Dijon through time

From Divio to Dijon

A pixel art map of Dijon, from Roman Divio to the present day. Scroll through the years and watch the city grow.

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From Divio to Dijon is free and open to all, with no ads and no sign-up. Teachers, guides, associations, curious minds: use it freely, in class or on a visit.

Why this site?

I have lived in Dijon for “only” three years, and I am curious about the history of my new city. The information exists, but it is scattered, and I missed a more playful way to discover it. So I created From Divio to Dijon.

Guillaume Maurice

Using the site

The site and its texts are published under a Creative Commons BY-NC 4.0 licence: you may use, show and share them freely for educational and non-commercial purposes, provided you credit the author. Any commercial use requires my prior consent.

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Travel logbook

Your rank

Traveller

0 of 40 found · 3 more to become Squire

Every place you open stamps the logbook, and so does every owl you find. Stamps raise your rank.

Antiquity 1st century BC - 5th century

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  • Hint : She keeps watch from a castrum tower, on the south-east side.

Early Middle Ages 6th - 12th century

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  • Hint : She landed on the roof of the first Saint-Bénigne basilica.

Capetians 1137 - 1363

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  • Hint : Rue de la Chouette, on the north side of Notre-Dame.

Valois 1363 - 1477

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  • Hint : At the very top of the brand-new Philippe le Bon tower.

Renaissance 1477 - 1610

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  • Hint : On a round tower of Louis XI’s castle.

Enlightenment 1610 - 1789

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  • Hint : On the roof of the palace of the States, facing the Place Royale.

19th century 1789 - 1914

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  • Hint : Perched on the roof of the covered market.

20th century 1914 - 2000

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  • Hint : On the back of the white bear in the Darcy garden.

Today 2000 - 2026

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  • Hint : On the roof of the Cité de la gastronomie.