Other things to see here, me think with more time are : The Musée Rude museum, installed in a part of the old Saint-Etienne church, shelters the casts of various statues of the Dijon sculptor François Rude. It is representative of the transition between neoclassicism and romanticism, of which it is one of the masters. After 1827, he produced a statue of the Virgin for the Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais Church in Paris and a statue of Mercury (at the Louvre Museum). In 1833, he was decorated with the Legion of Honor and obtained a high-relief order for the Arc de Triomphe de l’Étoile: the departure of the volunteers from 1792, commonly called the Marseillaise, his most famous work that contributes greatly to its renown. In parallel, he sculpts in marble the « le Petit Pêcheur napolitain jouant avec une tortue » or little Neapolitan fisherman playing with a turtle (at the Louvre museum). François Rude obtained a medal of honor at the Universal Exhibition of 1855 in Paris. He died the same year and was buried in the Montparnasse cemetery in the 14éme arrondissement of Paris.
The Palais des Dukes de l’Etats de Bourgogne has housed the Museum of Fine Arts since 1787. In the 19C, the city hall also settled there. Faced with the palace extention to the place of the Liberation in the shape of a hemicycle, the Saint-Bénigne Cathedral, built in the 13-14C, houses in its crypt, the only vestige of a Romanesque rotunda destroyed in 1792, the vestiges of the tomb of the eponymous martyr, evangelizer of Burgundy. The former Benedictine dormitory, where the archaeological museum is now located. The Notre-Dame Church, from the 13C, masterpiece of Burgundian Gothic, is unique in French Gothic architecture. It houses the statue of Notre-Dame de Bon-Espoir. The Saint-Jean Church, which dates from the 4C, was rebuilt in 1448, in flamboyant Gothic. The old parliament of Dijon was built at the end of the 15C and at the beginning of the 16C to house the Parliament of Burgundy; He is still the siege of courts. In 1522 the ceiling of the large bedroom so -called “chambre dorée” or golden bedroom, and the main door of the main facade is a copy of that sculpted in the 16C, The Sainte-Anne Church , baroque with a dome in green copper-from 18C. It houses the Museum of Sacred Art of Dijon inaugurated in 1980. The monastery of Bernardines de Dijon, classic style and renovated in the 17C. It has housed the musée de la Vie Bourguignonne Perrin de Puycousin museum since 1993. Méridiennes, indicating the true solar midday has one in rue de la Liberté, another on the facade of the Palais des Dukes and the States of Burgundy, a third Inside the Philippe le Bon tower. The Colombière park is a 33 -hectare park from the 17C, in French garden style, The Botanical Garden of the Arquebuse of Dijon was created in 1833, rich with around 3,500 species of Botanical plants in Burgundy and the world whole, spread over more than 5 hectares with public garden, arboretum, rosary, museum of natural history and planetarium. The Dijon Museum of Fine Arts, installed in the Palace of the Dukes and the States of Burgundy, houses the tombs of the Dukes Philippe le Hardi and Jean Sans Peur as well as important collections with extremely varied themes (history of Burgundy, ancient Egypt, Renaissance, Modern Art). The auditorium, since 2002, has share with the Grand Théâtre l’Opéra de Dijon. This historic site, inaugurated in 1828 on the site of the Sainte-Chapelle, offers 692 places in a magnificent Italian room.
