Eight UNESCO properties 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 richest in this respect, on a par with Occitanie. 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)
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
