Palais des Ducs (Ducal Palace)

This palace in the city center is the symbol and pride of Dijon. In fact it's a set of several palaces, one of them is the Museum of Fine Arts where you can enter for free. The oldest part of the Palace of the Dukes is XIV century and is Gothic. You can see the ruins of this time on the side of the square of the Dukes. There are 2 towers used to look out for invaders. The rest, which is most of the palace, is seventeenth century and classic style. The palace was the seat of the Duchy of Burgundy founded in the ninth century by Carloman II. He then broke the rule of Carlos Magnos and dukes ruled over eastern France.