Tour des Dames
This is one of the four towers built in the early 16th century.
The walkway is planted with plane trees, now some two hundred years old
This is one of the four towers built in the early 16th century.
Its wall is 7m thick. It gets its name from the Dames du Lieu-Dieu, nuns of the Cistercian abbey installed just behind the walls, who came to find refuge in Beaune in the 17th century because of the insecurity of that period.
All traces of this Bernardine convent have now disappeared, apart from the name of this tower and the rampart.
In the 19th century this rampart, planted with plane trees that are now some two hundred years old, was one of the most popular promenades among Beaune's high society.
As part of our guided tours, you can discover the Remparts des Dames, with their twice-centenary plane trees. This walkway was for many years a favourite place for a Sunday promenade by members of Beaune society.
Rue Charles Cloutier, the last street to end in a cul-de-sac (stairs) at the ramparts.
At the entry to this street (town side) is the Maison du Colombier, with a turret and superb watch-turret. It faces the Collegiate Church of Notre Dame.
