With outer walls preserved on more than one kilometre, Saint-Emilion belongs to the small group of French medieval cities with ramparts like Avignon, Carcassonne, the Mont-Saint-Michel or Saint-Malo.

Conservation area, you might discover the 7 other villages that are parts of the Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion:

Saint-Sulpice de Faleyrens, Saint-Christophe des Bardes, Saint-Laurent des Combes, Saint-Etienne de Lisse, Saint-Hippolyte, Saint-Pey d'Armens, Vignonet.