Beaune

Beaune is a French town with 21,872 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Côte- d'Or in the Burgundy region. Beaune is the center of the vineyards of the Côte de Beaune.

  • 6.1 Sons and daughters of the town
  • 6.2 personalities who have worked on site

History

Before becoming part of Beaune in 1203 by Odo III. , Duke of Burgundy, and received its charter, it was Celtic, later Roman sanctuary for a long time. Since the 14th century next to Dijon Beaune was the residence of the Dukes of Burgundy. In the 15th century it began to build the city wall of the larger pieces are still preserved today. They are today partly as a wine cellar of the great wine trading houses. When Charles the Bold, the last Duke of Burgundy, had died in 1477, the city of Louis XI. annexed by France - but only after the city had been under siege for more than five weeks. Many magnificent buildings from the late Middle Ages, Renaissance and Baroque witness a great past.

Economy

Viniculture

Viticulture on the Côte d'Or was founded at the time of the Romans, who named the area Pagus Arebrignus. Among the Germanic invasions of the Great Migration he declined sharply. At the time of Charlemagne, the wine region was preserved only in fragments. The wine cultures were further maintained in the now -called Burgundy region, especially of some monasteries.

A new impetus was given the Burgundian wine production in the 14th century by the residence of the Popes in the near Avignon. In the following centuries the trade increased to restive with Burgundian wines. In the 17th century, they were touted to be very healthy. In the 18th century, the first modern wine trading companies emerged. Beaune known as the wine capital of Burgundy. Major growing areas of interest include, for example:

  • Côte de Beaune
  • Hautes Côtes de Beaune
  • Savigny- lès -Beaune
  • Pommard
  • Meursault

The annual wine auction of the Hospices de Beaune determine the prices for the whole region.

Mustard production

Beaune was next to Dijon and Meaux ( Ile de France) one of the important centers of French mustard production. In the 19th century were still resident at the 30 mustard -maker. The Hospice of the nearby historic mustard mill Fallot from 1840 is the last still located and operated family owned business of its kind in Burgundy.

Attractions

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Beaune

  • The Hôtel -Dieu, a former hospital dating from the 15th century ( 1443 ), until 1971 it was used as a hospital.
  • The church of Notre -Dame, 1957 applicable to the Basilica, is a masterpiece of Burgundian Romanesque. It is a Romanesque church that was built in the style of the third church of Cluny, and housed in a Gothic style choir an extravagant embellishment: The five-part tapestries, The Life of the Virgin Mary telling have been woven in 1500 in Tournai to Templates of a Burgundian artist. This high-quality series of 19 scenes captivates particularly by its luminosity and the fineness of its execution.
  • The Hôtel des Ducs de Bourgogne is located near the hospital. It is the former residence of the dukes of Burgundy in Beaune, its half-timbered houses clustered around a courtyard offer a picturesque scene. Meanwhile, these buildings house the Burgundy Wine Museum, dedicated to the history of wine.
  • The 2 km long circular city wall from the 15th century surrounding the old town. It was to the Kingdom of France under Louis XI since the connection of Beaune. renewed and strengthened. The city wall has eight bastions.
  • In the center there are numerous houses from the early modern period. Especially in the Rue de Lorraine still standing houses from the 16th century.

Regular events

  • Festival International d' Opera Baroque: The festival takes place every year since 1983 in Beaune. It was launched by the historian Anne Blanchard. In addition to the Festival of Saintes, it is the leading center of concert, opera, and oratorio performances of early music. Main patron is France Telecom, one of the most important music sponsors of France. Up to 14,000 visitors here are counted annually. An illustrious as contemporary venues is no lack Hôtel Dieu, the Basilica of Notre Dame, the Hospices de Beaune, a prestigious medical hospital in the Franco-Flemish early Renaissance style and the wine cellar Paradis in the medieval Rue d' Enfer (Hell's Alley ). Concerts with works from the 15th to 17th centuries can always find four to five weekends of July to early August.

Twinning

  • Bensheim, Germany since June 12, 1960
  • Malmedy, Belgium since June 11, 1962
  • Krems an der Donau, Austria since March 23, 1976
  • Kōshū, Japan since September 18, 1976
  • Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States, since October 21, 2008

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Gaspard Monge (1746-1818), Count of Péluse, French mathematician and physicist
  • Bruno Latour ( born 1947 ), sociologist and philosopher
  • Étienne -Jules Marey (1830-1904), physiologist and photography pioneer, inventor of the chronometer Photographic shotgun
  • Paul d' Ivry (1829-1903), composer

Personalities who have worked on site

  • Jean -Pierre Ponnelle (1932-1988), opera and theater director, the son of a long-established winemaking family, went to school in Beaune
  • Jean Laplanche (1924-2012), French writer and theorist of psychoanalysis and winery in Beaune, died in Beaune
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