Centre de Rencontres Internationales
Our capacity of 100 rooms ranges from the single room with shower and WC to the shared room. Our bilingual reception staff are there for you 24 hours a day. Restaurant on site. Disco for groups
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Dijon is a city in eastern France, the préfecture (administrative capital) of the Côte-d'Or département and of the Bourgogne région. Dijon is the historical capital of the province of Burgundy. Population (1999): 149,867 for the commune; 240,000 for the greater Dijon area. Dijon boasts a surprisingly large number of churches and cathedrals, including St. Benigne, Nortre-Dame, St. Etienne, and St. Michel. It is noteworthy that the crypt of Cathédrale Saint-Bégnine dates from 1000 years ago, and the city has retained many architectural styles from many of the main periods from the past millennium, including Gothic, Renaissance and Capetian. Many of the still-inhabited houses in the city's central district date from before the 18th century.
There are many museums in the city, including one dedicated to mustard. Another is the Musée des Beaux Arts in the old part of the Ducal Palace (see below). It contains, among other things, ducal kitchens that date back to the mid-1400s, and a collection of European paintings from the early Renaissance to the Impressionistic periods. Among the more interesting of Dijon's "must see" localities is the Ducal Palace (i.e. the "Palais des Ducs et des Etats de Bourgogne"), which is one of only a few remaining examples of the Capetian period in the region. Another is a curious carving of an owl, on the church of Notre Dame on the rue de la Préfecture. It is reported that this has become regarded as a good-luck charm: people touch it with their left hand and make a wish.
