The Cordeliers cloister is situated in France, at the heart of the medieval town of Saint-Emilion in the Gironde area. It is one of the town’s most emblematic and picturesque sites, containing a monolithic church. A listed Historical Monument and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, it also has underground cellars where sparkling wines are produced. 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.

Metadata	Information
Source	Archeotransfert Archeovision
Contacts	Pascal Mora 3D engineer Archeotransfert Archeopole esplanade des antilles PESSAC 33607 France me_chayani@yahoo.fr
Copyright Credit Line	Archeotransfert archeovision
Europeana Rights	Creative Commons - Attribution, Non-Commercial, No Derivatives (BY-NC-ND)
Spatial	Saint Emilion,Aquitaine,Bordeaux
Start Date	12 th centurie
End Date	16 th centurie
Period Name	Gothic
Heritage Asset Type	cloister