Rock of Solutré
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The Rock of Solutré is a limestone escarpment 8 km west of Mâcon, France, overlooking the commune of Solutré-Pouilly. It is an iconic site in the department of Saône-et-Loire, in Bourgogne-Franche-Com
The Rock of Solutré
The Rock of Solutré (right) and the Rock of Vergisson (left)
Henry Testot-Ferry
The Solutré horse hunt, from an illustration of "primitive man" by L. Figuier, 1876
Burgundy
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Burgundy is a historical region in France, broadly corresponding to the territory of the former administrative region of the same name, which existed from 1982 to 2015 before it was merged on 1 Januar
Rock of Solutré
…Vergisson, was created from fossilized coral plateaus that developed approximately 160 million years ago in these seas. In the Cenozoic era, eastern Burgundy underwent the effects of the alpine rising; while the Alps grew higher, the Saône basin sank. At the same time, plateaus rose in the west of the plain…
The Vix Krater, a Greek wine-mixing vessel found in the Vix Grave
Military flag of the Burgundian State during the reign of Charles the Bold
Dijon, Place François-Rude
Chardonnay vineyards near the town of Meursault