Dijon France • The Impressive Notre Dame de Dijon and Local Dijon Mustard Shops
Dijon France - The Impressive Notre Dame de Dijon and Local Dijon Mustard Shops. Dijon is a modern, growing city with a well-designed boat harbor. It is the center of Côte d'Or and was the ancient capital of Burgundy in the 14th and 15th centuries.
Visitors can wend their way through the narrow streets of the old quarter and may be drawn to the city's numerous museums; the Ducal Palace, which opens onto the square; the Parliament Building; and the 13th century Cathedral St-Bénigne, with its Romanesque crypt.
A number of the buildings in Dijon sport roofs with glazed tiles of varied colors and patterns. And of course the mustard merchants sell their wares in beautiful faïence jars. The recipe for the world-famous condiment dates to the 4th century AD.
Burgundy
Burgundy boasts some of the world's finest wines with around 60,000 acres of sunlit vines and arguably the prettiest canals in France. The Burgundy Canal winds its way in smooth curves through the heart of renowned wine growing areas such as Chablis, Côte de Beaune and Côte de Nuits, or rises steeply through a flight of locks that appear like staircases.
The Nivernais Canal meanders alongside the picturesque River Yonne, through a largely undiscovered region near the Morvan Hills, passing sleepy villages and Charolais cattle grazing in the lush pastures. This is the original home of hotel barging with its hand-swung bridges and old logging sites, and where time seems to have stood still for centuries.
The landscape around the Burgundy Canal is one of rolling hills eroded over the centuries and covered in forests of oak, maple and pine and where spring, summer and autumn each leave a unique signature. Medieval towns are surrounded by unspoilt countryside and the wonderful markets have stalls brimming with fresh local products cultivated on the fertile plains.
This is a region with a vast variety of cheeses, in all shapes, sizes and colours, strong in character or mild and fresh and all can be enjoyed with full-bodied red Burgundies, or perhaps with lighter white Chablis wines. Burgundy's gastronomic tradition is certainly rich and diverse and a sedate cruise on a hotel barge along one of its delightful waterways will allow you to indulge in good food and wine, two of the real pleasures in life.
What is hotel barging?
Despite the growing popularity of cruising, especiallly on large river vessels, hotel barging is still a little known niche concept. Most hotel barges started life as cargo vessels but have since been painstakingly converted to offer luxury boutique accommodation for small groups of up to 20 passengers.
This is cruising, but in a very different style to ships plying the big rivers or oceans. The pace is slow, with a 6 day cruise covering maybe just 50 miles along a rural canal. Passengers can walk or bike the towpaths as their floating hotel glides gently along. Guests enjoy an intimate atmosphere, high levels of personal service and immersion into the culture, history and gastronomy of regions of Europe such as Burgundy, the Midi, or the Italian Veneto.
Every day there is an excursion, perhaps to a chateau, a vineyard for a wine tasting, or some other ‘off the beaten track’ location. About half of European Waterways’ bookings are for whole boat charters, ideal for families. Otherwise, clients book a cabin to join other like-minded people. A ‘slow boat’ European Waterways barge cruise offers the ultimate in experiential travel. A truly unique experience!
European Waterways offer luxury hotel barge cruises on the beautiful canals and rivers of Europe, such as through Burgundy, the Midi, Alsace, the Po Valley, Holland and the Scottish Highlands.
The exclusive collection of hotel barges accommodate up to 20 passengers who may charter a whole barge with family or friends, or join a small group of like-minded travellers on an individual cabin basis.
Each barge is fully crewed with a Captain, chef, hostesses, deck-hand and tour guide. The 6-night cruises include gourmet meals, fine wines, open bar, excursions and the use of facilities such as bicycles and spa pools.
