Look for the narrow, half-timbered building with its distinctive patterned wooden beams, steep tiled roof, and two arched stone windows on the ground floor. Back in fourteen eighty-three, a successful draper named Guillaume Millière and his wife Guillemette Durand commissioned this Gothic home. They chose a prime piece of medieval real estate, tucked right near the church and the Palace of the Dukes. Take a look at your screen to appreciate those intricate timber frames that earned it historical monument status in nineteen forty-three. It also caught the eye of the film industry. In nineteen eighty-nine, director Jean-Paul Rappeneau used this very facade to shoot scenes for his famous film Cyrano de Bergerac starring Gérard Depardieu. It only appears for about five minutes in a two-hour movie, but the local pride is permanent. Today, after a nineteen ninety-eight restoration, it houses a moderately priced tea room, restaurant, and boutique, open every afternoon and all weekend. It is a brilliant slice of fifteenth-century Dijon architecture still standing strong today. Take a moment to enjoy the details, and when you are ready, we can head to our next stop.