A bit of history condense I like tell us that Dijon was occupied by the Burgundians who are defeated by Clovis in 500 or 501. The Arabs invaded it in 725 when the Normans did not succeed in 887. It was at this time that the first counts of Dijon appear . In 1002, Father Guillaume de Volpiano undertook to rebuild the Saint-Bénigne abbey (current Archaeological Museum of Dijon). He raised in the abbey a rotunda housing the tomb of the evangelizer of Burgundy, Saint Bénigne. From this monument, destroyed in 1793, the lower floor remained, known as the crypt. The assignment of the County of Dijon to the King of France, in 1016. The city joined the Duchy of Burgundy and became the capital. On the death of the King of France in 1031, his son Henri I renounces Burgundy and gave in to the prerogative of Dijon and the Duchy of Burgundy to his brother Robert I. This marks the beginning of three centuries of Capetian reign in Dijon. Dijon experiences a brilliant period under the four Dukes Valois de Burgundy, which reigned from 1363 to 1477. It is the capital of the Duchy of Burgundy, set of states which extend to the Netherlands ; the powerful Burgundian state collapses then, allowing Louis XI to annex the duchy on January 19, 1477, The Burgundy Parliament, transferred from the Hôtel des Dukes de Bourgogne de Beaune to Dijon, made the city a parliamentary city, where the nobility of dress builds mansions also, in 1789, Dijon passed from the row of provincial capital to that of department capital. On July 15, 1789, rioters took the castle as well as the Saint-Nicolas tower, without direct link with the events of Paris. Several remarkable monuments are destroyed, the monasteries and convents are sold or demolished. The Holy Chapel disappeared in 1802. The bronze statue of Louis XIV which decorated the Place Royale was destroyed in 1792; Its metal is used to make money or cannons. The guillotine operates for a moment in the Morimont, current place Émile-Zola. During the Franco-German war of 1870, three battles took place in Dijon, The city was occupied by the German army, for about eight months. The Great War or WWI did not cause architectural damage to Dijon, The City was occupied on June 17, 1940 by the nazis, and was liberated by French troops on September 11, 1944.
The City of Dijon on its heritage : https://www.dijon.fr/les-valeurs-de-dijon/dijon-ville-touristique-et-attractive/
The Destination Dijon tourist office on its heritage : https://en.destinationdijon.com/destination/best-of/dijon-capital-of-burgundy/
The official City of Dijon museums : https://musees.dijon.fr/
There you go folks, a dandy area to explore and enjoy with the family, Memorable moments in passing by Dijon, driving all over in my road warrior trails brings out sublime awesome spots with nice memorable family visits of yesteryear always remember and always looking forward to be back, eventually. Again hope you enjoy the post on this is Dijon !!! as I.
And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!! This is Dijon !!!
We have driven all over this wonderful area of my belle France, and would like to have an imprint in my blog on the wonderful family times we had there, There is so much to see , doing my best, and glad found me these older paper pictures which now transposing in my blog for you and me, The pictures are old ,so the quality may not be as good ,but the memories are forever, Therefore, here is my take on this is Dijon !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I.
The City of Dijon is in the dept 21 of the Côte-d’Or in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of my belle France. It is 310 km from Paris, 190 km from Lyon, 190 from Geneva, 49 km from Beaune, 88 km from Buxy (our destination), 322 km from Versailles, and 748 km from our current house, The city is served by one of the main French highway nodes at the crossroads of the A6, A31, A36, A38, A39 and A311.The sortie/exit of the A31 (Beaune-Dijon-Nancy-Luxembourg), the sortir/exit from the A38 (Dijon-A6 in Pouilly-en-Auxois) and the sortie/exit of the A39 (Dijon-Dole-Bourg-en-Bresse ) are the main roads and easy to get to, Located in the heart of Burgundy, the city of Dijon is listed in the list of wine towns in France. Indeed, on its geographical area, AOC wines can be produced: Burgundy Aligoté, Burgundy, Burgundy Pass-Tout-Grains, Coteaux-Bourguignon , Crémant de Bourgogne and Burgundy mousseux,
The City of Dijon is the historical capital of the Duchy of Burgundy, city with a hundred bell towers under the monarchy ; it is heiress of a rich historical and architectural heritage. I was on my road warrior tour on my way to the wine area south of the City and just breeze by here, lucky to find me a picture to do this post on this wonderful City, The Place François-Rude is a pedestrian square in the city center located at the crossroads of rue des Forges, rue François-Rude and rue de la Liberté, between Place Darcy and Place de la Liberation. The square was name for the Dijon sculptor François Rude, and was set up in 1904 with its Bareuzai fountain « Le Vendangeur foulant le raisin » or the harvesting spinning the grapes, It iwas acquired by the State, and given by the emperor Napoleon III to the city of Dijon, On the north side of the square is in particular the Burgundian kitchen restaurant “Au Moulin à Vent” a wooden house. The side is closed by an 18C building forming the angle with the rue de la Liberté, and by the Maison Foucherot, built in 1775. On the west side arose the building of the old department store À la Ménagère, built from 1895 to 1897; The vast neo-Renaissance building of a bank built in the 1920s at no 3, the glass extension added to the end of the 2010s for the commercial space of the Cour Bareuzai, and the tower of the 16C varnished Burgundy from the Hôtel Jacqueron. The Central Halles market in Dijon nearby extends over this square on Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays.
