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beaune on Flickr.
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Beaune is one of the key wine centers in France. Indeed the annual wine auction of the Hospices de Beaune is the primary wine auction in France. Beaune is surrounded by some of the world’s most famous wine villages; the facilities and cellars of many producers large and small are in Beaune.
It is an ancient and historic town on the plain, by the hills of the Cote d’Or. There are features from pre-Roman and Roman times, from antiquity, medieval, renaissance and modern times.
Beaune is a walled city: about half of the battlements, ramparts, and the moat, remain in good condition. The central “old town” is extensive. Historically Beaune is intimately connected with the Dukes of Burgundy.