Église Notre-Dame

Wanted by the Duke of Burgundy Eudes III, this beautiful Gothic church, one of the oldest of this style in Burgundy, was begun around 1208 and overall completed in the fourteenth century (consecration in 1430). Note the presence of a flat chevet, a sign of a probable influence of the Cistercian current on Gothic architecture in the duchy of Burgundy during the first half of the thirteenth century.

The window of the chapel is the only one of its kind in Burgundy

The Renaissance window in the choir dates from 1535. Proof that in the minds of the builders of the Gothic era, the idea of having recourse to buttresses was not systematic, even though this type of construction seems to have appeared on the buildings of the XIIIth century;ment seems to have made its appearance on the sites of Cluny and Vézelay from the years 1140, the buttresses were only installed in the fourteenth century (then redone in the nineteenth century during a restoration).

This church was classified as a historic monument in 1908. It is located on the highest point of the city which offers an integral view of Dijon and Lake Kir. Within this church are, since 1996, 46 bays of splendid contemporary stained glass windows by Gérard Garouste and glassmaker Pierre-Alain Parot.