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Darcy Garden

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Location: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

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1. Jardin Square Darcy – Notre-Dame Church of Dijon loop from Gare Dijon Porte Neuve

9.65km

02:28

40m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Jardin Square Darcy – Marché couvert de Dijon loop from Montchapet

6.01km

01:33

30m

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Église Notre-Dame de Dijon – Maison Millière loop from Centre-Ville

2.75km

00:42

10m

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Vincent Reboul

February 7, 2022

You cannot make a stop at Dijon station without a short detour through the gardens and Place Darcy. The famous sculpture of the White Bear by François Pompon, the triumphal arch overlooking the very beautiful avenue de la Liberté and the Hôtel de la Cloche are among the must-sees of the mustard capital.

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Olivier AEROPIX

April 26, 2020

Place Darcy in Dijon with the magnificent garden of the same name and the beautiful Hotel de la Cloche

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September 10, 2024

With its balustrade terraces punctuated by two majestic staircases framing the water surface, the Jardin Darcy has an Italian feel. This area, which is very popular with Dijon residents and the many tourists passing through, borders the Hôtel de la Cloche and Place Darcy and is just a few minutes' walk from the train station.
At the entrance, you will find yourself face to face with the "Pompon Bear", as Dijon residents call it. It is a copy of the white bear, the famous work of the Burgundian sculptor François Pompon (the original is in the Musée d'Orsay), made by the artist Henry Martinet in 1937 as a tribute to Pompon.

Good to know: Under the hill of the garden lies the Darcy reservoir. Narrow staircases lead to a circular vaulted cellar lined with arcades. The reservoir, a majestic cylinder with a diameter of 28 m and a capacity of 2,300 m3, owes its name to Henry Darcy, a Dijon engineer in the 19th century. His plan at the time was to build a 12 km long underground aqueduct from the Val Suzon to Dijon. In 1840, after a three-hour journey, 7,000 litres of water arrived at the Darcy reservoir every minute, making Dijon the second best supplied city in Europe with drinking water after Rome. Today, the reservoir stores water intended for watering the lawns of the tramway. A symbol of the virtuous environmental policy pursued by the city and Dijon Métropole.

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1. Jardin Square Darcy – Notre-Dame Church of Dijon loop from Gare Dijon Porte Neuve

2. Jardin Square Darcy – Marché couvert de Dijon loop from Montchapet

3. Église Notre-Dame de Dijon – Maison Millière loop from Centre-Ville

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