Other things to see here, me think with more time are : The Musée Rude museum, installed in a part of the old Saint-Etienne church, shelters the casts of various statues of the Dijon sculptor François Rude. It is representative of the transition between neoclassicism and romanticism, of which it is one of the masters. After 1827, he produced a statue of the Virgin for the Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais Church in Paris and a statue of Mercury (at the Louvre Museum). In 1833, he was decorated with the Legion of Honor and obtained a high-relief order for the Arc de Triomphe de l’Étoile: the departure of the volunteers from 1792, commonly called the Marseillaise, his most famous work that contributes greatly to its renown. In parallel, he sculpts in marble the « le Petit Pêcheur napolitain jouant avec une tortue » or little Neapolitan fisherman playing with a turtle (at the Louvre museum). François Rude obtained a medal of honor at the Universal Exhibition of 1855 in Paris. He died the same year and was buried in the Montparnasse cemetery in the 14éme arrondissement of Paris.
The Palais des Dukes de l’Etats de Bourgogne has housed the Museum of Fine Arts since 1787. In the 19C, the city hall also settled there. Faced with the palace extention to the place of the Liberation in the shape of a hemicycle, the Saint-Bénigne Cathedral, built in the 13-14C, houses in its crypt, the only vestige of a Romanesque rotunda destroyed in 1792, the vestiges of the tomb of the eponymous martyr, evangelizer of Burgundy. The former Benedictine dormitory, where the archaeological museum is now located. The Notre-Dame Church, from the 13C, masterpiece of Burgundian Gothic, is unique in French Gothic architecture. It houses the statue of Notre-Dame de Bon-Espoir. The Saint-Jean Church, which dates from the 4C, was rebuilt in 1448, in flamboyant Gothic. The old parliament of Dijon was built at the end of the 15C and at the beginning of the 16C to house the Parliament of Burgundy; He is still the siege of courts. In 1522 the ceiling of the large bedroom so -called “chambre dorée” or golden bedroom, and the main door of the main facade is a copy of that sculpted in the 16C, The Sainte-Anne Church , baroque with a dome in green copper-from 18C. It houses the Museum of Sacred Art of Dijon inaugurated in 1980. The monastery of Bernardines de Dijon, classic style and renovated in the 17C. It has housed the musée de la Vie Bourguignonne Perrin de Puycousin museum since 1993. Méridiennes, indicating the true solar midday has one in rue de la Liberté, another on the facade of the Palais des Dukes and the States of Burgundy, a third Inside the Philippe le Bon tower. The Colombière park is a 33 -hectare park from the 17C, in French garden style, The Botanical Garden of the Arquebuse of Dijon was created in 1833, rich with around 3,500 species of Botanical plants in Burgundy and the world whole, spread over more than 5 hectares with public garden, arboretum, rosary, museum of natural history and planetarium. The Dijon Museum of Fine Arts, installed in the Palace of the Dukes and the States of Burgundy, houses the tombs of the Dukes Philippe le Hardi and Jean Sans Peur as well as important collections with extremely varied themes (history of Burgundy, ancient Egypt, Renaissance, Modern Art). The auditorium, since 2002, has share with the Grand Théâtre l’Opéra de Dijon. This historic site, inaugurated in 1828 on the site of the Sainte-Chapelle, offers 692 places in a magnificent Italian room.
