A view from the top of the Philippe le Bon Tower over the city of Dijon, Burgundy
Dijon is a city in eastern France, capital of the Côte-d'Or département and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. The earliest archaeological finds within the city limits of Dijon date to the Neolithic period. Dijon later became a Roman settlement named Divio, later was home to the Dukes of Burgundy from the early 11th until the late 15th centuries and a place of tremendous wealth and power, one of the great European centres of art, learning and science. The city has retained varied architectural styles including Capetian, Gothic and Renaissance. Many still-inhabited town houses in the city's central district date from the 18th century and earlier. Dijon architecture is distinguished by, among other things, toits bourguignons (Burgundian polychrome roofs) made of tiles glazed in terracotta, green, yellow and black and arranged in geometric patterns. Dijon is famous for Dijon mustard which originated in 1856, when Jean Naigeon of Dijon substituted verjuice, the acidic "green" juice of not-quite-ripe grapes, for vinegar in the traditional mustard recipe. The historical centre of the city has been registered since July 4, 2015 as a UNESCO World Heritage site.
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