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Musée des Beaux-Arts  Housed in the Palais des Ducs, the Musée des Beaux-Arts has the most important collection of paintings in France outside of Paris. The building itself is a focal point in the city of Dijon with its old cobbled streets and half-timbered buildings which radiate from the Palais, all well worth exploring. The museum is a good introduction to the splendour of the Dukes of Bourgogne. The Salles des Gardes housing the magnificent tombs of the Dukes, Philip the Bold and John the Fearless, decorated with sculptures by the Flemish masters Jean de Marville, Claus Sluter and Claus de Werve, is undergoing renovation work until 2012. However, the alabaster mourners surrounding the tomb of Philip the Bold, considered masterpieces in medieval sculpture, have been rehoused in another room in the museum. Those around the tomb of John the Fearless have gone on tour in the States.  The painting and sculpture collection in the museum is immense. Italian, Dutch and Flemish painters from Titien, Rubens and Bruegel, to the work of the Impressionists, Manet and Monet and statues by François Rude, the man responsible for the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, are displayed. The collection is too vast to take in during one visit but the setting of the museum is particularly attractive with large windows and plenty of natural light, making you want to return for more. Opening Times
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