Pouilly-en-Auxois is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France. It is best known as the summit of the Canal of Burgundy, which passes in a tunnel underneath the town.
The town was originally sited on the St Pierre hilltop surrounding a (now vanished) castle and walls built by the Dukes of Burgundy and the 13th/14th century Chapelle de Notre Dame Trouvée (Chapel of Our Lady Found). Beginning in the 16th century the town was rebuilt further down in the valley and in 1868 the new St Pierre church was built in what is now the city center. From the 12th century, the town was a regional agricultural center, specializing in wheat and later hemp, oils, skins, wool and sheep.
The town features an unusual tower called "The Dove Cote", dating from the 15th century, the interior walls of which contain 1200 pigeon holes.
Based on the article in the French Wikipedia.
Source: CIA Factbook, Wikipedia
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