St Emilion, France -
Saint-Emilion, France. Saint-Emilion's history goes back to prehistoric times and is a World Heritage site, with fascinating Romanesque churches and ruins stretching all along steep and narrow streets. The town was named after the monk ?milion, a travelling confessor, who settled in a hermitage carved into the rock there in the 8th century. It was the monks who followed him that started up the commercial wine production in the area
Picture No
10272995
Media ID
48374588
Size
5801px x 3895px
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Credit
Mary Evans/Vanessa Wagstaff Collection
Source
Vanessa Wagstaff Collection
Date
1987
