Dôle

The small town of Dôle, on the Doubs River and the Rhine-Rhone canal, dates from before Roman times. It became the medieval seat of the Dukes of Burgundy and from 1332 until 1674, was the capital of the Franche-Comté region. Louis Pasteur, (1822-1895) chemist and microbiologist, was born here.

Dôle is a quaint little town. In the centre of the old section of the town is the 16^th Century church of Notre Dame and the many old houses dating from 15^th and 18^th Centuries.

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