Beaune
[key], town, Côte-d'Or dept., E France, in Burgundy. It is a noted
center for Burgundy wines, with a wine school and wine research facilities.
Its manufactures include winemaking equipment. Beaune flourished as a
residence of the dukes of Burgundy. Its textile industry was ruined when the
revocation of the Edict of Nantes expelled (1685) the Protestant artisans.
Beaune, a circular city with 15th-century ramparts, has a Romanesque church
(12th cent.) with 15th-century Flemish tapestries. Its famous
hôtel Dieu was founded (1443) by Chancellor
Nicolas Rolin, a patron of Roger van der Weyden, whose Last
Judgment it contains.
The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2024, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
See more Encyclopedia articles on: French Political Geography
