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Borgonha-Franco-Condado · France Capital
In the destination Borgonha.
In the photo: Palais des Ducs and Place de la Libération · Dijon
Illustrative images. The pictures in this guide are illustrations based on the real place, not photographs, and may differ from it.
The city
Former capital of the Dukes of Burgundy, Dijon has a pedestrian historic centre listed as a World Heritage Site, with the Palais des ducs, the Musée des Beaux-Arts, the Église Notre-Dame and the stone owl that brings good luck. It is the city of mustard, of the covered market the Halles, and the starting point for the vineyards of the Côte de Nuits.
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The local experience
A complex of buildings in the heart of Dijon that brings together the palace of the Dukes of Burgundy, from the 14th and 15th centuries, and the Palace of the States, from the 17th and 18th centuries. Today it houses the town hall and the Musée des Beaux-Arts.
One of the oldest museums in France, housed in the ducal palace. It preserves the tombs of the dukes of Burgundy, Fayum funerary portraits and paintings from the Renaissance to the 19th century. Admission to the permanent collections is free.
46-metre tower of the ducal palace, built between 1450 and 1460. There are 316 steps to the terrace, with a 360-degree view over Dijon’s roofs and, on clear days, as far as the Côte de Nuits. Ascent only on guided tours.
13th-century Gothic church with a façade of fake gargoyles, the Jacquemart clock, and on the side wall the small stone owl that Dijon locals touch with their left hand to make a wish.
Walking circuit through Dijon’s historic centre, marked by triangular bronze arrows with an owl on the pavement. It passes the Palais des ducs, Notre-Dame, the Rue des Forges, the Halles and townhouses from the 15th to 18th centuries.
13th-century Gothic cathedral, with a roof of colourful glazed tiles and a Romanesque crypt from the year 1000, the only remaining part of a large three-storey rotunda.
19th-century covered market of iron and glass, connected to the workshops of Dijon native Gustave Eiffel. It opens on market mornings with cheeses, charcuterie, escargots, mustard and products from Borgonha.
Complex installed in the former general hospital of Dijon, at kilometer zero of the Route des Grands Crus, with exhibitions about wine and French cuisine, the Chapelle des Climats and tasting workshops of the École des Vins de Bourgogne.
Base of a calvary carved between 1396 and 1405 by Claus Sluter for the Chartreuse de Champmol, the ducal monastery-necropolis. Six life-size prophets, with a realism rare for the time.
Park with a botanical garden of about 3,500 species, an arboretum, a rose garden, a natural history museum and a planetarium, next to Dijon-Ville station. It used to be called Jardin des Sciences.
Castle built by monks of Cîteaux in the middle of a walled vineyard of the Côte de Nuits, on the Route des Grands Crus. It houses four giant medieval wine presses and is the seat of the Confrérie des Chevaliers du Tastevin.
Abbey founded in 1098, birthplace of the Cistercian order, still inhabited by monks. Visits are always guided, in French, with mandatory reservation, within the monastic enclosure.
