Dole Attractions

Dole (pop. 28,000), situated just above the junction of the Doubs with the Rhine-Rhône Canal, was the birthplace of Louis Pasteur, who left the town at the age of five. The house in Rue Pasteur (formerly Rue des Tanneurs) in which he was born is now a museum, with mementos of his parents and displays illustrating his scientific achievements. Other features of interest in the town are the church of Notre-Dame (16th C.; tower 75m/245ft high), 15th-18th C. houses in the old part of the town around the church, the Hôtel de Froissard (16th-17th C.), an old Carmelite convent and the former Jesuit Collège de l'Arc, now a school and museum of painting.