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Tympana of Church of Notre-Dame in Dijon, France

This Church of Notre-Dame in the french city of Dijon is a Roman Catholic church, considered a masterpiece of 13th-century Gothic architecture, situated at the heart of the preserved old centre of Dijon. It is in Place Notre-Dame, near the Palace of the Dukes of Burgundy and opposite the rue Musette. The western facade has three levels. The lowest has three large arcades forming the entry into a porch whose vaults are supported by two rows of pillars. This porch has three doors opening into the nave. The doorway openings and the tympana used to be decorated with statues and sculptures, but these were destroyed in January 1794.