow streets.
An oppidum was built on the hill overlooking the present-day city in Gaulish times, before the regions was annexed by Augustus in 27 BC. The Romans planted vineyards in what was to become Saint-Émilion as early as the 2nd century. In the 4th century, the Latin poet Ausonius lauded the fruit of the bountiful vine.
Because the region was located on the route of the Camino de Santiago, many monasteries and churches were built during the Middle Ages, and in 1199, while under Plantagenet rule, the town was granted full rights.