"Besancon, FR" Besançon by dromosapien

- defensive tower

constructed: 1475
named: for Pierre Pillot, Lord of Chenecey and Governor of Besançon (c.1515-70)
address: Battant district, across the Doubs River from Besancon centrum
current use: restaurant

Tour Montmart –defensive tower up the hill in the backgound

a.k.a. Tour de Battant or Tour Carree

constructed: 1526

* Besancon population: 115,000
- I wanted to visit Besancon after reading Stendahl’s, (a.k.a. Marie-Henri Beyle 1783-1842) description in his novel, Le Rouge et le Noir / Scarlet and Black. It is an ancient city dating from tribal and Roman settlements that has the finest citadel I have seen. The city’s fortifications were designed or modified by the famous French military engineer, Sebastien Le Prestre de Vauban (1633-1707) and constructed 1668-1711.

Ancienne Mairie, Hotel de Ville, Besançon, FR 2009

– city hall, a.k.a. Hotel de Ville

constructed: 1569-1573
architect: Richard Maire
address: Place du Huit-Septembre

Musee des Beaux Arts, Besancon, FR 2009

-fine arts and archeology museum

established: 1694
constructed: 1835, as a grain hall (market)
current use: arts museum since 1843
reconstructed: 1967-70, the interior
architect: Louis Miquel (1913-1986)
address: Place de la Revolution