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DIJON, the magnificent 13th Century Church of Notre Dame ⛪ (FRANCE)
SUBSCRIBE: - The Church of Notre-Dame of Dijon is a Roman Catholic church in Dijon. Considered a masterpiece of 13th-century Gothic architecture, it is situated at the heart of the preserved old centre of the city. It is in Place Notre-Dame, near the Palace of the Dukes of Burgundy and opposite the rue Musette.
Work on the church began around 1230. The church contains the statue of Notre-Dame de Bon-Espoir, formerly called the Black Madonna. The church's decorations also include two symbols of Dijon: the jacquemart (bell-striking automaton) and the owl. The church was classified as a Monument Historique in the List of historic monuments of 1840. The chapel of the Assumption, the sacristy, and the gallery that links them have been listed as Monuments Historiques since 5 July 2002.
France, in Western Europe, encompasses medieval cities, alpine villages and Mediterranean beaches. Paris, its capital, is famed for its fashion houses, classical art museums including the Louvre and monuments like the Eiffel Tower. The country is also renowned for its wines and sophisticated cuisine. Lascaux’s ancient cave drawings, Lyon’s Roman theater and the vast Palace of Versailles attest to its rich history.
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Places to see in ( Dijon - France ) Notre Dame
Places to see in ( Dijon - France ) Notre Dame
The Church of Notre-Dame of Dijon is a Roman Catholic church in Dijon. Considered a masterpiece of 13th-century Gothic architecture, it is situated at the heart of the preserved old centre of the city. It is located in Place Notre-Dame, near the Palace of the Dukes of Burgundy and opposite the rue Musette.
Work on the church began around 1230.[1] The church contains the statue of Notre-Dame de Bon-Espoir, formerly called the Black Madonna. The church's decorations also include two symbols of Dijon: the jacquemart (bell-striking automaton) and the owl. The church was classified as a Monument Historique in the List of historic monuments of 1840. The chapel of the Assumption, the sacristy, and the gallery that links them have been listed as Monuments Historiques since 5 July 2002.
Before the second half of the 12th century, the site of today's Notre-Dame was occupied by a simple chapel, the chapelle Sainte-Marie, which was outside the city walls. Around 1150, this chapel was rebuilt in the Romanesque style. Then beginning around 1220, the people of Dijon built the Gothic church we see today on this site. It was located in the middle of a popular quarter, so there was a lack of space for the building. The architect, whose name is now unknown, employed numerous novel techniques. For example, all the weight of the framing and the roof rests on pillars rather than flying buttresses, thereby allowing the maximum floor area for the interior.
From the 18th century on, this church had admirers, including Vauban and Eugène Viollet-le-Duc. The latter wrote in his Dictionnaire raisonné de l'architecture française that Notre-Dame de Dijon was a masterpiece of reason. The church was restored from 1865 to 1884, by the Parisian architect Jean Charles Laisné and not by Viollet-le-Duc as has sometimes been incorrectly written. The work involved returning the church to what was thought to be its original appearance. To achieve this, later additions to the building were removed, the tower at the crossing was re-established as a lantern tower, and the ruined sculptures were remade.
The church has a Latin cross floor plan. The central space, flanked by columns, has three levels: six high arcades supported by cylindrical columns, then above that a triforium covered by slabs which serve as the floor to the third level, a gallery with high windows. Several historians have noted the originality of the western façade, in that it is much more planar than usual in French Gothic architecture. It is in effect a screen, 28.6 metres high by 19.5 m wide and 6.2 m deep. There are three levels. The lowest has three large arcades forming the entry into a porch whose vaults are supported by two rows of pillars. This porch has three doors opening into the nave. The doorway openings and the tympana used to be decorated with statues and sculptures, but these were destroyed in January 1794.
The 51 gargoyles (or grotesques) on the western façade are dummies, in that they are decorative rather than drain spouts. There are, however, functional gargoyles on the lateral walls of the church and the walls of the apse. According to the account of the monk Étienne de Bourbon, the original gargoyles were in place for only a short time: they were removed around 1240, following a fatal accident. A usurer was killed on the church forecourt as he was about to get married: a stone figure representing a usurer became detached and fell on him. His colleagues organised the destruction of all the dummy gargoyles on the façade, except for one at the upper right corner that survived until the 1960s, when it was replaced.
