Streets squares and districts to visit Jura

Dole, city of art and history, stone and water, scientists and writers… To discover this beautiful city of character, guided tours are organised, but a free circuit has also been set up: The Perché Chat! The name is a tribute to the writer Marcel Aymé, author of the famous Cecily Tales, who spent his childhood and adolescence here. The route, km long (it takes two hours of walk), invites you to discover all the points of interest of the city and to admire facades, gardens, squares and other picturesque streets. Follow the cat, these triangular metal arrows, where a cat is beautifully engraved, laid on the ground leading you to 34 interesting places: the Furs Canal, the home of Louis Pasteur, Marcel Aymé's house, the Notre-Dame collegiate college, the Grande Fontaine… As Dole knows how to live with his time, some steps are equipped with flash code. Scan and get the info directly on your mobile! Dole, city of art and history at the forefront of modernity!

Built in 1806 by the architect Lapret, the fountain in the centre of the square is decorated with four lions symbolizing Franche-Comté. You can admire its th-century arcades. Prior to Urbanisation urbanization in the th century, these were uninterrupted. We then destroyed the most beautiful house of the square to build a new street, rue Delort, named in homage to a native Napoleon of the city. Today, surrounded by shops and vaults, square is a central location where the main streets of Arbois converge.

This is one of the city's jewels. This courtyard surrounded by 19 arcades houses what remains of a former convent founded in the th century by wealthy young girls. Imagine that this building was at the centre of an area that occupied the whole area at that time. There are no more nuns on these walls since the Revolution: The convent was divided into private apartments. But you can still admire the statue of the Virgin, the only remnant of the religious past of the places.