Besançon

But I was obliged to pass through Besancon, a fortified town, and consequently subject to the same inconvenience.

His passage through Besancon is marked by a singular consequence in the chain of human events.

Proudhon dedicated it, in a letter which served as the preface, to the Academy of Besancon.

Among the thousands of fetiches of various sorts then resorted to may be named, as typical, the Holy Handkerchief of Besancon.

As it is, the apparatus is rendering great services where it has been introduced; for example, at Besancon and Belfort.