A bit of history condense I like tell us that Dijon was occupied by the Burgundians who are defeated by Clovis in 500 or 501. The Arabs invaded it in 725 when the Normans did not succeed in 887. It was at this time that the first counts of Dijon appear . In 1002, Father Guillaume de Volpiano undertook to rebuild the Saint-Bénigne abbey (current Archaeological Museum of Dijon). He raised in the abbey a rotunda housing the tomb of the evangelizer of Burgundy, Saint Bénigne. From this monument, destroyed in 1793, the lower floor remained, known as the crypt. The assignment of the County of Dijon to the King of France, in 1016. The city joined the Duchy of Burgundy and became the capital. On the death of the King of France in 1031, his son Henri I renounces Burgundy and gave in to the prerogative of Dijon and the Duchy of Burgundy to his brother Robert I. This marks the beginning of three centuries of Capetian reign in Dijon. Dijon experiences a brilliant period under the four Dukes Valois de Burgundy, which reigned from 1363 to 1477. It is the capital of the Duchy of Burgundy, set of states which extend to the Netherlands ; the powerful Burgundian state collapses then, allowing Louis XI to annex the duchy on January 19, 1477, The Burgundy Parliament, transferred from the Hôtel des Dukes de Bourgogne de Beaune to Dijon, made the city a parliamentary city, where the nobility of dress builds mansions also, in 1789, Dijon passed from the row of provincial capital to that of department capital. On July 15, 1789, rioters took the castle as well as the Saint-Nicolas tower, without direct link with the events of Paris. Several remarkable monuments are destroyed, the monasteries and convents are sold or demolished. The Holy Chapel disappeared in 1802. The bronze statue of Louis XIV which decorated the Place Royale was destroyed in 1792; Its metal is used to make money or cannons. The guillotine operates for a moment in the Morimont, current place Émile-Zola. During the Franco-German war of 1870, three battles took place in Dijon, The city was occupied by the German army, for about eight months. The Great War or WWI did not cause architectural damage to Dijon, The City was occupied on June 17, 1940 by the nazis, and was liberated by French troops on September 11, 1944.
The City of Dijon on its heritage : https://www.dijon.fr/les-valeurs-de-dijon/dijon-ville-touristique-et-attractive/
The Destination Dijon tourist office on its heritage : https://en.destinationdijon.com/destination/best-of/dijon-capital-of-burgundy/
The official City of Dijon museums : https://musees.dijon.fr/
There you go folks, a dandy area to explore and enjoy with the family, Memorable moments in passing by Dijon, driving all over in my road warrior trails brings out sublime awesome spots with nice memorable family visits of yesteryear always remember and always looking forward to be back, eventually. Again hope you enjoy the post on this is Dijon !!! as I.
And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!
Other things to see here, me think with more time are : The Musée Rude museum, installed in a part of the old Saint-Etienne church, shelters the casts of various statues of the Dijon sculptor François Rude. It is representative of the transition between neoclassicism and romanticism, of which it is one of the masters. After 1827, he produced a statue of the Virgin for the Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais Church in Paris and a statue of Mercury (at the Louvre Museum). In 1833, he was decorated with the Legion of Honor and obtained a high-relief order for the Arc de Triomphe de l’Étoile: the departure of the volunteers from 1792, commonly called the Marseillaise, his most famous work that contributes greatly to its renown. In parallel, he sculpts in marble the « le Petit Pêcheur napolitain jouant avec une tortue » or little Neapolitan fisherman playing with a turtle (at the Louvre museum). François Rude obtained a medal of honor at the Universal Exhibition of 1855 in Paris. He died the same year and was buried in the Montparnasse cemetery in the 14éme arrondissement of Paris.
