Selection of the most beautiful monuments in the Jura

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.

Eglise romane et gothique
39600 Arbois

The church of Saint-Just d'Arbois, a religious building of the 11th and 18th centuries, combines Romanesque and Gothic styles in the Jura. Ranked a historic monument in 1913, it dominates the city with its iconic 57-metre bell tower.

Eglise gothique
39100 Dole

The Collège Notre-Dame de Dole, built in the 16th century in the Jura, is a Gothic-Renaissance jewel emblematic of Franche-Comté, classified as a historical monument since 1910 and erected as a minor basilica in 1951.

Château fort
39210 Le Pin

The castle of the Pin, castle fort of the 13th to 16th centuries, dominates the valleys of the Seille and Doubs in Le Pin (Jura), in Burgundy-Franche-Comté. Former medieval fortress transformed into a seigneurial residence, it combines imposing dungeon and polygonal enclosure flanked by semicircular towers.

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
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
39240 Cornod

Cornod Castle, built in the second half of the 19th century, is a neo-Gothic monument located in Cornod, Jura, Burgundy-Franche-Comté. It is distinguished by its landscaped park and its preserved interior decorations.

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.