Vacation To Santenay, Santenay Vacations
Santenay is a French municipality with approximately 900 inhabitants, lies in the south of the Côte de Beaune and belonged to the Département Côte d’Or. Because of its wines Santenay is world-wide well-known.
The place has some sources of welfare, therefore Santenay is famous as therapeutic bath. At the Roman time the municipality “Sentilliacum” was called. The name it owed to one of its sources, the Santana. At the end 19. Century were there still four wells, i.e.: the Fontaine Salée (salty source translates) the Santana well, the Carnot well and the lithium well. Today only the two latters are in enterprise. The water receives much lithium, which admits for its heilsame effect is. As frequent with therapeutic baths, it here also a Spielcasino gives.
The vineyards of Santenay cover a surface of 390 hectares, about which 140 hectares are Première Cru situations. One produces 1.500.000 bottles annually, of it 95% red wine from the Rebsorte Pinot Noir. The weisswein is made of the Rebsorte Chardonnay. The red ones are firm and structured wines, which often a clear Gout you terroir exhibit. La Comme is one of the point situations with increasing depth in the age. Also the Villages situations are very well made wines.
Since 21 May 1970 Santenay practice-practicing that orders the status of a Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée. The Château de Santenay. On the remainders of a wooden attachment plant, those at the end 4. Century developed the Château existed there. It was to in 9. Century the center of a large Karolinger domain. The powerful tower from that 14. Century was built by Philippe le Hardi (duke Philipp the bold one of Burgund (1363-1404)). At this time the lock also a ditch was put on approximately.
The roof was decorated before 25 years with the typically burgundischen colored bricks. Church Eglise Saint Jean de Narosse. The church became end 12. Century builds. The choir and the two chapels, “Chapelle Saint Michel” and “Chapelle de la Vierge Marie” are established in gothical style and date from that 15. Century. Mont de Sène of the hill of the Mont de Sène (also Montagne of the Trois Croix called), with its height of 521 m ue. NN, one has a fantastischen remote view over the Saône level up to law and the alps.
On the basis excavations one could prove that the Celts the plateau already in 6. Century v. Chr. inhabited. During Roman occupation large temple was built in honours of merkurs. From this time one can see statues in the museum of Autun. Since 1993 the Mont de Sène is a protected area. Canal you Centre Santenay is to Centre because of the Canal you. This centralFrench channel forms Loing with the channels Canal de Briare, Canal you and Canal latéral à la Loire a channel chain, which makes for the inland waterway crafts and sport boats possible a transition of the Rhône and the Saône to the Loire and to its.
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April 8th, 2008 at 3:18 am