Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #2 in Besançon, France

The Synagogue of Besançon is a Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 23 Quai de Strasbourg, in the Battant area, near the old part of town, in the city of Besançon, in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of France. The stone synagogue was built in 1869 and was inaugurated on 18 November.

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The église Sainte-Madeleine is a neoclassical 18th century hall church in the Battant district of Besançon, France, dedicated to Saint Mary Magdalene. Antoine-Pierre II de Grammont, the archbishop of Besançon, had it built from 1746 to 1766 to plans by the architect Nicolas Nicole.

Wikipedia: Église de la Madeleine (Besançon) (EN)

The Temple of the Holy Spirit is a Protestant parish in Besançon, Franche-Comté. The parish is a member of the United Protestant Church of France.

Wikipedia: Temple du Saint-Esprit de Besançon (FR)

The musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie in the French city of Besançon is the oldest public museum in France. It was set up in 1694, nearly a century before the Louvre became a public museum.

Wikipedia: Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie de Besançon (EN), Website

The Saint-Pierre de Besançon church is located in the Boucle district, on the Place du Huit-Septembre, in the heart of the city center. It is named after the first pope and apostle of Christ of Christendom, St. Peter. It is part of the Saint Etienne Pastoral Unit which includes the churches of the city center as well as that of Morre.

Wikipedia: Église Saint-Pierre de Besançon (FR)

The Hôtel de Rosières is a private mansion located in Besançon in the Doubs department.

Wikipedia: Hôtel de Rosières (FR)

The Petit Hôtel Chassignet is a private mansion located in Besançon in the Doubs department.

Wikipedia: Petit Hôtel Chassignet (FR)

The Besançon courthouse brings together on a single site the Court of Appeal, the Judicial Court and the Commercial Court of Besançon.

Wikipedia: Palais de justice de Besançon (FR)

The church of Saint-François-Xavier de Besançon is located in the historic center of the city. It was built from 1680 to 1688 to serve as a chapel for the Jesuit college.

Wikipedia: Église Saint-François-Xavier (Besançon) (FR)

The Chapel of Notre-Dame du Refuge is an eighteenth-century Baroque style Catholic chapel located in Besançon (Doubs), with a monumental dome in polychrome glazed tiles, attached to a former "Convent of the Refuge" of 1709 and then to the Saint-Jacques Hospital in Besançon in 1802. Located in the historic centre of Besançon in the Doubs in Franche-Comté, it is dedicated to the Virgin Mary and classified as a historical monument in 1970.

Wikipedia: Chapelle Notre-Dame-du-Foyer (FR)

The Fontaine des Clarisses is a public fountain located in Besançon in the Doubs department. The fountain is located near the entrance to the former artillery school of Besançon at 4 rue Mégevand.

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The Notre-Dame church is located on rue Mégevand, in the Boucle district, in Besançon (Doubs).

Wikipedia: Église Notre-Dame de Besançon (FR)

The Ledoux Theater is a performance, opera, theater and concert hall, located in the historic center of Besançon, formerly known as the musical theater.

Wikipedia: Théâtre Ledoux (FR), Website

The Veil-Picard family is a Jewish family, originally from the Haut-Rhin. The grandfather, Aaron Veil, born on 5 May 1794 in Oberhagental, settled in Besançon where he worked as a banker. He married Pauline Hauser-Picard in 1823; their descendants bore the surname Veil-Picard. Aaron died on October 20, 1868 in Besançon.

Wikipedia: Famille Veil-Picard (FR)

The Fontaine des Carmes is a public fountain located in Besançon in the Doubs department.

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The Musée du Temps de Besançon is a museum of history and watchmaking located in Besançon in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, housed in one of the most beautiful palaces in the city, the Palais Granvelle.

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The Hôtel de Buyer is a private mansion located in Besançon in the Doubs department. It was built in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

Wikipedia: Hôtel de Buyer (FR)

The Hôtel de Ligniville is a private mansion located in Besançon in the Doubs department.

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Victor Hugo's birthplace is an apartment in the historic center of Besançon, where the French humanist ideologue writer Victor Hugo (1802-1885) was born on the 1st floor of 140 Grande Rue de Besançon in the Doubs in Burgundy-Franche-Comté. These places of literary memory were converted into a museum in 2013, labelled Maisons des Illustres. The facades and roofs have been listed as historical monuments since 30 April 1942.

Wikipedia: Maison natale de Victor Hugo (FR)

The former Archiepiscopal Palace of Besançon is a building located in Besançon in the Doubs department.

Wikipedia: Palais archiépiscopal de Besançon (FR)

La Fontaine Saint-Quentin is a public fountain located in Besançon in the Doubs department.

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The house where the Lumière brothers were born is the apartment where the Lumière brothers were born in 1862 and 1864, 1 place Victor-Hugo in La Boucle de Besançon in Burgundy-Franche-Comté.

Wikipedia: Maison natale des frères Lumière (FR)

The Hôtel de Clermont is a private mansion located in Besançon in the Doubs department.

Wikipedia: Hôtel de Clermont (Besançon) (FR)

The Church of Saint-Maurice is a church in the city center of Besançon in Franche-Comté dedicated to Saint Maurice. Its foundation is attested as early as the sixth century. The church was demolished and rebuilt several times; the current Jesuit-style building dates from the early eighteenth century.

Wikipedia: Église Saint-Maurice de Besançon (FR)

The Hôtel de Camus is a private mansion located in Besançon in the Doubs department.

Wikipedia: Hôtel de Camus (FR)

The Hôtel Petit de Marivat is an eighteenth-century mansion in Besançon in the Doubs region of Franche-Comté. It has been listed as a historical monument since July 8, 1942.

Wikipedia: Hôtel Petit de Marivat (FR)

The former Church of the Dames de Battant is a former religious building located in Besançon, in the French department of Doubs. The church was part of a convent of the order of Citeaux.

Wikipedia: Ancienne église des Dames de Battant (FR)

The Abbey of Saint-Paul de Besançon is a former Augustinian abbey of the seventh century in the historic center of Besançon in Franche-Comté. A prestigious abbey in the Middle Ages, the nave of the Gothic abbey church of the fourteenth century is still used as a municipal lapidary reserve.

Wikipedia: Abbaye Saint-Paul de Besançon (FR)

The former chapter chapel of Saint-Paul represents the remains of one of the monastic buildings of the abbey of Saint-Paul located in Besançon in the department of Doubs.

Wikipedia: Chapelle capitulaire Saint-Paul (FR)

The Parc Micaud or Promenade Micaud is a public garden in Besançon located on the banks of the Doubs River. It is named after Jean-Agathe Micaud, former mayor of Besançon from 1835 to 1843, and initiator of the park in 1843.

Wikipedia: Parc Micaud (FR)

The Church of Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc is a Roman Catholic church located in the Bregille district of Besançon (Doubs).

Wikipedia: Église Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc (Besançon) (FR)