From Divio to Dijon
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Some thirty places to tell the story of Dijon, from Roman Divio to the present day.
Divio, the Roman fortress
The castrum of Divio
Late 3rd century, demolished in 1439
Saint-Étienne
5th century, façade of 1718-1723
Saint-Bénigne and the early Middle Ages
Saint-Bénigne
6th century, Gothic church 1281-1393
The great fire and the Capetian dukes
Saint-Philibert church
Mid-12th century, 16th-century spire
The town walls
After 1137, demolished from 1824 to 1897
From the hospital to the Cité de la gastronomie
1204, Cité opened on 6 May 2022
Talant
Founded in 1208
Notre-Dame of Dijon
Around 1220 - 1240s
The golden age of the Valois dukes
Palace of the Dukes and States of Burgundy
1365, classical palace from 1681
Champmol Charterhouse
1385, sold in 1791
Rue des Forges and Hôtel Chambellan
Second half of the 15th century
Dijon becomes French
Louis XI’s castle
1478, demolished from 1889 to 1897
Courthouse (Parliament of Burgundy)
Parliament 1480-1790, great hall 1572-1583
Maison Millière
1483
Saint-Michel church
Around 1500, façade 1520-1667
House of the Caryatids
Late 16th - early 17th century
The town of the magistrates
Hôtel de Vogüé
From 1614
Arquebuse garden
16th century, botanical garden in 1833
Place de la Libération
Plans of 1681, arcades completed in 1689
Rue de la Liberté
Opened in 1721-1725
Dijon mustard
Rules from 1390, verjuice in the 18th century
Porte Guillaume
1786 - 1788
The century of the canal and the railway
Gingerbread and blackcurrant
1796 and 1841
Burgundy Canal and the canal port
1808, canal completed in 1833
Grand Théâtre
1810 - 1828
Dijon-Ville station
1851
Les Halles
1873 - 1875
Darcy garden
Reservoir of 1840, garden of 1880
Wars, Liberation and Canon Kir
Montmuzard campus
1957
Lake Kir
1964
Dijon today
The tram
1895 - 1961, then 2012