Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #7 in Dijon, France

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Tour Facts

Number of sights 11 sights
Distance 8.6 km
Ascend 167 m
Descend 106 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: Église du Sacré-Cœur

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The Church of the Sacred Heart of Dijon is a neo-Byzantine style church built in the 1930s, in the Maladière district, located in the northeast of Dijon.

Wikipedia: Église du Sacré-Cœur de Dijon (FR)

483 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 2: 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)

1385 meters / 17 minutes

Sight 3: 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)

204 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 4: 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)

466 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 5: 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

122 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 6: 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)

1110 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 7: Maison Constantin

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Maison Constantin

The Maison Constantin is a building located in the city of Dijon, in the Côte-d'Or department of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region.

Wikipedia: Maison Constantin (FR)

727 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 8: 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)

1624 meters / 19 minutes

Sight 9: Puits de Moïse

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The Well of Moses is a monumental sculpture recognised as the masterpiece of the Dutch artist Claus Sluter (1340–1405–06), assisted by his nephew Claus de Werve. It was executed by Sluter and his workshop in 1395–1403 for the Carthusian monastery of Chartreuse de Champmol built as a burial site by the Burgundian Duke Philip the Bold just outside the Burgundian capital of Dijon, now in France.

Wikipedia: Well of Moses (EN)

1331 meters / 16 minutes

Sight 10: Grenadier

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Grenadier Original téléversé par PRA sur Wikipédia français. / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Grenadier is a statue of Georges Diebolt. Made in 1856 for the old Pont de l'Alma in Paris, the statue has been in Dijon since its reconstruction.

Wikipedia: Grenadier (Georges Diebolt) (FR)

1164 meters / 14 minutes

Sight 11: Fontaine aux Fées Park

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The Parc de la Fontaine aux Fées is a protected natural area in Talant, in the Côte-d'Or department. It overlooks Lake Kir and is made up of dry grasslands and boxwood moors on limestone soils.

Wikipedia: Parc de la Fontaine aux Fées (FR)

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