Chartreuse de Champmol

Chartreuse de Champmol is a church in Dijon, Côte-d’Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Chartreuse de Champmol is situated nearby to the historic site Well of Moses, as well as near the park Parc des Carrières Bacquin.

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Type: Church
Denomination: Catholic
Description: chapel located in Côte-d’Or, in France
Also known as: “Chapelle de la Chartreuse de Champmol”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Well of Moses and Dijon-Ville station.

Well of Moses

Historic site

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The Well of Moses is a monumental sculpture recognised as the masterpiece of the Dutch artist Claus Sluter, assisted by his nephew Claus de Werve. It was designed and built by Sluter and his workshop in 1395–1403 for the Carthusian monastery of Chartreuse de Champmol built as a burial site by the Burgundian Duke Philip the Bold just outside the Burgundian capital of Dijon, in today's France.

Dijon-Ville station

Railway station

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Dijon-Ville station, sometimes simply Dijon, is a railway station located in Dijon, Côte-d'Or, eastern France. The station was opened in 1849. It is located at the junction of Paris–Marseille, Dijon–Saint-Amour, Dijon–Is-sur-Tille, and Dijon-Vallorbe lines. Dijon-Ville station is situated 750 metres east of Chartreuse de Champmol.

Parc des Carrières Bacquin

Park

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Parc des Carrières Bacquin is a park, which is situated 480 metres north of Chartreuse de Champmol.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Centre-Ville and Chenôve.

Centre-Ville

Suburb

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Centre-Ville is a suburb.

Chenôve

Town

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Chenôve is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of France. Until 1955, it was a small-scale winegrowing village, when it was absorbed into the urban agglomeration of Dijon. Chenôve is situated 3½ km south of Chartreuse de Champmol.