Lipari, Italy
4th century BCE
Argos-Mykines, Greece
4th century BCE
Elis, Greece
4th century BCE
Catanzaro, Italy
4th century BCE
Thasos, Greece
6th century BCE
Thasos, Greece
6th century BCE
Cattolica Eraclea, Italy
6th century BCE
Corfu, Greece
580 BCE
Termini Imerese, Italy
5th century BC
Ierapetra, Greece
1700 BC
Kandanos Selinos, Greece
400 BC
Lecc, Italy
8th century BCE
East Mani, Greece
5th century BCE
Tusa, Italy
403 BCE
Agrigento, Italy
480 BCE
Cassano all'Ionio, Italy
720 BCE
Ithaki, Greece
1300 BCE
Vittoria, Italy
599 BCE
Arcadia, Greece
7th century BCE
Policoro, Italy
432 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.