Dijon

The powerful Duchy of **Burgundy**, with its capital **Dijon**, belongs to the kingdom of France, although the Dukes have long wished to regain their former independence. They are not afraid to use the sword to achieve their aims, but intrigues in France, the Holy Roman Empire and the Vatican are often their strategy of choice.

The dubious motto of the city is **Moult me tarde** (I am very late), maybe a pun on the famous Dijon mustard (= moutarde in French), which was given to it by Philippe le Hardi, a Duke of Burgundy.

"Dijon" is a is a rather big map with four city districts and three villages.

## Geography

The map is cut into three pieces by the rivers Ouche and Suzon. The main portion of the city and the village of Gray are located in the triagle between the two rivers. Only the city district New Town and the village of Chalon are west of both rivers.

The south-east of both rivers belongs to Dole alone. Three large bridges stitch all the pieces together.

Both, Old and New Town are nicely walled off, overlooking the rivers Ouche and Suzon. The Lower City has some steep cliffs to protect it, whereas the wall of the Suburb is not yet finished.

Due to the freedom of the map designers, the flow of the rivers is not accurate: In reality, the river Ouche is the main river and the Suzon only a tributary. On the map, it's exactly the other way round.

## City Districts

### Old Town

The Old Town (orange) is the biggest district, and has all the important buildings close to each other. The biggest of all is the castle "Hereditary Right" on a steep cliff in the south corner, overlooking the river Suzon. North of it, there's the school and the arsenal side by side. Further north, you'll find the church "The Holy Ghost" with its cemetery in the backyard. The market place is located west of the church, with the execution site directly south of it and the city hall further south, next to the arsenal.

The second church, "The Peace of God", is located in the northern tip of the district. Next to it, one of the three wells. Another one is in the very eastern corner, and the third one next to the arsenal.

The district is nicely walled in, except for the steep cliff down to the river Suzon. Three bridges lead over to the neighbouring landscape.

### New Town

Despite of looking nicely, the New Town (olive) has not much to offer: A market place and the church "St. Raphael", that's all.

The district has its own wall. A bridge leads over the river Ouche to the Lower City, and from there a street further to the Old Town.

### Lower City

The Lower City (yellow) is a rather interresting district. Stretched out in north-south direction along the eastern bank of the river Ouche, it has three separate parts:

The northern part houses the port, a market place, and a well. The small central part has only the church "St. Nicholas". The southern part has a cemetery, a grove, the market place with the well, a brushwood, and a fishing spot (from north to south).

Only the small central part is walled in, and serves as link between the Old and the New Town.

### Suburb

The Suburb (magenta) is completely separate from the rest of the city, and located in the north of the map. It has a wall of its own, which is still under construction, and only partly finished.

The church "St. Stephen" and a market place form the center of the district. A well can be found on a path, leading to a fishing spot and a brushwood to the south. A cemetery is hidden in the woods to the east.

## Villages

**Note:** Like on the Paris map, the "villages" on this map are actually french cities, each about 50 kilometers from Dijon in roughly the given directions.

### Gray

The village of Gray (= celtic grady = noble) (green) is located north-east of the city between high mountains. It has a well, the church "Holy Trinity" and a market place in its center. A cemetery and a mine are hidden in the forests to the north-west. A nice little fishing spot is on a small lake to the north-east. A quarry is at the versy south tip of the village.

### Chalon

Chalon (= Cavillonum, maybe from celtic caballos = horse) (cyan) is a quite remote village south of the city. It has a market place with a well, and its church "St. Benedict" in the center.

A cemetery and a lumberyard are tucked away in the woods to the south. From there, a path leads further south-east to a fishing spot on the banks of the river Ouche. In the exact opposite corner of the village, the north-west, at the end of a path, near the mountains, a grove is hidden in the woods. The quarry north of it, towards the bridge to the Lower City, technically belongs to the Surrounding Region.

### Dole

The village of Dole (= Dola, maybe celtic dol = valley, meadow) (pink) is even more remote than Chalon and has the complete south-east of the map for its own.

As usal, the center of the village is the church "St. Lawrence", with a well on one side and a minuscule market place (just one tent) on the other. The other well is located to the north, at the road, which leads into the Lower City.

A mine is at the bottom of a cliff to the east, and a cemetery hidden in the woods to the south.

## Other Places

### River

There are two rivers on the map: the Ouche (west and south) and its tributary, the Suzon (east). The map is not very accurate in resprect to the size of the rivers, as it looks as if it was the other way round.

The river Ouche offers access to the long distance trade routes to Paris (north) and Lyon (south).

### Surrounding Region

Scattered around the Surrounding Region (grey), many small locations can be found: three groves, three brushwoods, two lumberyards, a fishing spot, two [Quarry|quarries]], and a mine.

It also offers access to the long distance trade routes to Bourges (west), Bern (south-east), and Geneva (south-east).

## Trade Routes

The map offers five long distance trade routes to be opened:

* North: to Paris (= city of the "Parisii", a gallic tribe) via the river Ouche
* South: to Lyon (= Lug[o] dunon = hill-fort of the celtic god Lug) via the river Ouche
* West: to Bourges (= city of the "Bituriges", a gallic tribe) via road
* South-east: to Bern (= celtic berna = cleft) via road
* South-east: to Geneva (= celtic genawa = river bend) via road

## Additional information

* Find out more about Dijon on Wikipedia.
* Find out more about Gray on Wikipedia.
* Find out more about Chalon on Wikipedia.
* Find out more about Dole on Wikipedia.

Dijon was last edited for version 1.0.4.

Dijon was last edited for version 1.0.4.