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Best Things to Do
Top 4 Best Things to Do in Dijon [2025]
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Church of Our Lady
4.5
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47 reviews
4.8
Based on 582 reviews
Dijon Old Town | 71m from downtown
Phone +33 3 45 34 27 61
Address: 2 Place Notre Dame, 21000 Dijon, France
Recommended sightseeing time: 1-2 hours
Highlights:
Panoramic view of Dijon
13th-century Burgundy Gothic masterpiece
45% positive reviews
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Notre Dame de Dijon is the largest church here. It has a history of more than 600 years and is definitely the center of the church here. The Notre Dame is very large and its decoration is simple and elegant. It contains the tombs of many French celebrities. It is definitely one of the most worthwhile churches to visit.
This Notre Dame is also translated as Notre Dame, but it is not in Paris, but in Burgundy. Although it is not as large as the one in Paris, the church is still very majestic, the interior decoration is also very luxurious, and most importantly, it is free to visit.
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Liberation Square
4.4
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36 reviews
4.4
Based on 1,308 reviews
Dijon Old Town | 82m from downtown
Phone +33 3 80 74 51 51
Address: Pl. de la Libération, 21000 Dijon, France
Recommended sightseeing time: 1-2 hours
Highlights:
International summer food festival feast
Louis XIV statue in center
34% positive reviews
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The center of Dijon is the old city, and the center of the old city is the Duke of Burgundy. The square in front of the mansion is now called Liberty Square. There are some restaurants on the side of the square, and it is very comfortable to sit down and have a cup of coffee and have a meal.
This is the largest square in Dijon, surrounded by various ancient buildings, as well as various cafes and restaurants. The tourists are very concentrated. There is no excessive decoration in the square, which is relatively empty.
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Palace of the Dukes and States of Burgundy
4.5
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56 reviews
4.3
Based on 353 reviews
Dijon Old Town | 28m from downtown
Phone +33 3 80 74 52 09
Address: 1 Rue Rameau, 21000 Dijon, France
Recommended sightseeing time: 2-3 hours
Highlights:
Expanded by dukes' generations
Explore French art history's sanctuary
58% positive reviews
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The first permanent collection of the Dijon Museum of Fine Arts comes from the Dijon School of Painting. In 1775, the school established its own "Rome Scholarship". Every year, the school selects a student from the painting class and a student from the sculpture class to study in the Eternal City, Rome. In return, the students must provide the school with a copy of a painting or sculpture by a master before the end of four years of study. For this purpose, the east wing of the Ducal Palace was added in the 1780s to house these works from Italy and other places.
In this neoclassical exhibition hall, the "Statue Hall", there are copies such as "Borghese Gladiators", "Apollo of Belvedere", and "Venus of Medici".
Looking up, it is the ceiling painting of Pierre Paul Prud’hon, a scholar of the "Rome Scholarship" in 1784. At that time, the Burgundy Parliament was ambitious to copy the "Triumph of Divine Providence" in the Barberini Palace in Rome. Although Prudong was not impressed by the author of the painting, Pietro da Cortona, he had no choice but to paint the painting according to the original, replacing the emblem of Pope Urban VIII with the emblem and allegory of Prince Conde, the ruler of Burgundy at the time.
The Palace of the Dukes of Burgundy is the largest and most famous building in the area. It has a history of more than 400 years and is the residence of princes and nobles. It looks very grand from the outside and very luxurious from the inside. Now it is a museum and you can go in and visit it. It is well worth a visit.
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The Owl of Dijon
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/5
20 reviews
4.2
Based on 2,480 reviews
Dijon Old Town | 83m from downtown
Address: 11 Rue de la Chouette, 21000 Dijon, France
Recommended sightseeing time: 1-2 hours
Highlights:
Must-Visit: Dijon's Landmark Little Owl Statue
Pet the owl with your left hand for good luck
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The Dijon owls are like famous carvings on the outside wall of Notre Dame Cathedral in Dijon, France. It has become the mascot of Dijon. It is said that the wish will be fulfilled by the wish of the left hand and the right hand pressed on the left breast. Since they are touched by many tourists, the statue has been blurred by the captors. In addition, there are small eagle-patterned signposts on the ground of Dijon Street, which runs through many streets in Dijon Old Town, and is a characteristic travel route marked by owl. Visitors can walk along the brass-built owl sign on the ground and visit 22 classic attractions in Dijon City on foot.
The owl can be regarded as the mascot of Burgundy. On the outer wall of Notre Dame Dijon, there is such an owl carving, which is almost touched by tourists. It is good to take pictures and punch a card.
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