It would have taken a long time to achieve the extensive detail of the tympanum of the central portal, which is the major work of the Cathedral, sculpted between 1130 and 1135 by Gislebertus. The theme is of the Last Judgement depicted around a centr..

This granite cross was built in 1945 to commemorate the liberation of Autun. From the cross you have a view over the depression of Autun and the Arroux valley,

This museum is divided into four areas. The Gallo-Roman archaeology section houses a collection of pieces and relics from Bibracte Oppidum. Romanesque statuary is represented, in Rooms 8 and 9, by the masterpieces of two Burgundian masters: Gislebert..

This old Jesuit college opened its superb gates, forged in 1722 -enlivened with some guilt emblems depicting astrolabes, medals, globes, lyres, The school has had some famous pupils such as Bussy-Rabutin, the Napoleon brothers and Joseph and Lucien B..

The Town hall houses a large library, where you will find a large collection of manuscripts and incunabula.

This lofty street is bordered by façades endowed with wrought iron balconies. In the next street, rue Saint-Saulge, n° 24 is occupied by the hotel de Morey (17 C).

Mineral samples and blocks of coal which preserve the print of plants and animals and evidence the geographical development of the Autun basin. From the Morvan and Burgundy to important geological eras. Burgundy for example has a large collection of ..

The best section of the Gallo-Roman ramparts is at the top of the rue des Résistants-Fusillés. You can stroll along to the Tower of Ursulines, where you will see a donjon dating from the 12C.

Near the cathedral this charming building with cupola and lantern was built in 1543 by the chapter. It is topped with a pelican, which you probably know is the symbol of selflessness - this one is an exact replica (original in Paris, at the Rodin mus..

Built in the 19C this covered passageway looks onto a majestic classic door.

This museum used to be the Chapel of Saint-Nicholas (12C), houses a collection of Gallo-Roman vestiges (fragments of architecture, mosaics, steles and medieval objects (capitals, sarcophaguses). The apse is decorated with a majestic Christ.

Built in the 17C this church was used as a chapel at Napoleon secondary school before becoming the Jesuit college

This walk between the trees is named after the cross-piece vestiges. Here you will see a beautiful 17C edifice fronted by a French style garden with a glazed tile roof. This is the old seminary (now a military academy), built by Daniel Gittard, Anne ..

The vestiges of the cavea give us an idea of what this theatre - the biggest of Roman Gaul - would have been like when Autun was still called Augustodunum, and could accommodate up to 20 000 spectators.

This is one of the four gateways which, with 54 semi-circular towers made up the Gallo-Roman enclosure. It has two archways for chariots and two prettier ones for pedestrians and is surmounted by a passage with ten arches. Transformed into a Church i..

In a pretty site with trees and rocks you can see this waterfall. Here you have views over the Stone of Couhard , a pyramid taken from the Roman theatre of Autun; now a funerary monument.

This is the old Porta Senonica (Gateway of meaning) through which the Agrippa way would have passed, which links Lyon to Boulogne-sur-Mer. Not quite so monumental and not in such good condition as Saint-Andrew's Gateway, Arroux Gateway has the same..

This quadrangular tower, built with 24m high walls, only has two remaining wall sections. The tower is in fact the cella of a temple dedicated to a Roman deity. Perhaps Janus.