Dijon, city of the dukes of Burgundy, but not only...
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City of Dukes, International City of Gastronomy and Wine, City and Country of Art and History and doubly registered with the world heritage: within the framework of the inscription of the climats of Burgundy in July 2015 and for the gastronomic french meal as well as the cities of Tours, Rungis and Lyon...
There are many ways to discover the city, from the most classic to the most... wacky.
Here are some ideas that can be combined endlessly. But we can invent others together. If you want...
In the heart of the Dukes capital
When discovering Dijon for the first time, there is no need to go all over the historic center, 92 (227 acres) of whose 97 hectares (240 acres) are protected as remarkable heritage sites...
Behind the Dukes' Palace, in the heart of the still-active shopping center, almost the entire history of the city is revealed. There is so much to say on a very short route...
Do you know how many links with the city of Paris are possible? How many links with New-York? How many links with US or England?
Apart "mustard", what are (all) the other specialties of Dijon?
And the owl, our famous owl about which we hear just about everything but certainly not the truth?
It is a visit that is constantly re-inventing according to you in reality.
Duration :
About 2h
Private guided tour only :
173 €(1)
By réservation only.
(1) Price is incompressible up to 15 people. Additional charge of 5 € per person from the 16th person up to 25 people maximum.
Saint-Benigne Cathedrale
This visit takes you to the discovery of St Bénigne cathedral and its 11th century Romanesque rotunda.
The story begins in the 6th century AD. Here extends the large cemetery to the west of the castrum (the oldest Dijon). And strange things are happening in the cemetery...
Bishop Gregory of Langres learns that a crowd of people come around a sarcophagus, and this, day and night and that miracles frequently occur.
Worried that these prodigies could be the work of the devil Bishop Gregory forbade its veneration.
The night after, the person buried in this tomb appeared to him in his sleep and, on his advice, Bishop Gregory no longer forbade pilgrims to enter his tomb.
Duration
Around 2h
Private guided tour only :
173 €(1)
By réservation only. Please SEND an EMAIL to obtain availabilities and quotation.
(1) Price is incompressible up to 15 people. Additional charge of 5 € per person from the 16th person up to 25 people maximum.
Entrance fees to the crypt to be paid on site (about 3€/person).
Dijon to savor
A taste of history !
Much more than a traditional “food tour”:
I invite you on a strolling culinary discovery where heritage is savored as much as it is admired.
History and architecture—along with the people who once lived here—provide the perfect excuse to enjoy our specialties.
A dynamic, on-the-go experience:
No rigid shop stops here. My basket comes along with us, filled with local gems: mustard, blackcurrant liqueur, Dijon gingerbread, Anis de Flavigny sweets, and even a few gougères on market days.
And depending on your interests, your questions, or the whims of the weather, the itinerary always adapts to your desires...
And mine a little too, I must admit.
Duration :
About 2h
Private guided tour only :
173 €(1) + (from) 15 €/person
By réservation only. Please SEND an EMAIL to obtain availabilities and quotation.
(1) Price is incompressible up to 15 people. Additional charge of 5 € per person from the 16th person up to 25 people maximum.
Museum of Fine-Arts
One of the oldest in France and the second after the Louvre. Obviously, it is not possible to review the entire collection.
The museum of Fine Arts is, in part, located in the old 15th century ducal palace. The best opportunity to take an interest in everything that concerns the dukes. The cenotaphs ("tombs") of Philip the Bold and that of his son John the Fearless are included, of course.
But also all the objects that evoke the magnificence of the ducal court. Paintings are a pretext to talk about daily life, banquets, and what was served at the dukes' table.
Duration:
about 1 h 1/2
Private guided tour only :
173 €(1)
By réservation only.
(1) Price is incompressible up to 15 people. Additional charge of 5 € per person from the 16th person up to 25 people maximum.
Museum closed on Tuesdays. Admission to the Museum of Fine Arts is free for visitors.
John the fearless
3rd duke of Burgundy
Duke between
1404 - 1419
Reports d'échéances d'impôt :
".../...Lesdiz povres supplians sont appovris en telle manière que l’on ne poirrait presentement semer en laditte ville de quinze emines de tous grains et ne mengent chascun jour qu’un pain d’orge et d’avoine, que la plus grant partie d’eulx, achetent a ung chier pris et s’en obligent et endebtent, par quoy ilz ne nous pouvoient aucunement paier doresnavent laditte rente moiteresse…
attendu leur grant povreté et les autres choses dessus dittes, il fauldroit qu’ilz laissassent miserablement nostreditte ville et leur ancienne de demeurance…" (1)
(1) Archives départementales de la Côte d'Or - B 5774 - Comptes de la châtellenie de Rouvres en Plaine pour l'année 1417.
Glory of Dijon
Rose
To each one his own rose.
In the 19th century, many gardens spread over the Montchapet district of Dijon.
Pierre Jacotot and his son Christian, horticulturists in Dijon, crossed a tea rose with another rose called the "Souvenir de la Malmaison".
The Gloire de Dijon was awarded the gold medal of horticulture in 1853 and Empress Eugenie became its ambassador.