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A landscape made famous by former President Fran莽ois Mitterrand has been listed for protection by the Environment Minister Nicolas Hulot.

The whole area around the Roche de Solutr茅 in Burgundy 鈥� which Mr Mitterrand would climb each year 鈥� is now a site class茅, including the rock itself and the nearby Mont de Pouilly and Roche de Vergisson.

Mr Mitterrand would ascend the spectacular rock overlooking the Pouilly-Fuiss茅 and Saint V茅ran vineyards in the Sa么ne-et-Loire, every Pentecost, in fulfilment of a vow made during the Second World War. He was often accompanied by such well-known figures as Jack Lang, Pierre Berg茅 or Jacques Attali 鈥� as well as journalists.

A Resistance member during the Second World War, the former president met his wife Danielle (苍茅别 Gouze) in Bur颅gundy while organising Resis颅tance activities there 鈥� and his brother-in-law Roger Gouze took him climbing on the rock for the first time in 1946 along with other 谤茅蝉颈蝉迟补苍迟蝉, who had sworn during the war to do it each year once peace returned.

The Ecology Ministry says the listing will 鈥済uarantee the quality of this site with its unusual and picturesque scenery鈥� as it means that any new development changing its appearance would need special permission.

However the reason Mr Hulot declared it a 鈥渞emarkable site that merits national recognition鈥� is that it is home to a wide range of rare plants and animals and is also one of Europe鈥檚 most important prehistoric sites. Findings such as traces of huts and fires, flint tools, reindeer, horse and mammoth bones show humans have lived in the area for some 57,000 years.