Selection of the most beautiful monuments in Franche-Comté

Arc antique
25000 Besançon

The Black Gate of Besançon is a Gallo-Roman triumphal arch of the 2nd century, built under Marc Aurèle, located in the Doubs. This historic monument, classified in 1840, celebrates Roman military victories by mythological sculptures today eroded.

Basilique
25000 Besançon

The Basilica of Saint Ferjeux de Besançon, built in the 19th century in a Romano-Byzantine style, is an emblematic monument dedicated to the patron saints of the city, Ferjeux and Ferréol, located in the eponymous district.

Bâtiment Renaissance
25000 Besançon

The Granvelle Palace, a 16th century Renaissance jewel in Besançon, is an ancient mansion classified as a historical monument. Today it houses the Museum of Time in an Italian and Flemish architectural setting.

Château fort
70500 Bougey

The Château de Boumy, built in the 16th and 17th centuries in Boumy in Haute-Saône, is a castle marked by an original watch tower and architecture combining Lorrain and Champagne influences.

Eglise néo-gothique
25560 Boujailles

Saint-Maurice de Boujailles Church, a 19th-century neo-Gothic building, stands in the village of Boujailles in Burgundy-Franche-Comté. Built between 1844 and 1849, it replaces an old church that became too small.

Eglise romane et gothique
70500 Montigny-lès-Cherlieu

The abbey of Cherlieu, a former Cistercian abbey founded in the 12th century in Montigny-lès-Cherlieu in Burgundy-Franche-Comté, is today in ruins after centuries of turbulent history, marked by prosperity, wars and partial destruction during the Revolution.

Maison classée MH
25000 Besançon

Victor Hugo's home in Besançon, located 140 Grande Rue, is a 15th-15th century apartment transformed into a museum in 2013, labeled Maisons des Illustres.

Porte
25300 Pontarlier

The Porte Saint-Pierre is a classic 18th century triumphal arch in Pontarlier, Burgundy-Franche-Comté, an emblem of the city. Built between 1771 and 1773, it commemorates the reconstruction after a fire and the Treaty of Nijmegen.