Selection of the most beautiful monuments in the Jura

Eglise romane et gothique
39350 Vitreux

Notre-Dame d'Acey Abbey, founded in 1136, is a Cistercian-Trappist abbey located in Vitreux in the Jura, Burgundy-Franche-Comté. This medieval monastery, marked by a turbulent history, remains active today with a monastic community and a church classified as a historical monument.

Eglise gothique
39200 Saint-Claude

Saint-Pierre-Saint-Paul-et-Saint-André Cathedral in Saint-Claude, a Gothic building with Baroque influences, has dominated the city of Jura since the 14th century. Ranked a historic monument in 1906, it was abbey before becoming a cathedral in 1742, mixing medieval heritage and transformations of the 18th and 19th centuries.

Hotel particulier classé
39100 Dole

The Hotel de Froissard, called Hotel de Balay, is a mansion from the 1st quarter of the 17th century, located in Dole in the Jura, typical of the Second Renaissance with a classical facade and monumental staircase.

Hôtel-Dieu
39100 Dole

The Hôtel-Dieu de Dole, a former 17th century hospital located in the Jura in Burgundy-Franche-Comté, is a classified historical monument, now dedicated to archives and the municipal media library.

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.

Abbaye
39150 Grande-Rivière Château

The abbey of Grandvaux, former Augustinian foundation of the 12th century located at Grande-Rivière Château in Burgundy-Franche-Comté, is now extinct, leaving only its church of the 15th-17th century as the main vestige.

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.

Château fort
39290 Chevigny

The Château de Chevigny, built between the 15th and 16th centuries, is a fortified ruin located near Millery in Burgundy-Franche-Comté, classified as a historical monument. Its remains bear witness to a medieval seigneury with successive transformations.