The Citadel of Besancon is a 17th-century fortress in Franche-Comte, France. It is one of the greatest masterpieces of military structure designed by Sebastien Le Prestre de Vauban. The Citadel occupies 11 hectares on Mount Saint-Etienne, one of the seven
The Cathedral of Saint John is a Roman Catholic church placed inside the metropolis of Besancon, France. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Besancon. The cathedral consists of a big nave among aisles, and dates from the 11th
Museum of Fine Arts and Archeology of Besancon inside the French town of Besancon is the oldest public museum in France. It became set up in 1694, almost a century before the Louvre became a public museum. The collections of
The astronomical clock of Besancon is housed in Besancon Cathedral. Auguste-Lucien Verite fr Auguste-Lucien Verite of Beauvais designed and constructed Besancon's gift astronomical clock, among 1858 and 1863. It replaced an earlier and unsatisfactory clock made via Bernardin in the