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Burgundy

Things to see in Burgundy

65 sights, museums, parks and places worth the stop.

The grand marble staircase inside the Palace of the Dukes of Burgundy, featuring sculptures and inscriptions of famous writers.

Dijon · Historic Architecture

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon

France's oldest museum in the historic Palace of the Duke...
A large, light-colored stone building with a red-tiled roof, arched windows on the ground floor, and a modern clock installation on the facade, situated in a paved public square with tram tracks and pedestrians.

Chalon-sur-saone · Museums & Culture

Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie

Fine arts and archaeology museum in Chalon-sur-Saône
The image shows an outdoor plaza with a brasserie named "BRASSERIE DU NORD" on the ground floor of a building, with people standing on a cobblestone surface and a yellow sign in the bottom left corner reading "VILLE DE CLUNY".

Cluny · Historic Towns

Place de la Mairie

Cluny's town hall square
A landscape photograph showing rows of grapevines with yellowing leaves in the foreground, a wooden fence, and rolling green hills with scattered houses and trees in the background under a clear sky.

Vezelay · Food & Wine

Vignobles de Vézelay

UNESCO basilica in a historic Burgundy wine village
A vintage postcard showing a river scene with a stone bridge, buildings along the bank, and a French postage stamp, with printed text reading "20. — NEVERS. — Quai de la Loire. — Le Pont Mal-Placé."

Nevers · Promenades

Quai de la Loire

Riverside promenade along the Loire in Nevers
A person stands in the arched doorway of the Abbey Church of Fontenay, a historic Cistercian building in Marmagne, France.

Burgundy · Historic Architecture

Abbaye de Fontenay

UNESCO-listed Cistercian abbey in Burgundy
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Beaune · Historic Architecture

Église Notre-Dame de Beaune

12th-century basilica with rare 15th-century tapestries
The image shows the exterior entrance of a building with a sign reading "MUSÉE ZERVOS MAISON ROMAIN ROLLAND VÉZELAY" and a vertical banner on the right side also displaying "VÉZELAY".

Vezelay · Historic Architecture

Musée de Vézelay

1000-year-old Romanesque basilica
Neoclassical portico and pediment sculptures of the Palace of the Dukes of Burgundy, Dijon.

Dijon · History Museums

Palais des Ducs de Bourgogne et des États de Bourgogne

14th-century ducal palace housing Dijon's City Hall
A large, ancient Roman triumphal arch with two lower arched passageways and an upper tier of ten arched openings, set against a clear blue sky with green shrubbery in the foreground and modern buildings visible through the arches.

Autun · Architectural Landmarks

Porte Saint-André

Best-preserved Roman gate in France
A paved residential street in a French town, featuring a blue street sign on the right wall that reads "RUE DE LA HALLE", along with traffic signage and surrounding buildings.

Semur-en-auxois · City Centers

Rue de la Halle

Medieval market street in Semur-en-Auxois
White Art Deco theater building with "LE THEATRE" entrance sign under a blue sky.

Auxerre · Architectural Landmarks

Théâtre d'Auxerre

1930s theatre in Auxerre