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The Grand Théâtre de Dijon, built in 1828 and one of the main performing venues of the Opéra de Dijon, was declared a monument historique of France in 1975. It was designed by the Dijon-born architect Jacques Cellerier (1742–1814) in the Neo-classical style with an interior modelled on Italian opera houses.
Français : Carte administrative vierge de la France destinée à la géolocalisation, avec régions et départements distingués. Échelle approximative : 1:3 000 000 English: Blank administrative map of France for geo-location purpose, with regions and departements distinguished.
Côte-d'Or (French pronunciation: [kot dɔʁ] ⓘ) is a département in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of Northeastern France. In 2019, it had a population of 534,124. [3] Its prefecture is Dijon and subprefectures are Beaune and Montbard.
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (French pronunciation: [buʁɡɔɲ fʁɑ̃ʃ kɔ̃te] ⓘ; lit. ' Burgundy-Free County ', sometimes abbreviated BFC; Arpitan: Borgogne-Franche-Comtât) is a region in eastern France created by the 2014 territorial reform of French regions, from a merger of Burgundy and Franche-Comté.
Formerly a coalition of free cities in Holy Roman Empire, attached to Kingdom of France in 1648; annexed by Germany from Franco-Prussian war to the end of World War I and briefly during World War II: Aquitaine: Aquitaine: Occitan: Aquitània Basque: Akitania Saintongeais : Aguiéne: 72 Bordeaux: Guyenne and Gascony: Auvergne: Auvergne: Occitan ...
TVG stands for train à grande vitesse, which is French for "train of great speed"), and is the name of France's high-speed rail service. France is the most visited country in the world, receiving over 79 million foreign tourists annually (including business visitors, but excluding people staying less than 24 hours in France). [4] Economic rank
Dijon Métropole (French pronunciation: [diʒɔ̃ metʁɔpɔl]) is the métropole, an intercommunal structure, centered around the city of Dijon. It is located in the Côte-d'Or department, in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, eastern France. It was created in April 2017, replacing the previous Communauté urbaine du Grand Dijon. [1] Its ...
The Abbey of Vézelay, also a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is still a starting point for pilgrimages to Santiago de Compostela. [10] Cluny was almost totally destroyed during the French Revolution. [11] During the Hundred Years' War, King John II of France gave the duchy to his youngest son, Philip the Bold. The duchy soon became a major rival ...