Selection of the most beautiful monuments in Franche-Comté

Château de style Renaissance
25500 Morteau

The Pertusier Castle, a 16th century Renaissance building in Morteau (Burgundy-Franche-Comté), is a rare example of yellow limestone civil architecture, now home to the local watchmaking museum.

Moulin à eau
25330 Nans-sous-Sainte-Anne

Nans-sous-Sainte-Anne, a former 19th-century factory located in the Doubs, specialized in the manufacture of cutting tools such as fakes, bearing witness to Francomtois' rural industrial heritage.

Caquetoire
25470 Urtière

The chapel Saint-Roch d'Urtière, a 17th century Catholic religious building, stands in the Doubs, in the heart of a wooded clearing. Classified as a historic monument, it honours the memory of the victims of the plague and the Borne family.

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.

Fontaine
25000 Besançon

The Carmes Fountain, built in the 16th century in Besançon, is a public fountain decorated with a statue of Neptune, classified as a historical monument since 1922.

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.

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.

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.