https://padlet.com/26sgoyal4_1/6ft8siq0h3qn50ab Besançon is the capital of the departement Doubs. It was once the chief town of the Gallic tribe of the Sequani Gauls before it was taken by Julius Caesar. en-us 2022-03-10 12:48:31 UTC 2022-03-10 13:58:13 UTC hello@padlet.com 26sgoyal4_1 https://padlet.com/26sgoyal4_1/6ft8siq0h3qn50ab/wish/2088353992 In 1184, Frederick Barbarossa, who was a Holy Roman Emperor, made the town a free imperial city. Then once again, the city fell to the dukes of Burgundy who then passed the town over to the Habsburg emperor Maximillian l through his marriage to Mary of Burgundy.]]> 2022-03-10 13:48:32 UTC https://padlet.com/26sgoyal4_1/6ft8siq0h3qn50ab/wish/2088353992 26sgoyal4_1 https://padlet.com/26sgoyal4_1/6ft8siq0h3qn50ab/wish/2088355548 Later, Besançon became very prosperous and virtually became the capital of Franche Comte during the Austro-Spanish domination from 1477 to 1674. The town had become the subject of a fight between Spain and France but eventually, the town was ruled by Louis XIV of France. ]]> 2022-03-10 13:49:20 UTC https://padlet.com/26sgoyal4_1/6ft8siq0h3qn50ab/wish/2088355548 26sgoyal4_1 https://padlet.com/26sgoyal4_1/6ft8siq0h3qn50ab/wish/2088357560 The town was bombarded by Austrians in 1814 and then destroyed during world war ll by the Germans.]]> 2022-03-10 13:50:15 UTC https://padlet.com/26sgoyal4_1/6ft8siq0h3qn50ab/wish/2088357560 26sgoyal4_1 https://padlet.com/26sgoyal4_1/6ft8siq0h3qn50ab/wish/2088358534 Roman remains in Bescançon include a theater, aqueducte, a triumphal arch, and part of a bridge that goes over the Dole river.]]> 2022-03-10 13:50:46 UTC https://padlet.com/26sgoyal4_1/6ft8siq0h3qn50ab/wish/2088358534 26sgoyal4_1 https://padlet.com/26sgoyal4_1/6ft8siq0h3qn50ab/wish/2088359168 Victor Hugo was born in Bescançon the Grand Rue which is the town’s main street.]]> 2022-03-10 13:51:05 UTC https://padlet.com/26sgoyal4_1/6ft8siq0h3qn50ab/wish/2088359168 26sgoyal4_1 https://padlet.com/26sgoyal4_1/6ft8siq0h3qn50ab/wish/2088369609 Sébastien le Prestre de Vauban who is a brilliant french military engineer fortified the town. He also built a citadel on a rock behind Besaçnon that still stands today on the site of a former Roman castrum.]]> 2022-03-10 13:56:00 UTC https://padlet.com/26sgoyal4_1/6ft8siq0h3qn50ab/wish/2088369609