Avallon, Burgundy
This ancient village has many winding cobblestone streets flanked by traditional stone and woodwork buildings.
Chance finds of coins and pottery fragments and a fine head of Minerva are reminders of the Roman settlement carrying the Celtic name Aballo, a mutatio or post where fresh horses could be obtained.
Two pink marble columns in the church of St-Martin du Bourg have been reused from an unknown temple.. The Roman citadel, on a rocky spur overlooking the Cousin valley, has been Christianized as Montmarte ("Mount of the Martyrs").
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