Rock of Solutré

Local nameRoche de Solutré
LocationSolutré-Pouilly

The Rock of Solutré is a limestone escarpment 8 km west of Mâcon, France, overlooking the commune of Solutré-Pouilly. It is an iconic site in the department of Saône-et-Loire, in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Protected by the French law on sites naturels classés and currently at the heart of a grand site national operation, it draws its fame severally as a rare geological phenomenon of the region, as a prehistoric site of the eponymous Solutrean paleolithic culture, and for the natural environment which its summit provides, the pelouse calciole grassland of Mâcon, with its distinctive flora and fauna. Occupied by man for at least 55,000 years, it is also the cradle of the Pouilly-Fuissé wine appellation. It has attracted media coverage since the 1980s when French President François Mitterrand started to make ritual ascents of the peak once per year.

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_of_Solutré

Address 71960, France

Coordinates 46°17'55.394" N 4°43'5.305" E

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