Citadelle de Besançon | France Sights | Trip | Tour | Travel

• published: 30 Nov 2014
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Go to: http://francetrip.blog.com Come to get the thing you need: http://comemysite.com/ The Citadel of Besancon in Franche-Comté, France, is one of the finest masterpieces of military architecture designed by Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban. The Citadel occupies eleven hectares on Mount Saint-Etienne, one of the seven hills that protect Besançon, the capital of Franche-Comté. Mount Saint-Etienne occupies the neck of an oxbow formed by the river Doubs, giving the site a strategic importance that Julius Caesar recognised as early as 58 BC. The Citadel overlooks the old quarter of the city, which is located within the oxbow, and offers a magnificent view of the entire city and its surroundings. The fortification is well preserved. Today it is an important tourist site (over a quarter of a million visitors per year) due both to its own characteristics and because it is the site of several museums. These museums include a museum of the Resistance and deportation, a museum focusing on traditional life in Franche-Comté and the region's archeological history, and a museum of natural history that includes a zoo, an insectarium, an aquarium, vivariums, a noctarium, a climatorium, a pedagogical exhibit on evolution, botanical gardens, and a children's farm. There is also a restaurant and shops. **Source from wikipedia** france tourism france travel planner france travel advice france travel packages france travel blog france travel tips france travel advisory france travel agency citadel de besancon citadelle de besançon tarif citadelle de besançon wikipédia citadelle de besançon zoo histoire de la citadelle de besançon nuits de la citadelle besançon musée de la citadelle besançon visiter la citadelle de besançon