Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #4 in Dijon, France

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Number of sights 20 sights
Distance 5.3 km
Ascend 74 m
Descend 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 Dijon

Sight 1: Jardin de l'Arquebuse

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Jardin de l'Arquebuse photography taken by Christophe.Finot / CC BY-SA 3.0

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.

Wikipedia: Jardin botanique de l'Arquebuse (EN)

826 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 2: Maison du général Henri Giraud

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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.

Wikipedia: Henri Giraud (EN)

399 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 3: Darcy Square

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Darcy Square This photo was taken by Eusebius (Guillaume Piolle).Feel free to reuse it, but always credit me as the author as specified below. / CC BY 3.0

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.

Wikipedia: Jardin_Darcy (FR)

122 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 4: Grand Hôtel La Cloche

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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.

Wikipedia: Grand hôtel la Cloche (FR), Website, Facebook

483 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 5: Statue de Saint-Bernard

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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.

Wikipedia: Monument to Bernard of Clairvaux (Dijon) (EN)

264 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 6: Immeuble Modern style

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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)

64 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 7: Hôtel des Postes

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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.

Wikipedia: Hôtel des Postes de Dijon (FR)

267 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 8: Hôtel des Godrans

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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.

Wikipedia: Hôtel des Godrans (FR)

156 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 9: Hôtel Lebault

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The Hôtel Lebault is a private mansion in the city of Dijon located in its protected sector.

Wikipedia: Hôtel Lebault (FR)

130 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 10: Hôtel Saint-Père

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The Hôtel Saint-Père is a private mansion in the city of Dijon located in its protected sector.

Wikipedia: Hôtel Saint-Père (FR)

167 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 11: Halles Centrales

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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.

Wikipedia: Halles du marché de Dijon (FR)

257 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 12: Cellier de Clairvaux

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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.

Wikipedia: Cellier de Clairvaux (FR)

200 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 13: Préfecture de la Côte-d’Or

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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.

Wikipedia: Hôtel Bouhier de Lantenay (FR), Website

79 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 14: Hôtel Esmonin de Dampierre

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The Hôtel Esmonin de Dampierre is an eighteenth-century mansion in the city of Dijon in France, located in its protected sector.

Wikipedia: Hôtel Esmonin de Dampierre (FR)

165 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 15: Hôtel Pouffier

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The Pouffier hotel is a mansion in the city of Dijon located in its saved sector.

Wikipedia: Hôtel Pouffier (FR)

188 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 16: Hôtel de Noident

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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.

Wikipedia: Hôtel de Noident (FR)

87 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 17: Hôtel de Saulx

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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.

Wikipedia: Hôtel de Saulx (FR)

285 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 18: Lycée général et technologique Carnot

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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.

Wikipedia: Lycée Carnot (Dijon) (FR)

441 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 19: Monument à la République Fraternelle des Peuples

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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.

Wikipedia: Monument Sadi Carnot de Dijon (FR)

768 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 20: Chapelle Saint-Jean le Théologien

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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.

Wikipedia: Chapelle de la Maladière de Dijon (FR)

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