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Places to see in Dijon France
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Places to see in ( Dijon - France ) • Dijon is the capital city of the historical Burgundy region in eastern France, one of the country’s principal wine-producing areas. Dijon • is known for its vineyard tours, autumn gastronomic fair and building styles ranging from Gothic to art deco. The distinguished 1787 Musée des Beaux-Arts, housed in the vast Palace of the Dukes, holds a rich collection of paintings, sculptures, crafts and antiquities. • Dijon is a city in eastern France, capital of the Côte-d'Or département and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. The earliest archaeological finds within the city limits of Dijon date to the Neolithic period. Dijon later became a Roman settlement named Divio, located on the road from Lyon to Paris. The province was home to the Dukes of Burgundy from the early 11th until the late 15th centuries and Dijon was a place of tremendous wealth and power. • Dijon architecture is distinguished by, among other things, toits bourguignons (Burgundian polychrome roofs) made of tiles glazed in terracotta, green, yellow and black and arranged in geometric patterns. Dijon holds an International and Gastronomic Fair every year in autumn. With over 500 exhibitors and 200,000 visitors every year, it is one of the ten most important fairs in France. Dijon is also home, every three years, to the international flower show Florissimo. Dijon is famous for Dijon mustard which originated in 1856, when Jean Naigeon of Dijon substituted verjuice, the acidic green juice of not-quite-ripe grapes, for vinegar in the traditional mustard recipe. • Dijon has a large number of churches, including Notre Dame de Dijon, St. Philibert, St. Michel, and Dijon Cathedral, dedicated to the apocryphal Saint Benignus, the crypt of which is over 1,000 years old. Dijon architecture is distinguished by, among other things, toits bourguignons (Burgundian polychrome roofs) made of tiles glazed in terracotta, green, yellow and black and arranged in geometric patterns. • Dijon is home to many museums, including the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon in part of the Ducal Palace. Among the more popular sights is the Ducal Palace, the Palais des Ducs et des États de Bourgogne or Palace of the Dukes and the States of Burgundy . The church of Notre Dame is famous for both its art and architecture. Popular legend has it that one of its stone relief sculptures, an owl (la chouette) is a good-luck charm • The Grand Théâtre de Dijon, built in 1828 and one of the main performing venues of the Opéra de Dijon, was declared a monument historique of France in 1975. It was designed by the Dijon-born architect Jacques Cellerier (1742–1814) in the Neo-classical style with an interior modelled on Italian opera houses. • Alot to see in ( Dijon - France ) such as : • Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon • Jardin botanique de l'Arquebuse • Musée Magnin • Well of Moses • Champmol • Musée Rude • Dijon Cathedral • Palace of the Dukes of Burgundy • Church of Notre-Dame of Dijon • Kir Lake • Le Consortium • Jardin Darcy • Hôtel Aubriot • Museum of Burgundian Life • Tour Philippe le Bon • Parc des Carrières Bacquin • Sciences Garden • Musée archéologique de Dijon • La Salamandre • Place du Bareuzai • Musée d'art sacré de Dijon • Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Dijon • Muséum du Jardin des Sciences de l'Arquebuse • Église Saint-Philibert de Dijon • Place Darcy • Square des Ducs • Latitude21, la maison de l'architecture et de l'environnement du Grand Dijon • Les Amis des Musées de Dijon • Maison Maillard dit Milsand • Hôtel d'Esterno • La Maison des Jeux • Cuisines ducales • Herzogspalast von Dijon • Palais Des Etats • ( Dijon - France ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting the city of Dijon . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Dijon - France • Join us for more : • / @placestoseein3171 • http://placestoseein87.blogspot.com.eg/ • https://plus.google.com/1084608455791... • / placestoseein87 • / placestoseein1 • https://www.tumblr.com/blog/placestos... • / places-to-see-in
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