Dijon
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- Names
Dijon
Castrum Divionense
- Place Type
- inhabited place
- Description
- Flourished under the Valois 1364-1477; patronage of ducal court attracted many artists & musicians; annexed by Louis XI 1477; most prosperous in 18th cen. when became intellectual center of France; declined after Revolution; has 14th-cen. town hall.
- Authority
- Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- Source
- Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961); Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988); GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998); Times Atlas of the World (1994); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988);
- Died
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