Beaujolais, Mâconnais and Charollais
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West of the valley of the Saône lies a tract of hilly country that is best known for its produce: the white wines of the Mâconnais are justly renowned, while the fashion for drinking the young red wine of Beaujolais has spread far beyond France. Further west still, the handsome white cattle that luxuriate in the green fields of the Charollais are an obvious sign that this is serious beef country.In the past, however, the region was famed for its religion, and many large and powerful abbeys were established in the eleventh and twelfth centuries under the influence of the great monastery at Cluny. Few monks remain, and Cluny itself is largely destroyed, but Romanesque churches are almost as thick on the ground as cattle, and few are more impressive than the great basilica at Paray-le-Monial.
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