Solutré-Pouilly (; frp, Selutrié-Polyié) is a
commune in the
Saône-et-Loire
Saône-et-Loire (; Arpitan: ''Sona-et-Lêre'') is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in France. It is named after the rivers Saône and Loire, between which it lies, in the country's central-eastern part.
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department
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in the
region of
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern
France. It is known for a local geological feature, the
Rock of Solutré.
Wine
The vineyards of Solutré-Pouilly are part of the ''
appellation d'origine contrôlée''
Pouilly-Fuissé. Local wineries include the
Domaine du Chalet Pouilly
Domaine du Chalet Pouilly is a family wine business founded in 1850 that produces three Chardonnay wines: Pouilly-Fuissé, Saint-Véran and Mâcon-Solutré. The estate is located on a hillside overlooking the small hamlet of Pouilly in the "Pouill ...
.
Points of interest
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Parc archéologique et botanique de Solutré
See also
*
Solutrean, the
Paleolithic
The Paleolithic or Palaeolithic (), also called the Old Stone Age (from Greek: παλαιός ''palaios'', "old" and λίθος ''lithos'', "stone"), is a period in human prehistory that is distinguished by the original development of stone too ...
style named after a site near the village.
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Communes of the Saône-et-Loire department
*
Rock of Solutré
References
Communes of Saône-et-Loire
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