Vogüé Hotel — Attraction in Dijon

On Rue de la Chouette, Hôtel de Vogüé opens with a monumental rusticated portal beneath patterned glazed tiles. Step through and the passage releases into a calm cour d’honneur: three pale façades, tall windows in classical surrounds, and corner doorways set in small aedicules. The garden side repeats the measured order with a continuous terrace and central stair, dormers above and oculi in the flanking pavilions. Built in the early seventeenth century for a Dijon magistrate and now a listed monument, it’s a textbook hôtel particulier - street portal, formal court, garden front - composed for arrival, light...

A beautiful seventeenth century private mansion on Rue de la Chouette. The first thing I noticed is the richly decorated portico entrance gate with intricate lacing of ivy. There's a monogram on the base of the portico, EBMG, which its history indicates that it was to celebrate Etienne Bouhier de Chevigny second marriage (the owner of this mansion) to Madeleine Giroud. Inside there's a garden but with not much decorative work and a guard room with a huge fireplace adorned with a painting of Hero and Leandre (William Etty? ). It's a lovely place to visit and suitable...

We didn't use the internal space, but my daughter had a fantastic time exploring the courtyard quickly, looking for "Elsa" and "Anna". A beautiful Architectural marvel along the "Owl...