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THE HERITAGE OF THE BURGUNDIAN SOIL

In every part of the world, Burgundy will forever be associated with the liquid gold which it nurtures in its soils. But this land of unsurpassed wines has also given birth to other treasures dating back through the mists of time: the Rock of Solutré and the caves of Arcy-sur-Cure take us back to the hunters of the Palaeolithic age.

Ancient Burgundy is perhaps most intimately connected with the saga of the Celts. The tomb of the princess of Vix, containing a huge bronze vase dating back 2500 years, gives us some idea of the great wealth and the commercial power wielded by the Gaulish chief.

As you travel from Bibracte to Alesia, you may retrace the decisive moments in Julius Caesar's conquest of Gaul, while many remnants of the Gallo-Roman era are to be admired in Autun and Sens.

And should you wish to imbibe the history of Burgundy from the earliest times to the dawn of the Middle Ages, you can do no better than to visit the "Archéodrome" conveniently situated on the A6 Paris-Lyon Motorway.

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