Selection of the most beautiful monuments in Franche-Comté

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.

Patrimoine défensif
25300 La Cluse-et-Mijoux

Fort de Joux, built in the 13th century in La Cluse-et-Mijoux (Doubs), is an iconic military fortress, transformed into a state prison and modernized by Vauban and Joffre. A strategic symbol of the Jura, it dominates the road to Switzerland.

Ferme comtoise
25570 Grand'Combe-Châteleu

The farm Jacquemot, built at the end of the 18th century in Grand'Combe-Châteleu (Doubs), is a traditional Comtoise farm classified as a historical monument, integrated into the ecomuseum of the Pays Horloger since 1995.

Château fort
25200 Montbéliard

The Dukes' Castle of Württemberg, built between the 15th and 19th centuries in Montbéliard (Doubs), is a Renaissance-style castle with two museums on its rocky oppidum.

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.

Caborde
25000 Besançon

La caborde des Montboucons est une cabane viticole en pierre sèche des XVIIe–XVIIIe siècles, classée monument historique à Besançon, en Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Théâtre gallo-romain
25350 Mandeure

The ancient theatre of Mandeur, built in the first century, is the largest Gallo-Roman theatre in France, located in the Doubs in Burgundy-Franche-Comté. Ranked a historic monument, it bears witness to Roman architecture in Gaul.

Château Médiéval et Renaissance
25330 Cléron

The Château de Cléron, a medieval building renovated in the 18th and 19th centuries, dominates the Loue à Cléron (Doubs). Combining medieval dungeon and neo-medieval additions, it illustrates the architectural evolution of a Comtoise fortress on a strategic historic site.