🍾 Champagne Hillsides, Houses and Cellars
UNESCO World Heritage vineyards of northeastern France
📋 Fast Facts
- UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed in 2015
- Encompasses Hautvillers, Aÿ, and Mareuil-sur-Aÿ in the Marne region
- Home to Abbaye Saint-Pierre d'Hautvillers, founded in the 7th century
- Associated with Dom Pérignon and the development of Champagne production methods
The Champagne hillsides form a distinctive landscape of steep vineyard slopes and historic villages in northeastern France. Hautvillers, Aÿ, and Mareuil-sur-Aÿ represent centuries of viticulture and winemaking tradition, their architecture and terraced vineyards shaped by the production of sparkling wine. The UNESCO inscription recognizes the region's outstanding universal value as a living landscape of continuous wine production ...