The town in the Côte de Beaune region, the southern part of the Côte d'Or, is considered the wine capital of French Burgundy (the political capital is Dijon). The town was founded by Julius Caesar (100-44 BC) as a Roman camp and was the seat of the kings of Burgundy until the 13th century. Under Duke Philip the Good (1396-1467), Nicolas Rolin (1376-1462) founded the world-famous "Hôtel Dieu", the Christian Hospices de Beaune, in 1443, which was used as a hospital until 1971. In the 18th century, the first major wine trading houses such as Champy (1720) and Bouchard (1721) were established in the town. The annual auction of wines for charitable purposes is now a world event. The town is still surrounded by walls and has numerous wine cellars.
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