Selection of the most beautiful monuments in the Doubs

Caborde
25000 Besançon

La caborde de Chaudanne est une cabane viticole en pierre sèche des XVIIe-XVIIIe siècles, située à Besançon (Bourgogne-Franche-Comté), classée monument historique depuis 1980.

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.

Saline
25610 Arc-et-Senans

Arc-et-Senans, an 18th-century industrial masterpiece in Burgundy-Franche-Comté, is a former salt production plant designed by Claude-Nicolas Ledoux, a UNESCO-listed symbol of the Enlightenment.

Vestiges Gallo-romain
25000 Besançon

The Besançon Castan Square is a Gallo-Roman archaeological site of the second-third century, located in the Saint John district. It houses the remains of a monumental hemicycle and an ancient aqueduct, witnesses to the ancient city of Vesontio.

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.

Mairie-lavoir
25640 Marchaux-Chaudefontaine

The town hall-lavoir de Marchaux, built in the 2nd quarter of the 19th century, is a historic monument located in Marchaux-Chaudefontaine (Doubs), combining a town hall on the floor and a washhouse on the ground floor, supported by twelve columns.

Fontaine
25000 Besançon

The Doubs fountain, built in the 18th century in Besançon, is an allegory of the Neptune river, classified as a historic monument since 1921.