Palais Granvelle

In the center of Besançon old town is the Palais Granvelle, built in the 16th C by Cardinal Granvelle, chancellor of Charles V, which has a fine colonnaded courtyard. It is now occupied by the Musée d'Histoire et d'Ethnographie de la Franche-Comté. The exhibits include tapestries portraying the life of Charles V, as well as memorabilia of Victor Hugo and the Granvelle family. The theater, in Rue Mégévand, was designed by the Revolutionary architect Claude Ledoux.