Eight UNESCO sites in Burgundy-Franche-Comté
World Heritage in the region
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
The Besançon Citadel
The Citadelle de Besançon is one of eight UNESCO World Heritage sites in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. This makes our region the second richest in this respect, after Occitania. The ideal way to appreciate the cultural, natural and historical diversity of our region, while at the same time learning about heritage preservation.
8 must-see properties:
Notre-Dame du Haut chapel in Ronchamp
(by Le Corbusier)
Archaeological remains at Chalain and Clairvaux lakes
(prehistoric palaeolithic sites)
Notre-Dame church in La Charité-sur-Loire and Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur church in Asquins (as part of the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela)
Discover them on video
Map of UNESCO sites in Burgundy-Franche-Comté
1 Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay
2a Church of Notre-Dame de la Charité-sur-Loire
2b Church of St. James the Greater in Asquins
3 Basilica and hill of Vezelay
4 Notre-Dame du Haut chapel in Ronchamp
5 Besançon citadel and urban enclosure
6 Lacs de Chalain and Clairvaux (prehistoric palaeolithic sites around the Alps)
7a Grande Saline de Salins-les-Bains
7b Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans
8 The climats of the Burgundy vineyards
