Anthony Béchu-designed celebration of French food and wine targets May opening
The capital city of France’s Burgundy region is set to see the opening of an Anthony Béchu-designed attraction celebrating French food and drink.
Dijon’s Cité Internationale Centre for Gastronomy and Wine will open in the city in May. It features 1,750sq m of exhibition space dedicated to understanding French food tradition, recognised by Unesco as an intangible cultural tradition in 2010.
Burgundy’s “Climats” vineyard parcels are also designated as having outstanding universal value by Unesco. The new centre includes a 600sq m wine cellar, dubbed Cave de la Cité, that extends over three floors giving visitors the opportunity to choose from 250 wines served by the glass, with prominence given to Burgundy.
The attractions are part of a wider €250m (£208m) project spanning 3.5ha and delivering a hotel, restaurants and shops, a cinema and a new neighbourhood of around 500 homes.
Main contractor Eiffage Construction said 17,000sq m of the project’s 26,000sq m of new space would be delivered through the reuse of historic buildings.
Eiffage added that Béchu worked with Alain-Charles Perrot and Florent Richard on the gastronomy centre.
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