En un regard
Le château en bref
The Palace of the Dukes and of the States of Burgundy in Dijon, in the Côte-d'Or, is an architectural ensemble made up of several interlocking parts. The oldest is the ducal palace of the 14th and 15th centuries, in the Gothic style, which still includes a residential building (clearly visible from the Place des Ducs), the ducal kitchens (Cour de Bar) and two towers: the Terrace Tower, or Philip the Good Tower, and the Bar Tower. Most of the buildings visible today, however, were built in the 17th and above all the 18th centuries, in a classical style, together with the layout of the royal square, now the Place de la Libération. Finally, the façade of the Museum of Fine Arts, on the Place de la Sainte-Chapelle, was erected in the 19th century on the site of the Sainte-Chapelle of Dijon, destroyed in 1802. This ensemble, in a remarkable state of preservation, bears witness to almost a millennium of political life in Dijon.
The palace was one of the seats of the rulers of the Burgundian State, the Dukes of Burgundy. Listed as a historic monument on the 1862 list and by an order of 1926, it now houses Dijon City Hall and the Dijon Museum of Fine Arts.