The clock with its jacquemart sits on a campanile rising from the base of the unbuilt south tower of the western façade. It has four metal automatons. Two of them, called Jacquemart and Jacqueline, sound the hours by striking a large bell with a hammer. The other two, their children, Jacquelinet and Jacquelinette, strike the quarter hours, each on a small bell.
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Dijon : les cloches de la cathédrale sonnent en solidarité avec Notre-Dame de Paris
Après l'incendie qui a ravagé Notre-Dame de Paris, les cloches des cathédrales de France ont sonné ce mercredi 17 avril à 18h50. Les images au plus près des cloches de Saint-Bénigne de Dijon.
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Notre-Dame de Paris : les catholiques de Dijon endeuillés
L'émotion est générale depuis lundi soir après le terrible incendie qui a touché la cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris. La communauté catholique est particulièrement touchée. Reportage à Dijon.
Reportage : Anne Berger, Romain Liboz, Hugo Piguet
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Dijon France Travel & food guide The Owl of Dijon & Beaune
Dijon France Travel & food guide The Owl of Dijon & Beaune. In this episode I visit the famous owl or Chouette de Dijon. I also eat gougeres and visit les Hospices de Beaune. If you like this video then check out my other videos on Dijon linked below as well as my other city guides.
Dijon
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French Town of Dijon (France) - Travel Guide
Take a tour of French Town of Dijon in Dijon, France - part of the World's Greatest Attractions travel video series by GeoBeats.
More than just mustard, the town of Dijon is the capital of the Burgundy region of east central France.
Dijon is home to many ancient churches, museums, and residences in a wild assortment of colors and patterns.
Originally a Roman settlement, Dijon became a city of great wealth and a center of science, art and architecture in Europe.
The area is well-known for its wine, cuisine and of course the mustard that is named for the city.
Dijon was occupied by Nazi Germany for much of World War II, but was liberated by Allied forces in September 1944.
Thankfully, Dijon was spared any damage during its occupation, leaving much of its original architectural beauty intact.
Dijon, Colmar & Strasbourg, France slide show.mov
Alsace during Christmas season, featuring the cities of Dijon, Colmar and Strasbourg. Colmar at Christmas comes alive with hundreds of festive booths and activities, and we visit some nearby wine villages, including Ribeauville, Kaysersberg, Riquewihr and Konigsberg. Strasbourg is the largest city in Alsace, famous for picturesque canals running through the Old Town, and the very tall gothic cathedral.
Ave Maria - Notre Dame Cathedral - Dijon France
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A Walk Around The City of Dijon, France
Dijon is a city in eastern France, capital of the Côte-d'Or département in 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, one of the great European centres of art, learning and science. Population (2008): 151,576 within the city limits; 250,516 (2007) for the greater Dijon area.
The city has retained varied architectural styles from many of the main periods of the past millennium, including Capetian, Gothic and Renaissance. Many still-inhabited town houses in the city's central district date from the 18th century and earlier. 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.
The historical centre of the city has been registered since July 4, 2015 as a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Dijon : des dégradations commises dans l'église Notre-Dame
Des objets liturgiques ont été dégradés et des hosties répandues à l'intérieur de l'église Notre-Dame de Dijon ce samedi.
Reportage : Sébastien Letard, Damien Rabeisen
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Dijon : l'ancien organiste de Notre-Dame est bouleversé
Le terrible incendie de Notre-Dame a eu raison de la flèche et des charpentes de la cathédrale mais le grand orgue en revanche semble avoir été épargné. Le Dijonnais, Jean-Pierre Leguay, qui fût l'un des organistes de la cathédrale Notre-Dame, ne cache pas son émotion. Portrait réalisé par Sylvain Bouillot, Isabelle Rivierre, Marc Ploncard, Yoann Danjou et Chantal Gavignet.