The Palais des Dukes de l’Etats de Bourgogne has housed the Museum of Fine Arts since 1787. In the 19C, the city hall also settled there. Faced with the palace extention to the place of the Liberation in the shape of a hemicycle, the Saint-Bénigne Cathedral, built in the 13-14C, houses in its crypt, the only vestige of a Romanesque rotunda destroyed in 1792, the vestiges of the tomb of the eponymous martyr, evangelizer of Burgundy. The former Benedictine dormitory, where the archaeological museum is now located. The Notre-Dame Church, from the 13C, masterpiece of Burgundian Gothic, is unique in French Gothic architecture. It houses the statue of Notre-Dame de Bon-Espoir. The Saint-Jean Church, which dates from the 4C, was rebuilt in 1448, in flamboyant Gothic. The old parliament of Dijon was built at the end of the 15C and at the beginning of the 16C to house the Parliament of Burgundy; He is still the siege of courts. In 1522 the ceiling of the large bedroom so -called “chambre dorée” or golden bedroom, and the main door of the main facade is a copy of that sculpted in the 16C, The Sainte-Anne Church , baroque with a dome in green copper-from 18C. It houses the Museum of Sacred Art of Dijon inaugurated in 1980. The monastery of Bernardines de Dijon, classic style and renovated in the 17C. It has housed the musée de la Vie Bourguignonne Perrin de Puycousin museum since 1993. Méridiennes, indicating the true solar midday has one in rue de la Liberté, another on the facade of the Palais des Dukes and the States of Burgundy, a third Inside the Philippe le Bon tower. The Colombière park is a 33 -hectare park from the 17C, in French garden style, The Botanical Garden of the Arquebuse of Dijon was created in 1833, rich with around 3,500 species of Botanical plants in Burgundy and the world whole, spread over more than 5 hectares with public garden, arboretum, rosary, museum of natural history and planetarium. The Dijon Museum of Fine Arts, installed in the Palace of the Dukes and the States of Burgundy, houses the tombs of the Dukes Philippe le Hardi and Jean Sans Peur as well as important collections with extremely varied themes (history of Burgundy, ancient Egypt, Renaissance, Modern Art). The auditorium, since 2002, has share with the Grand Théâtre l’Opéra de Dijon. This historic site, inaugurated in 1828 on the site of the Sainte-Chapelle, offers 692 places in a magnificent Italian room.
A bit of history condense I like tell us that Dijon was occupied by the Burgundians who are defeated by Clovis in 500 or 501. The Arabs invaded it in 725 when the Normans did not succeed in 887. It was at this time that the first counts of Dijon appear . In 1002, Father Guillaume de Volpiano undertook to rebuild the Saint-Bénigne abbey (current Archaeological Museum of Dijon). He raised in the abbey a rotunda housing the tomb of the evangelizer of Burgundy, Saint Bénigne. From this monument, destroyed in 1793, the lower floor remained, known as the crypt. The assignment of the County of Dijon to the King of France, in 1016. The city joined the Duchy of Burgundy and became the capital. On the death of the King of France in 1031, his son Henri I renounces Burgundy and gave in to the prerogative of Dijon and the Duchy of Burgundy to his brother Robert I. This marks the beginning of three centuries of Capetian reign in Dijon. Dijon experiences a brilliant period under the four Dukes Valois de Burgundy, which reigned from 1363 to 1477. It is the capital of the Duchy of Burgundy, set of states which extend to the Netherlands ; the powerful Burgundian state collapses then, allowing Louis XI to annex the duchy on January 19, 1477, The Burgundy Parliament, transferred from the Hôtel des Dukes de Bourgogne de Beaune to Dijon, made the city a parliamentary city, where the nobility of dress builds mansions also, in 1789, Dijon passed from the row of provincial capital to that of department capital. On July 15, 1789, rioters took the castle as well as the Saint-Nicolas tower, without direct link with the events of Paris. Several remarkable monuments are destroyed, the monasteries and convents are sold or demolished. The Holy Chapel disappeared in 1802. The bronze statue of Louis XIV which decorated the Place Royale was destroyed in 1792; Its metal is used to make money or cannons. The guillotine operates for a moment in the Morimont, current place Émile-Zola. During the Franco-German war of 1870, three battles took place in Dijon, The city was occupied by the German army, for about eight months. The Great War or WWI did not cause architectural damage to Dijon, The City was occupied on June 17, 1940 by the nazis, and was liberated by French troops on September 11, 1944.
The City of Dijon on its heritage : https://www.dijon.fr/les-valeurs-de-dijon/dijon-ville-touristique-et-attractive/
The Destination Dijon tourist office on its heritage : https://en.destinationdijon.com/destination/best-of/dijon-capital-of-burgundy/
The official City of Dijon museums : https://musees.dijon.fr/
There you go folks, a dandy area to explore and enjoy with the family, Memorable moments in passing by Dijon, driving all over in my road warrior trails brings out sublime awesome spots with nice memorable family visits of yesteryear always remember and always looking forward to be back, eventually. Again hope you enjoy the post on this is Dijon !!! as I.
And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!! 
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