Some 262 ft long (80 m), Rue de la Verrerie is a picturesque pedestrian street with shops mainly occupied by antique dealers in the historic center of Dijon. Located near the Palais des Ducs et des États de Bourgogne (Palace of the Dukes and States of Burgundy) visible in the background, it is entirely cobbled and made up of corbelled half-timbered houses from the 15th century. First called Rue du Marché-aux-Porcs then Rue du Sargis and Rue des Tondeurs, it owes its current name to the installation of glass artisans in the arcaded shops on the ground floors of its stalls.