Interlocuteur : Jean-Pierre Leguay, organiste et compositeur.
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Église Notre-Dame de Dijon
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Eglise notre dame à Dijon ses façades ,ses goulottes , son jaquemart,ses voutes ,ses vitraux etc....
DIJON EGLISE NOTRE DAME
À l'emplacement de Notre-Dame se trouvait à l'origine, avant la seconde moitié du XIIe siècle, une simple chapelle, située hors de l'enceinte de la cité et dénommée chapelle Sainte-Marie.
Vers 1150, la chapelle fut reconstruite dans le style roman. À sa place, les Dijonnais élevèrent à partir des années 1220 l'église gothique actuelle. Notre-Dame étant située au milieu d'un quartier populaire, la place faisait défaut et l'architecte, resté inconnu, usa de nombreuses techniques inédites pour ériger l'église. Par exemple, tout le poids de la charpente et de la toiture repose sur les piliers et non sur des arcs-boutants, permettant ainsi d'utiliser un maximum de surface au sol pour l'intérieur de l'édifice.
L'église a été restaurée de 1865 à 1884 par l'architecte parisien Jean Charles Laisné, et non par Viollet-le-Duc comme il est parfois écrit par erreur. Les travaux consistèrent à rendre à Notre-Dame son aspect supposé d'origine. Pour cela, les constructions adventices furent supprimées, la tour de la croisée rétablie en tour lanterne. Toutes les sculptures abîmées furent refaites.
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Dijon, France
Dijon is a city in eastern France. The city has retained varied architectural styles from many of the main periods of the past millennium, including Capetian, Gothic and Renaissance.
The historical centre of the city has been registered since July 4, 2015 as a UNESCO World Heritage site.
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. The city has retained varied architectural styles from many of the main periods of the past millennium, including Capetian, Gothic and Renaissance. Many still-inhabited town houses in the city's central district date from the 18th century and earlier. 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 mustard (Moutarde de Dijon) is a traditional mustard of France, named after the town of Dijon in Burgundy, France, which was the epicenter of mustard making in the late Middle Ages and was granted exclusive rights in France in the 17th century. First used in 1336 for the table of King Philip VI, it became popular in 1856, when Jean Naigeon of Dijon replaced the usual ingredient of vinegar in the recipe with verjuice, the acidic juice of unripe grapes.
A film by Damir Međurečan.
Notre-Dame de Paris : des architectes de Dijon imaginent une toiture vitrée pour la cathédrale
Une reconstruction à l'identique ou non ? Le débat après l'incendie de Notre-Dame de Paris n'est pas encore tranché et chacun fait entendre sa voix. Un cabinet d'architectes dijonnais penche pour un projet résolument contemporain, avec une toiture vitrée et une flèche en acier.
Reportage : Arnaud Lefèvre, Rodolphe Augier, Laurence Crotet-Beudet
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Les Gargouilles - Notre Dame de Paris et Notre Dame de Dijon
A Walk Up Rue de Liberte', Dijon, France
The Rue de la Liberté is the main street in the historic center of the French city Dijon. It connects the Place Darcy to the Place de la Libération. This busy shopping street for pedestrians is lined with buildings mostly dating from the 15th century to the 18th century, which are classified as monuments historiques.
The Rue de la Liberté was named Rue de Condé before the French Revolution. A part of the street, from the Coin du Miroir to the Place d'Armes (now Place de la Libération), was drilled in 1724. Previously, the street included the Rue des Forges and reached the back of the Palais des Ducs. The name Coin du Miroir is linked to a hotel in the old Rue Saint-Jean at the corner of the streets Guillaume and Gondrans and which belonged to the Abbaye Notre-Dame du Miroir. This hotel, composed of a square tower which displays on its first floor large ogival openings in the wall, crenellated and surrounded by ditches, was demolished in 1767