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City of Dijon is located in the eastern part of France in Côte-d'Or department.
Dijon, the capital of Burgundy (Bourgogne), is the best place to start discovering this part of France, is a modern city, full of life, pretty busy though.
With a long and interesting history, being the last residence of the Dukes of Burgundy, Dijon kept in those days of glory many historical monuments and buildings. Palace of the Dukes of Burgundy: a wonderful building, perfectly preserved, in style architecture of centuries past. It is best to begin a visit to Dijon from here, to become familiar with the old town atmosphere. You can see here and Dukes graves, and an art museum.
From old private homes, villas XVII and XVIII century the worship places, art galleries and real estate is a very popular tourist destination. Especially the old part of the city of Dijon, very well preserved, is interesting for tourists.
Among the attractions include erated in Dijon Musée de la vie bourguignonne, a special museum dedicated to the lifestyle of the region, this finding is reproductions of everyday scenes, old shops, traditions and mustard museum, a natural for this town where comes famous Dijon mustard.
In this city was born and Gustave Eiffel, creator of the famous tower that later became the symbol of France.
Dijon | City of Dijon is located in the eastern part of France in Côte-d'Or department.
Dijon, the capital of Burgundy (Bourgogne), is the best place to start discovering this part of France, is a modern city, full of life, pretty busy though
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