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BEAUNE
. Built on the site of prehistoric springs, the Roman town of Belina or Belnocastrum
prospered from stock breeding, agriculture, and viticulture. It was fortified at the time of
the Germanic invasions (3rd-4th c. A.D.) and became a county during the Carolingian
period. In the Middle Ages, it was one of the favorite residences of the dukes of
Burgundy. It was chartered by Duke Eudes in 1203 and made a parliamentary seat in
1227. The city walls, largely intact today, were built in 1368. After the death in 1477 of
Charles the Bold, last duke of Burgundy, it took Louis XI five weeks to subdue the city.
As a religious center, Beaune was home to Benedictines, Dominicans, Franciscans,
and Carthusians. The Romanesque church of Notre-Dame, begun in 1120 under Bishop
Étienne de Bâgé, is a typical Cluniac large-porched structure. The ambulatory and three
separated radiating chapels are pure Romanesque; the High Romanesque nave, which
resembles Autun and Cluny III, has pointed barrel vaulting, while the side aisles have rib
vaulting. The crossing tower features Gothic bays over Romanesque blind arcades. The
church of Saint-Nicolas, rebuilt in the 13th century, retains a Romanesque tower, porch,
and sculpted portal. Within the town, one can admire a number of 12th-and 13th-century
houses with linteled windows, a chapter house with a façade dated to the 13th century,
and a rectangular belfry of 1403.
Beaune’s celebrity today comes primarily from its hospital, or Hôtel-Dieu, founded in
1443 by Nicolas Rolin, chancellor of Duke Philip the Good. A marvel of Flemish Late
Gothic style, it was designed by the Brabantine archi-
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