Discovery of montbeliard

In the shadow of the castle, former residence of the dukes of wurttemberg, montbeliard offers all the charms of an old germanic protestant town.

City tour  Dukes of Wurttemberg's Castle, built in the 15th and 16th Centuries.  St-Maimboeuf Church - Built between 1850 and 1875 to commemorate the Roman Catholic Church's reconquest of this bastion of Lutheranism after Montbeliard was reclaimed by France.  Place St-Martin, where many of the city's major monuments line

peugeot museum  In the 18th century, Jean-Jacques Peugeot, a miller, passed on to his children and grandchildren a grainmill: the 'Sous Cratet' mill of Herimoncourt. His descendants Jean-Pierre II and Jean-Frédéric PEUGEOT moved to BEALIEU where started the cycles manufacturing.  In 1889, the 1st vapour tricycle (Serpollet-Peugeot), 1st automotive vehicle, leaved the workshops to be presented at the World Fair of Paris.  In 1912, the firm of Sochaux settled in the plain of the Vouaivre.  Nowadays Peugeot firms have become PSA Peugeot Citroën, and are still in the original site of Sochaux Montbéliard. 22,000 persons work in it, and 2,000 cars leave the manufacturing-lines every day.

fort on mont bart  Mont Bart Site. One of the links in a national defence chain which began construction after the 1870 defeat. It completes the fortified belt of Belfort by preventing its circumvention. The fort has several interesting aspects among which the most impressive are the covered interior street edged with the barack buildings façades and with a completely bomb proof room.  From the top of the fort (497 m), we have a beautiful view on Montbéliard Region (view-point indicator).

Mandeure archeological site  Imposing reminder (20 000 seats) of the great Roman construction techniques at the end of the 1st century. The theatre of Mandeure is one of the biggest theatres in Gaul with its diametral façade of 142 m of its 4 floors of tiers. Its total amount of accommodation was considerable for a secondary town such as EPOMANDUODURUM. Thus it was certainly a place of pilgrimage.

Chateau de belvoir  A 12th Century medieval castle built on a fortified hill, overlooking the Sancey valley. It is one of the most beautiful fortified castle in Franche-Comte. The entirely restored apartments display significant collections of paintings and furniture from the 17th to the 20th Century.

Dessoubre valley  From the top of "Roche du Pretre" (Priest's rock) the view extends over the valley and a natural amphitheater called "Cirque de Consolation".

Sacre-coeur church  Erected in 1950, Sacré Coeur Church is unilaterally considered as one of the Meccas for sacred art of the 20th century. The baptistry and the church tower out of the line remind the Byzantine architecture. The portico of the nave entry and the shape of the roof remind the antique church's one.  Fernand Léger realized the 17 stained-glass windows of the nave and the choir as well as the tapestry situated behind the high-altar. Stained-glass windows from the crypt have been made by Le Moal, those from the baptistry have been made by Jean Bazaine, architect of the edifice who made the abstract and spartly coloured mosaic which decorates the main façade.