Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #4 in Dijon, France
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5.3 km
69 m
Explore Dijon in France with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.
Activities in DijonIndividual Sights in DijonSight 1: Jardin de l'Arquebuse
The Jardin botanique de l'Arquebuse is a botanical garden and arboretum located at 1 Avenue Albert-Premier, Dijon, Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne, France. It is open daily without charge.
Sight 2: Maison du général Henri Giraud
Henri Honoré Giraud was a French military officer who was a leader of the Free French Forces during the Second World War until he was forced to retire in 1944.
Sight 3: Darcy Square
The Darcy Garden or Darcy Square is a 19th-century neo-Renaissance style public garden on Place Darcy, in downtown Dijon in the Côte-d'Or region. It is dedicated to the hydraulician Henry Darcy (1803-1858) and has been listed as a historical monument since 2015.
Sight 4: Grand Hôtel La Cloche
The Grand Hotel la Cloche is a five-star hotel located at 14 place Darcy in Dijon. Its facades and roofs are listed as historical monuments.
Sight 5: Statue de Saint-Bernard
The monument to Bernard of Clairvaux at Dijon is a memorial built in 1847 by the dijonnais sculptor François Jouffroy, dedicated to the monk, statesman, preacher, orator and Catholic saint Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153), located at the place Saint-Bernard of Dijon, at the French Côte-d'Or department.
Sight 6: Immeuble Modern style
The Art Nouveau building is a building located in Dijon, in the Côte-d'Or, in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region.
Wikipedia: Immeuble Art nouveau rues du Château et du Temple à Dijon (FR)
Sight 7: Hôtel des Postes
The Hôtel des Postes de Dijon, now Postes Grangier, is a building complex partly inspired by the Louis XVI style, located at 8-12 Place Grangier, 1-7 Rue du Temple, 15 Boulevard de Brosses and 2-10 Rue Jean-Renaud in Dijon.
Sight 8: Hôtel des Godrans
The Hôtel des Godrans or Hôtel Godran is a fifteenth-century mansion with a glazed Burgundy tile roof in Dijon in Côte-d'Or in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. The hotel has been listed as a historical monument since 13 January 1947 and the roof has been listed since 28 October 1941.
Sight 9: Hôtel Lebault
The Hôtel Lebault is a private mansion in the city of Dijon located in its protected sector.
Sight 10: Hôtel Saint-Père
The Hôtel Saint-Père is a private mansion in the city of Dijon located in its protected sector.
Sight 11: Halles Centrales
The Halles Centrale de Dijon are metal halls built between 1873 and 1875 in Dijon, Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. They have been listed as historical monuments since 1975.
Sight 12: Cellier de Clairvaux
The Cellier de Clairvaux or Petit-Clairvaux is a Cistercian cellar in the early Cistercian Gothic style, founded by the Abbey of Clairvaux in the thirteenth century, in the historic centre of Dijon in the Côte-d'Or in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Currently a municipal hall, it has been listed as a historical monument since 1915, 1917 and 1921.
Sight 13: Préfecture de la Côte-d’Or
The Hôtel Bouhier de Lantenay is a private mansion located in Dijon, France. It serves as the prefecture of the Côte-d'Or department and the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region.
Sight 14: Hôtel Esmonin de Dampierre
The Hôtel Esmonin de Dampierre is an eighteenth-century mansion in the city of Dijon in France, located in its protected sector.
Sight 15: Hôtel Pouffier
The Pouffier hotel is a mansion in the city of Dijon located in its saved sector.
Sight 16: Hôtel de Noident
The Hôtel de Noident is a private mansion in the city of Dijon located in its protected sector. It has been listed as a historical monument since 1947.
Sight 17: Hôtel de Saulx
The Hotel de Saulx is a private mansion in the city of Dijon located in its protected area. It has been listed as a Historic Monument since 1947.
Sight 18: Lycée général et technologique Carnot
The Lycée Carnot is a local public educational institution located in Dijon, France, inaugurated on 31 July 1893. It is the oldest high school in Dijon, created in 1802 as the Lycée impérial, on the premises of the current location of the Marcelle-Pardé college and the most important high school for preparatory classes for the grandes écoles of the Dijon academy.
Sight 19: Monument à la République Fraternelle des Peuples
The Monument to Sadi Carnot is an allegorical memorial inaugurated in 1899 in Dijon, Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Built by the sculptors Mathurin Moreau and Paul Gasq on the plans of the architect Félix Vionnois, it is dedicated to the memory of Sadi Carnot (1837-1894), general councillor, deputy of the Côte-d'Or, minister, then 5th president of the French Republic.
Sight 20: Chapelle Saint-Jean le Théologien
The Chapel of Saint-Jean le Théologien or Chapel of La Maladière is a place of worship dedicated to Orthodox Christianity located in Dijon in Côte-d'Or in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Since December 1977, this chapel has belonged to the Coptic Orthodox community, which celebrates the liturgy of the Patriarchate of Alexandria. The monument was listed as a historical monument by decree of 16 January 1947.
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