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nearby, and fuel to reduce it Pouilly-Fuissé vineyards in the
was to come from the Chaux Mâconnais district. Below the
forest. The enterprise was rock, finds from the Stone Age
never a success and closed in have established it as a major
1895, but the buildings can be archaeological site. EAT
visited. The Musée Ledoux Mâconnais is also the land
Lieu du Sel displays intriguing of Romantic poet Lamartine Les Deux Ponts
models of the grand projects. (1790–1869). Born in Mâcon, A friendly place with a
he spent his childhood at Milly
sunny terrace, serving
Musée Ledoux Lieu du Sel Lamartine and later lived at local produce and wine.
"' ⌂ Saline Royale § 03 Château de St-Point. Château
81 54 45 45 # 9am–7pm de Pierreclos is associated ! E3 ⌂ 1 Rte de Vézelay,
daily ¢ 1 Jan, 25 Dec with his epic poem Jocelyn. Pierre-Perthuis
∑ lesdeuxpoints.com
Musée des Ursulines ¡¡¡
28 " ⌂ allée de Matisco § 03
85 39 90 38 # 10am–6pm
Mâcon Tue–Sat ¢ Public hols La Dame d’Aquitaine
Modern cuisine served
! F4 ⌂ Saône-et-Loire in an atmospheric
~ £ @ n 1 pl Saint Pierre; 13th-century crypt.
www.macon-tourism.com 29 ! F3 ⌂ 23 Pl Bossuet,
At the frontier between the Arbois Dijon ∑ ladame
daquitaine.fr
south and Burgundy, Mâcon ! F4 ⌂ Jura £ n 17 rue
is an industrial town and wine de l’Hôtel de Ville; www. ¡¡¡
centre on the River Saône. tourisme.arbois.com
Its lack of churches is due to Le Montrachet
fervent anti-clericalism during This jolly wine town on the Skilfully created and
the Revolution, when 14 were vine-covered banks of the authentic local classics
destroyed. A 17th-century Cuisance is famous for sherry- and haute cuisine.
convent, now the Musée des like vin jaune (yellow wine). ! E4–F4 ⌂ 10 pl du
Ursulines, has Flemish and On the north side of the town Pasquier de la Fontaine,
French paintings and exhibits is the preserved house and Puligny-Montrachet
on prehistoric Solutré. On the laboratory of Louis Pasteur ∑ le-montrachet.com
place aux Herbes, where the (1822–95), the first person to ¡¡¡
market is held, the Maison de test vaccines on humans.
Bois is a wooden building
covered with bizarre carvings.
Outside of town, the Roche
de Solutré rises dramat-
ically above the

Maison de Louis Pasteur, in the
town of Arbois, containing the
great scientist’s laboratory
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