Borne-colonne de Brienne

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Brienne is a road terminal of the former regime, located in Brienne, in the French department of Saône-et-Loire. Located at the beginning of the eighteenth century, it indicates, engraved on the column, possible routes from Brienne.

Presentation: Located west of Cuisery and the bridge de la Seille, at the "guidon" (carrefour des D 975 et D 971), the limestone column marked the junction of the large east-west transversal no. 34 of Franche-Comté (near Beaurepaire) in Bourbonnais and Nivernais (Bourbon-Lancy) with road No. 37 from Bourg to Chalon by Romenay, Cuisery and Simandre. The terminal also designates the direction of Besançon by Louhans, Lons-le-Saunier, Poligny, Arbois, and as secondary direction Saint-Amour (Jura). Well highlighted by a flowered area of tourist information, stone and inscriptions are significantly degraded This pillar dates from the 18th century, and is the subject of an inscription as historical monuments in 1939.

Related article: List of historical monuments of Saône-et-Loire Portail des monuments historiques français Portail de Saône-et-Loire