Climats, terroirs of Burgundy

UNESCO World Heritage Site
Climats, terroirs of Burgundy
Name as inscribed on the World Heritage List
Vineyards near Beaune
Type	Cultural
Criteria	iii, v
Reference	1425
UNESCO region	Europe and North America
Inscription history
Inscription	2015 (39th Session)

Climats, terroirs of Burgundy are a series of properties that exemplify the viticulture practices of the Burgundy wine region, including climats, a political regulatory impetus, and terroirs, an agricultural system sympathetic to local geography, geology and climate. It includes:

Vineyards and associated production units including the town of Beaune and nearby villages
The historic centre of Dijon

World Heritage Sites in France

Île-de-France	Palace and Park of Versailles Fontainebleau Palace and Park Paris: Banks of the Seine Provins

Parisian basin	Amiens Cathedral Belfries of Belgium and France¹ Bourges Cathedral Champagne hillsides, houses and cellars Chartres Cathedral Climats and terroirs of Burgundy Reims: Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Abbey of Saint-Remi, Palace of Tau Abbey of Fontenay Le Havre Vézelay Church and hill

Nord-Pas-de-Calais	Belfries of Belgium and France¹

East	Great Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains and Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans Nancy: Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière and Place d'Alliance Strasbourg: Grande Île Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps³

West	Abbey Church of Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe Mont Saint-Michel and its bay

South West	Episcopal city, Albi Port of the Moon, Bordeaux Prehistoric sites and decorated caves of the Vézère valley Pyrénées – Mont Perdu² Saint-Émilion

Centre East	Chauvet Cave Lyon

Mediterranean	Roman and Romanesque monuments, Arles Carcassonne citadel Gulf of Porto: Calanches de Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve Avignon: Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble, Avignon Bridge Pont du Gard Orange: Roman Theatre and environs, Triumphal Arch

Multiple regions	Canal du Midi Fortifications of Vauban Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes-sur-Loire Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France

Overseas departments and territories	Lagoons of New Caledonia Pitons, cirques and remparts of Réunion

¹Shared locally with other region/s and with Belgium ²Shared with Spain ³Shared with Austria, Germany, Italy, Slovenia and Switzerland

Coordinates: 47°03′29″N 4°51′52″E / 47.0581°N 4.8644°E / 47.0581; 4.8644

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