FRANCE - Burgundy -
Maconnais and Brionnais
The Mâconnais district is located in the south of the Burgundy wine region in France, west of the Saône river. It takes its name from the town of Mâcon. It is best known as a source of good value white wines made from the Chardonnay grape; the wines from Pouilly-Fuissé are particularly sought-after. Almost all the wine made in the Mâconnais is white wine.
Cluny is 20 km (12 mi) northwest of Mâcon. The town grew up around the Benedictine Abbey of Cluny, founded by Duke William I of Aquitaine in 910. The height of Cluniac influence was from the second half of the 10th century through the early 12th. The abbey was sacked by the Huguenots in 1562, and one part of the abbey remains.
Paray-le-Monial is mainly known for its Romanesque church of the Sacré-Coeur ("Sacred Heart") and as a place of pilgrimage. It was built from the 12th century as a small-scale version of the Abbey of Cluny. It was finished in the 14th century, while the cloister dates to the 18th century.
Beautifil old roman churches are located in South Burgundy.
BEST TIME to VISIT MACONNAIS
BEST TIME to TRAVEL to BRIONNAIS
From June to September
Paray-le-Monial - Basilica
around Paray-le-Monial - Old manor
Semur-en-Brionnais has a very beautiful roman church
village of Fuissé and vineyards
Solutré Rock and vineyard
Solutré rock and Solutré village
old church
landscape
landscape
small village on a hill
landscape
Anzy-le-Duc - the village and its famous roman church
around Tournus - Vineyards
castle and vineyards
Anzy-le-Duc - Beautiful roman church
old village
Saone river and Saint-Philibert Abbey
village
Berzé-la-ville
old church
old castle
Village of Viré and the church
Tournus - the Saone river and Saint-Philibert Abbey
Basilica
Cluny Abbey is a former Benedictine monastery. The abbey was constructed in the Romanesque architectural style, with three churches built in succession from the 4th to the early 12th centuries. The earliest basilica was the world's largest church until the St. Peter's Basilica construction began in Rome.
Village of Chateauneuf
old church
Basilica
Basilica
Basilica
old city - street view
small castle
Charlieu (42)
Semur-en-Brionnais - Roman church
Saint-Maurice-les-Chateauneuf
Brancion - Church
Brancion - old house
village
old house
old house
house
Tournus - overview from the Saone river edge
Basilica
Basilica
Cluny Abbey - main entrance
Brancion is overlooking a small village with a small roman church
Brancion - the halle and a well
Vineyard
Fuissé church
Solutré Rock