Cote d'Or: Burgundy's Golden Slope and Dijon
Cote d'Or contains Dijon, the former capital of the Duchy of Burgundy and now a city of about 160,000. The Ducal Palace houses the Musee des Beaux-Arts, one of France's oldest museums. Dijon mustard, while largely produced elsewhere now, remains the city's culinary symbol. The Cote de Nuits and Cote de Beaune, the slope that gives the department its name (literally 'golden slope'), produce some of the most expensive wines in the world.
The Climats, the precisely delimited vineyard plots of Burgundy, were inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2015. Romanee-Conti, Chambertin, Corton, and Meursault are among the legendary names. Beaune's Hospices, a medieval hospital with a polychrome tiled roof, holds an annual wine auction that sets benchmark prices. The population is about 538,000. Chatillon-sur-Seine, in the north, holds the Vix Treasure, a massive sixth-century BC Greek bronze krater found in a Celtic princess's tomb.
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Cote d'Or contains Dijon, the former capital of the Duchy of Burgundy and now a city of about 160,000. The Ducal Palace houses the Musee des Beaux-Arts, one of France's oldest museums. Dijon mustard, while largely produced elsewhere now, remains the city's culinary symbol. The Cote de Nuits and Cote de Beaune, the slope that gives the department its name (literally 'golden slope'), produce some of the most expensive wines in the world.
The Climats, the precisely delimited vineyard plots of Burgundy, were inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2015. Romanee-Conti, Chambertin, Corton, and Meursault are among the legendary names. Beaune's Hospices, a medieval hospital with a polychrome tiled roof, holds an annual wine auction that sets benchmark prices. The population is about 538,000. Chatillon-sur-Seine, in the north, holds the Vix Treasure, a massive sixth-century BC Greek bronze krater found in a Celtic princess's tomb.
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