6 May 2025 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General , Bon voyage , Bon appétit
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The Route des Grands Crus (roughly, “road of the great
wines “) is the name of a tourist route situated in
Burgundy ,
France . The approximately 60-kilometre route runs along the foot of the
Côte d’Or escarpment, from
Dijon in the north to
Santenay in the south. Thus it runs through many of the great
appellations of
Burgundy wine , hence the name of the route. It takes the visitor through the vineyards of the
Côte de Nuits and the
Côte de Beaune and the back hills (Hautes-Côtes) behind and above the wine slopes.
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25 November 2023 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General , Bon appétit , Shopping
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The central halls of Dijon are
market halls in
cast-iron architecture built from 1873 to 1875 in
Dijon ,
Côte-d’Or , in
Burgundy-Franche-Comté ,
France . They have been listed as
historic monuments since 1975. The halls of Dijon are surrounded by numerous
restaurants and
cafés .
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27 May 2023 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General
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Cîteaux Abbey (French: Abbaye de Cîteaux) is a
Catholic abbey located in
Saint-Nicolas-lès-Cîteaux , south of
Dijon ,
France . It is notable for being the original house of the
Cistercian order. Today, it belongs to the
Trappists (also called the Cistercians of the Strict Observance). The abbey has about 35 members. The monks produce a
cheese branded under the abbey’s name , as well as caramels and honey-based candies.
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4 November 2022 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General , UNESCO World Heritage
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The Abbey of Fontenay is a former
Cistercian abbey located in the
commune of
Marmagne , near
Montbard , in the
département of
Côte-d’Or in
France . It was founded by
Saint Bernard of Clairvaux in 1118, and built in the
Romanesque style . It is one of the oldest and most complete Cistercian abbeys in Europe, and became a
UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Of the original complex comprising church,
dormitory ,
cloister ,
chapter house ,
caldarium ,
refectory ,
dovecote and
forge , all remain intact except the refectory and are well maintained. The Abbey of Fontenay, along with other Cistercian abbeys, forms a connecting link between Romanesque and
Gothic architecture .
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