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Small towns and mediaeval villages with
character
Beside rivers, lakes and forests, the
Burgundian countryside offers its visitors a great number of
small towns and mediaeval villages with character.
Some of them (Avallon, Joigny, Vézelay) are
mentioned in Urban splendor,
but Clamecy, La Charité-sur-Loire, Tonnerre,
Châtillon-sur-Seine, Mont-Saint-Vincent, Semur-en-Brionnais
are also worth a visit and following places should not be
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Noyers-sur-Serein with its preserved fortifications,
numerous half-timbered houses and its museum dedicated to
naive art.
Noyers-sur-Serein
Montréal with its mediaeval gates and
its gothic church which houses the best sets of choir stalls
in Burgundy.
Montréal with its mediaeval gates
Semur-en-Auxois built in a picturesque
position, is dominated by big drum towers and by Notre-Dame,
which is one of the best examples of Gothic art in Burgundy.
Semur-en-Auxois
Flavigny-sur-Ozerain, famous for its
aniseed sweets, is perched on a rocky summit. Two gates give
access to the village which offers numerous mediaeval and
Renaissance houses and a very interesting parish church. The
film ‘Chocolat’ has been shot in this magnificent village.
Flavigny-sur-Ozerain
Châteauneuf-en-Auxois is one of the
most beautiful villages in Noyers-sur-Serein France. Its
castle dates back to the late 12th C and the 14th C and
commands the valley as well as the Canal de Bourgogne.
Brancion, in the surroundings of
Tournus, is definitely one of the most charming hill villages
in Burgundy, with a huge castle, a very harmonious Romanesque
Church and an old market hall. credits
: Burgundy
Tourist Board
France Regions Burgundy
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