Beaune's Collégiale Notre-Dame is a late 12th-century Romanesque basilica that wears its history in mixed styles: a fire in 1273 prompted Gothic repairs, adding flying buttresses and tracery windows to an otherwise rounded, Roman-inflected frame.

The church became a pilgrimage stop on the route to Jerusalem, drawing travellers to venerate a 12th-century black-wood statue of the Virgin and Child. Dukes and the Burgundian parliament ensured it was grand enough to welcome them in style.

Revolution stripped the porch of its statuary, but the 19th-century Virgin above the door still cradles a bunch of grapes, the emblem on Beaune's coat of arms. Beneath the street outside, the prestigious Drouhin wine house occupies cellars that once belonged to the church's own canons.

VoiceMap's self-guided audio tour traces the basilica's dual role as pilgrimage church and civic centrepiece, connecting its wine-entangled history to the broader story of Burgundy's dukes.