Dijon - Saint-Michel

The Romans had a "castrum" here, of which some remains can still be found. Near this castrum a (probably wooden) church, dedicated to "Saint-Michel", was mentioned in 889. This church got replaced by a larger one that got consecrated in 1020 by the Bishop of Langres.

Whith the growth of Dijon´s populationm this church became to small some centuries later and so it got finally replaced by the church seen today, consecrated in 1529. Work on the impressive portal was stopped in 1570 and restarted 80 years later. The two towers were completed 1659 (south, right) and 1667 (north).

Seen to the very right is the entrance to the "RUDE-museum", that is hosted in the former abbay-church St. Etienne.