Notre Dame Dijon

Quartier Notre-Dame, Dijon , Burgundy, France
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    Attraction Type:

    Religious site, Historic site

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  • 1

    Easter Weekend

    ... where Alex and Josh pretended to be KamaSutra statues. -HOTEL DE VOGUE, with the colored roof and the exhibition of photos inside. -NOTRE DAME Church, with the Gargoyle’s façade and the stone Owl  -PLACE FRANCOIS RUDE, the little square with ...

  • 2

    First rail journey of many

    ... and in some cases they look very out of place on the cathedral, rather than adding to the cathedrals beauty. Dijon also has a Notre Dame, which was built in the 13th century and its beautiful façade is covered with rows of false gargoyles. After our ...

  • 3

    Dijon update

    15 photos

    ... were at a castle, at least when you get lost here you find great things. Such as yesterday here in Dijon when we inadvertantly found Notre Dame! Heading North out of Provence into the western edge of the Rhone Alps, the weather turned foul. Having had ...

  • 4

    Chateaux, cathedrals, countryside and stuff

    12 photos

    ... where 19 year old Joan of Arc was burned at the stake in the cool Norman town of Rouen, which also has a huge gothic Notre Dame cathedral (frequently painted by Monet), not too dissimilar from the Parisian one. - the D-day beaches. We spent a few ...

  • 5

    Jour 49 : Un soleil jaune moutarde

    18 photos

    ... 'ne comme ça pendant près de trois heures, parcourant les quatre coins du centre-ville, passant devant la cathédrale Saint-Jean, Notre-Dame de Dijon (avec sa chouette en pierre qui porte chance), les Halles, la Place de la République, le musée Rude, ...

  • 6

    Burgundy...Land of Many Vineyards!

    We slept in until 11 and had lunch and coffee.  We walked around the city of Dijon and saw the Notre Dame Cathedral of Dijon. It was a gothic styled cathedral with an extreme amount of gargoyles on one side. It was a bit too much in my opinion, I guess ...

  • 7

    Sarah from New York and Kir

    ... us around everywhere.  i thought that the Cathedral de Notre Dame was only in Paris.  i guess every town/city in France has a Notre Dame Cathedral (stands for church of our lady), the one in Paris is just the most famous.  we saw the one ...

  • 8

    Wee Willy Drinky or Oliver ******

    15 photos

    ... on foot to see the city. We managed to pass no less than 3 churches until we found the one we were looking for - yet another Notre Dame! This time it was the outside we were interested in, more specifically a carving in the stone of a small owl which has ...

  • 9

    Dijon

    ... I am going to hate Paris.  I hve really become a small city girl.  We went to the old part of Dijon.  Carved on the side of the Notre Dame church is a small owl.  Legend is if you rub it with your left hand it will bring you ...

  • 10

    The Day We Followed the Owl

    20 photos

    ... , but we weren’t able to try it because the shop was closed (it was Sunday). There seems to be a lot of Notre Dame Churches around France, and Dijon has one. It is on the side of this church that you will find the lucky owl. Touching it with your ...