Editing Dijon (section)

==Sights==
[[File:Dijon Porte Guillaume.JPG|thumb|left|Porte Guillaume (''Guillaume Gate''), Place Darcy (''Darcy Square''), in the center of Dijon.]]

Dijon has a large number of churches, including [[Church of Notre-Dame of Dijon|Notre Dame de Dijon]], St. Philibert, St. Michel, and [[Dijon Cathedral]], dedicated to the apocryphal Saint Benignus, the [[crypt]] of which is over 1,000 years old. The city has retained varied [[architectural style]]s from many of the main periods of the past millennium, including Capetian, [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] and [[Renaissance architecture|Renaissance]]. Many still-inhabited townhouses in the city's central district date from the 18th century and earlier. Dijon architecture is distinguished by, among other things, ''[[toits bourguignons]]'' (Burgundian polychrome roofs) made of glazed [[terracotta]] tiles of various colours arranged in geometric patterns.

[[File:F09.St-Bénigne.Dijion.0078.JPG|thumb|View of the spire of Dijon Cathedral, showing roofs with polychrome tiles.]]

Dijon was largely spared the destruction of wars such as the 1870 [[Franco-Prussian War]] and the Second World War, despite the city being occupied. Therefore, many of the old buildings such as the [[Timber framing|half-timbered]] houses dating from the 12th to the 15th centuries (found mainly in the city's core district) are undamaged, at least by organized violence.

Dijon is home to many museums, including the [[Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon]] in part of the Ducal Palace (see below). It contains, among other things, ducal kitchens dating back to the mid-15th century, and a substantial collection of primarily European art, from Roman times through the present.

Among the more popular sights is the [[Palace of the Dukes of Burgundy|Ducal Palace]], the ''Palais des Ducs et des États de Bourgogne'' or "Palace of the Dukes and the States of Burgundy" ({{Coord|47|19|19|N|5|2|29|E}}), which includes one of only a few remaining examples of Capetian period architecture in the region. Many art interested visitors flock to the ''Puits de Moïse'' or [[Well of Moses]], a monumental sculpture by [[Claus Sluter]].
 
The church of Notre Dame is famous for both its art and architecture. Popular legend has it that one of its stone relief sculptures, an owl (''la chouette'') is a [[wikt:talisman|good-luck charm]]: visitors to the church touch the owl with their left hands to make a wish. (The current carving was restored after it was damaged by vandalism in the night of 5 and 6 January 2001).

The Grand Théâtre de Dijon, built in 1828 and one of the main performing venues of the [[Opéra de Dijon]], was declared a {{Lang|fr|[[monument historique]]}} of France in 1975. It was designed by the Dijon-born architect [[Jacques Cellerier]] (1742–1814) in the [[Neoclassical architecture|Neo-classical]] style with an interior modelled on Italian opera houses.<ref>{{Base Mérimée|PA00112435|Théâtre, Dijon}}.</ref>