Thanks to the diversity of its heritage and to its wish to develop, the land has been designated as a land of Art and history in December 2005.
Every year, animations, visits, activities covering a range of interests are offered in this Land of Art and History in all areas and around important themes : rural architecture, hospitable heritage, churches…
You may travel along the Burgundy Canal, see the hills of the Auxois with its forest of the Morvan, enjoying the discovery of a area rich in heritage and history. Some of the main sites of Burgundy are offered by this rural region with its strong identity, the Auxois-Morvan. Indeed, you can find Abbey of Fontenay,the site of Alesia, Castle of Châteauneuf-en-Auxois and Flavigny-sur-Ozerain (included in the most beautiful villages of France), castle of Bussy-Rabutin, and many others.