Chalon-sur-Saône

Chalon -sur -Saône is a town in the French region of Burgundy. It is equipped with 44,847 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011), although the largest town of the department of Saône -et -Loire, but not the county seat, but only the seat of a sub-prefecture. After Dijon Chalon is the second largest city of the Burgundy region.

The city is situated on the banks of the Saône and the end point of the Canal du Centre and is the market and with its river port and the loading station of the Western Bresse for the grain and regional wines that are to be transported down the river.

History

The city was founded in 300 BC. The Gallo-Roman Cabillonum was one of the main locations of the Aedui, and since the middle of the 5th century seat of a bishop. Around the same time the place was Burgundian and Frankish in 534. King Guntram I. Chalon made ​​to the residence of the Sub- kingdom of Burgundy, and thus one of the most important and attractive cities of Gaul and in consequence to place important synods. The later will county Chalon -sur -Saône in 1237 was integrated into the Duchy of Burgundy and came up with Burgundy in 1477 to the French royal domain, the Domaine royal. The bishop's seat was lost in 1801.

Photography

Chalon is known as the birthplace of photography ( heliography ). The most famous citizen of the city is Joseph Nicephore Nièpce, for whose invention there is a museum on the Quai des Messageries that contains more than 2 million photographs and many artifacts, cameras and other equipment from the entire history of photography.

Attractions

The St. Vincent Cathedral, on the Place Saint -Vincent, the bulk of which dates from the 12th and 15th centuries, has - in addition to the neoclassical facade of the 19th century - architectural elements that date back to the 8th century.

The old town around the cathedral is partially well preserved. Opposite the church of St. Pierre from the 18th and 19th centuries is the Musée Vivant Denon, in the Roman and merowinginsche finds are on display next to a collection of paintings. On an island in the Saône, the Tour du Doyenné from the 15th century, and the Hôpital founded in the 16th century is, including a chapel with its original stained glass windows and a pharmacy.

Chalons dans la rue

In France Chalon -sur -Saône is known for its theater festival Chalons dans la rue. This street festival takes place since 1986 every year in mid- July in the entire historic downtown instead. In places, in courts and on the streets occur street artists from France and now also many other countries. The festival is divided ideas from the off and the in- field. The Off- Events can be visited without admission, whereas the in- performances free of charge.

O Fil Du Temps

Ferris Wheel

The incredible Canoan Show

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

• Caesarius of Arles ( 470-542 ), Archbishop of Arles
• Donellus Hugo (1527-1591), lawyer
• Joseph Touchemoulin (1725-1801), violinist and conductor in Bonn and Regensburg ( Princes of Thurn and Taxis )
• Vivant Denon (1747-1825), dealt after the French Revolution in order to transform the Louvre into a museum. According to him, one of the wings of the Louvre, the Palais Denon, named.
• Joseph Nicéphore Nièpce (1765-1833), one of the inventors of photography
• Charles Méray (1835-1911), mathematician
• Rachida Dati (* 1965), politician (UMP ), Minister of Justice in the government of François Fillon, who grew up in Chalon -sur -Saône

Twinning

• Germany Solingen, Germany
• Italy Novara, Italy
• England St Helens ( Merseyside ), England