Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Provins, Town of Medieval Fairs' has mentioned 'Town' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
|---|---|
| ProvinsSubprefecture and communeThe historic center of the lower town seen from the Caesar tower. | WIKI |
| 91xc2xa0m or 299xc2xa0ft)Websitewww.mairie-provins.fr; www.provins.net/en/ UNESCO World Heritage SiteOfficialxc2xa0nameProvins, Town of Medieval FairsCriteriaCultural:xc2xa0(ii)(iv)Reference873revInscription2001 (25th session)Area108xc2xa0ha (0.42xc2xa0sqxc2xa0mi)Bufferxc2xa0zone1,365xc2xa0ha (5.27xc2xa0sqxc2xa0mi) 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1xc2xa0km2 (0.386xc2xa0sqxc2xa0mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | WIKI |
| Provins, a town of medieval fairs, became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2001. | WIKI |
| With 11,844 inhabitants (2017), Provins is not the largest town in the arrondissement of Provins, but it is the seat (sous-prxc3xa9fecture). | WIKI |
| The largest town is Montereau-Fault-Yonne (20,206 inhabitants). | WIKI |
| As proof of its growing importance, by the 9th century, Provins was minting its own coin, the xe2x80x9cdenier provinois,xe2x80x9d and Charlemagne had sent his missi dominici to the town. | WIKI |
| King Philip IV visited Provins several times in the late 13th century, devastating the town with harsh taxes that ended its period of prosperity and caused residents to flee. | WIKI |
| The town was besieged numerous times and changed hands frequently in the 14th through 16th centuries. | WIKI |
| The Germans occupied the town in 1870 during the Franco-Prussian War, and were only barely fought off in 1914 during the First World War. | WIKI |
| However, the saint's head was situated at Provins, brought from Jerusalem by Henry I of Champagne, who built a church in this town to display it. | WIKI |
| A dome was added in the 17th century, and the old families of Provins who lived in the upper town were called "Children of the Dome." | WIKI |
| Two sets of caves underlie parts of the town. | WIKI |
| Located in xc3x8ele-de-France in the Seine-et-Marne department, the historic walled city of Provins is an outstanding and authentic example of a medieval fair town in Champagne, a region that was an important centre of exchange, and which witnessed, together with the rise of trading fairs in the 11th century, the beginning of significant international trade in Europe. | UNESCO |
| The urban plan of the medieval town is well preserved, as are a large part of the historic buildings, canals and the water management system. | UNESCO |
| The relationship of the upper town with the plains of Plateau Briard is also intact. | UNESCO |
| The new buildings in the lower town respect the volumes of the ensemble and integrate nicely with the historic buildings. | UNESCO |
| Due to its economic decline, but also to the persistence of its urban functions, the medieval fairs town of Provins remains relatively intact to this day. | UNESCO |