The region's leading classical-music venue, Opéra de Dijon holds concerts at its modern 1611-seat auditorium and at the 692-seat, 19th-century Grand Théâtre.
Opéra de Dijon
Dijon
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Palais des Ducs et des États de Bourgogne
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Once home to Burgundy's powerful dukes, this monumental palace with a neoclassical facade overlooks place de la Libération, old Dijon's magnificent…
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Its Renaissance-style façade bursting with stone caryatids, soldiers and vines, Maison des Cariatides is one of Dijon's finest buildings. Dating to the…
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Nearing the end of a nine-year renovation, these sprawling galleries in Dijon's monumental Palais des Ducs are works of art in themselves and constitute…
0.64 MILES
A block north of the Palais des Ducs, this church was built between 1220 and 1240. Its extraordinary façade's three tiers are lined with leering gargoyles…