Burgundy, Administrative region in central France
Description
This administrative region in east-central France covers four departments—Côte-d'Or, Saône-et-Loire, Nièvre, and Yonne—with Dijon as its capital. The landscape shifts between rolling vineyard hills, forested uplands in the Morvan, and flat plains along the Saône and Loire rivers.
History
The duchy emerged in the 9th century and grew into an independent power by the 15th century, controlling much of present-day Netherlands and Belgium. After Charles the Bold died in 1477, the territory gradually passed to the French crown.
Culture
Wine cellars still open for communal tastings where growers explain their work and visitors sample directly from the barrel. In the villages, craftspeople such as coopers and stonemasons keep centuries-old techniques alive, visible in working workshops.
Practical
High-speed trains from Paris reach Dijon in around an hour and a half, while regional lines connect smaller towns along the wine routes. Motorways cross the territory from north to south, and many estates and rural accommodations sit away from main axes.
Did you know?
The narrow vineyard parcels often follow medieval monastery boundaries, so neighboring rows belong to different owners and produce contrasting wines. Some slopes carry several appellations within just a few meters (a few feet) of elevation change.
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Guédelon Castle
120.5 km
Cluny Abbey
64.1 km
Nigloland
141 km
Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours
102.8 km
Hospices de Beaune
25.7 km
Vézelay Abbey
77 km
Cîteaux Abbey
47.2 km
Source of the Seine River
56.5 km
Bibracte
36.2 km
Château de Saint-Fargeau
129.2 km
Lac d'Orient
142.2 km
Rock of Solutré
79.8 km
Abbey of Fontenay
71.7 km
Canal de Bourgogne
30 km
Clairvaux Abbey
129.5 km
Fosse Dionne
103.4 km
Sens Cathedral
161.6 km
Royal monastery of Brou
105.6 km
La Boisserie
138.7 km
Autun Cathedral
16.4 km
Le Pal
86.1 km
Morvan Regional Natural Park
43.2 km
Vix grave
100.5 km
Lac des Settons
38.7 km
Touroparc Zoo
93.2 km
Palace of the Dukes of Burgundy
54.4 km
Church of Notre-Dame of Dijon
54.5 km
Palais des Ducs et États de Bourgogne
54.4 km
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