Provins, Town of Medieval Fairs

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Provins, Town of Medieval Fairs - Visit time : 1 day.

Less than an hour from Paris, Provins is a remarkable site that plunges visitors into the heart of the Middle Ages.

A time when the counts of Champagne were powerful enough to organize international fairs and brought together traders from the four corners of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. The town’s structure was planned in the 12th and 13th century to accommodate the thousands of traders, and even today the town preserves this wonderful architectural ensemble, a unique testimony in its specificity and richness. But Unesco has also paid tribute to the cultural mix that allowed the fairs of Champagne to flourish. A place for commercial trade but also intellectual and cultural exchange, these fairs irreversibly influenced the changing Western societies.

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