Introduction

St Emillion

Saint-Émilion (Gascon Sent Milion) is a commune in the Gironde department in Aquitaine in southwestern France. Saint-Émilion’s history goes back to prehistoric times and is a World Heritage site, with fascinating Romanesque churches and ruins stretching all along steep and narrow streets. The Romans planted vineyards in what was to become Saint-Émilion as early as the 2nd century. In the 4th century, the Latin poet Ausonius lauded the fruit of the bountiful vine. The town was named after the monk Émilion, a travelling confessor, who settled in a hermitage carved into the rock there in the 8th century. It was the monks who followed him that started up the commercial wine production in the area. Saint-Émilion is located 35 km (22 mi) northeast of Bordeaux, between Libourne and Castillon-la-Bataille.

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St Emillion

East of Bordeaux

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Road to St Emillion

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Chateau Pas de L’Ane

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Chateau and Vineyard

Horizontal Landscape

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The Town

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Remnant of a Roman Wall

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Roman Wall and Arches

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Vineyards Surrounding the Town

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Tourist Center Art Work

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A Medieval Door

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Unusual Glass Windows with Oblique Lead Lines

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Flower Pot of Petunias in the Town Square

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Girl in Pink Dresss with Pink Sunglasses Playing in the Plaza

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Girl in Pink Dress Playing in the Town Square

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Girl in Blue Dress Playing in the Square

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People Eating in the Town Square

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Cloisters Mary and Jesus

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Closer Up  Infrastructure of Steel

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Mary Gazing with Steel Spirituality Toward the Heavens

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Girls in Pink in the Cloisters

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Boy with Red Hair and BAckpack in Thought

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Gate in the Cloisters

 

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Stairway Through the Arches

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Stairway and a Flower Pot

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Wine Vats and a Scale

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Empty Wine Bottle

Recycling

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Old Stone Walls and Stairs

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Houses of the Town

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Tile Roofs

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Closer View of the Tiles

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Streets of the Town

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Walking Through the Town

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A Surprise Event on the Street

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At the Bottom of the Hill

Entrance to Vineyard Country

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Oleander and Hibiscus at the Entrance to the Vineyards

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Homes and Surrounding Vineyards

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The Parallel Vineyards on the Hillside beyond the City

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An Old Barn in the Vineyard

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The Zig Zag Shape

An Ancient Wall

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Deep in the Vineyards

With Broken Stone Walls

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A Steel Fence and a Vineyard

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Grape of the Vine

Dry Soil

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Ancient Trunk with Young Fruit of the Vine

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The Old Trunk and the Youthful Grape Yet to Ripen

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Cycles of Life Old and New

Supporting the Young

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Regenerating tree

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A Blossoming Rose in the Shadow of Ancient Walls Who have Seen Everything

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Back into the Town

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An Old Door and Knocker

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Collection of Corks

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A Vertical Vase Holding a Beautiful Woman Geni

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An Inquisitive Boy in a Cap

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The Old Street Through the Town

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Homes on the Street Decorated with Flowers

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Two Women Resting and Thinking on an Ancient Wall

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A Woman in Thought

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Sunday

Two Ladies After Church

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Sunday Ride – A Different Interest

Motorbikes Come to Town

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Wagon Wheels a Vat and an Arch

Round and Wholesome Shapes

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4 beautiful trees in a Row within the Olds Stone Walls

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Other Fruits – Figs

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Celebrating the Fruit of the Grape

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Geometry Among the Sapling Vines

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Black Moss on the Rock Walls

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Vineyard in the Backyard

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Washing in the Back Yard

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Water Pump in the Back Yard

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Red Clay Flower Pot

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Wine Bottles in the Back Yard

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Family Picnic with Inevitable Wine

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Window through the Ruin of a Roman Wall

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The Product of the Region on Sale

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