Sassnitz, Germany
3500-2800 BC
Sassnitz, Germany
3500-2800 BC
Tholey, Germany
1st century AD
Otzenhausen, Germany
400 BC
Boitin, Germany
Ostalbkreis, Germany
c. 200 AD
Venz, Germany
9th century AD
Degernau, Germany
Bronze Age
Blaubeuren, Germany
41,000 BC
Koblenz, Germany
1200-800 BC
Bad Dürkheim, Germany
500 BC
Grabenstetten, Germany
2nd century BC
Peiting, Germany
100 AD
Tengen, Germany
1st century AD
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.