Francis I.is visiting Dijon at the commencing of 16And century, there experienced counted a hundred bell towers. There are far fewer remaining right now. Fortunately for us, some inscriptions and architectural traces, which prosper on previous buildings that have progressively altered their use and confront, still testify to their existence and let them to reappear in our minds for the duration of a walk in the coronary heart of the town centre.
Our initially encounter with the lots of footprints of history secretly stored in the meanders of the metropolis can take place a few ways from the former Hôtel Rolin, the recent seat of the departmental archives of the Côte-d’Or. Going for walks by means of the tiny passage of rue Proudhon at the crossroads with rue d’Assas, a person promptly sees a sleek sq. stone tower which stands 32 meters substantial, lined by a slate roof and whose best is surrounded by twin spans. This is the tower of Saint-Nicolas, the only vestige of the ancient church …
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