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Not to be confused with Semur-en-Auxois.
Commune in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
Semur-en-Brionnais (French pronunciation: [səmyʁ ɑ̃ bʁijɔnɛ]) is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.
Sights
- The oldest castle in Burgundy, Château Saint Hugues, dating from 9th century.
- The collegiale Saint Hilaire, the village church, dating from the 12th century.
- The chapel of St Martin la Vallée
- The Priory St Hugues, now the Convent of the Sisters of the Order of St. John
- The Chapter House. Built as a small monastery, this building later housed the village school and now contains, among other things, an exhibition of Romanesque Architecture in the Brionnais
- The village ramparts[3]
Semur-en-Brionnais is the birthplace of
- Saint Hugues, the founder of Cluny Abbey, born 1024
- Henriette d'Angeville, the second woman to climb Mont Blanc.
- The chef Albert Roux OBE, KFO, born in October 1935. [1] He owns Le Gavroche, the first restaurant in Britain to win three Michelin Stars.
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Medieval villages in Burgundy France, Semur-en-Brionnais". burgundytoday.com. Archived from the original on 2006-11-14. Retrieved 2008-10-11.
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