Selection of the most beautiful monuments in the Jura

Château fort
39210 Frontenay

Frontenay Castle, a 12th century medieval fortress located in the Jura, is a rare example of a private monument still inhabited and open to tourism, with a 14th century dungeon and an uninterrupted family history for 600 years.

Château Médiéval et Renaissance
39250 Nozeroy

The castle of Nozeroy, a former Renaissance palace of the 15th century, dominates the town of Nozeroy in the Jura. Ruins of a lavish place nicknamed the "pearl of the Jura", it bears witness to the influence of the House of Chalon-Arlay in Franche-Comté.

Musée de médecine et de chirurgie
39600 Arbois

Louis Pasteur's house in Arbois, dating from the 18th-18th century, is a museum labeled Maisons des Illustres where the scholar lived and worked. Located in the Jura, it preserves its laboratory intact and traces its scientific work.

Sites archéologique
39130 Clairvaux-les-Lacs

The prehistoric stations of Clairvaux-les-Lacs, located in the Jura, are a set of 18 neolithic palafitic sites classified at UNESCO, bearing witness to lake-cities exceptionally preserved around the Grand Lac.

Pont médiéval
39210 Nevy-sur-Seille

18th century bridge in Nevy-sur-Seille, Burgundy-Franche-Comté, inscribed with its oratory. Witness of Jurassian rural architecture.

Château fort
39190 Chevreaux

The Château de Chevreaux, perched at an altitude of 473 m in the Jura, dominates the Bressane plain. This medieval castle, mentioned in 1158, was the seat of a seigneury linked to the families of Coligny and Vienna.

Château
39140 Arlay

The castle of Arlay, located in the Jura, is a private 18th century castle built at the foot of an old 11th century castle, classified as a historical monument since 1996 and renowned for its historical vineyard.

Château fort
39270 Présilly

The ruins of the Château de Présilly, built between the 11th and 17th centuries, dominate the village of Présilly in the Jura. This castle, marked by successive developments, offers a rectangular dungeon and a 15th century pentagonal barbacan.