Esplanade des Marcs d’Or

Esplanade des Marcs d’Or is a park in Dijon, Côte-d’Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Esplanade des Marcs d’Or is situated nearby to Réservoir des Marcs d’Or, as well as near the pitch Stade de la Fontaine d’Ouche.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Well of Moses and Fort de la Motte-Giron.

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. Well of Moses is situated 1¼ km northeast of Esplanade des Marcs d’Or.

Fort de la Motte-Giron

Fort

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Fort de la Motte-Giron is situated 1½ km west of Esplanade des Marcs d’Or.

Chapelle de la Chartreuse de Champmol

Church

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Chapelle de la Chartreuse de Champmol is a church, which is situated 1½ km northeast of Esplanade des Marcs d’Or.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chenôve and Centre-Ville.

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.