Visit of the Hotel de Grand Quartier Général Clévans

Name: Visit of the Hotel de Grand Quartier Général Clévans
Start: 2022-09-17T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T17:00:00+02:00
Location: Hôtel de Grand quartier général de Clévans

Free Tour of this Bisontin Heritage Site

17 and 18 September 2022Passed

Registration

1DIV/CAB/CPI

Visit of this magnificent hotel built in 1739. You can stroll through the main courtyard, the living rooms, the dining room, the splendid French staircase and the garden.
This hotel served as the seat of the Gestapo from 1943 to 1944. You can visit the cell where the resisters were put on hold before being questioned.
On one of the walls of this narrow room, we can still read the poignant testimonies engraved by the prisoners.

About the location

Hôtel de Grand quartier général de Clévans

4 rue Lecourbe 25000 Besançon

Doubs
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

The Hotel of Clévans was built in 1739 for Joseph Lebas de Clévans, to advise(recommend) to the parliament of Besançon, coming from a Parisian family. Sold in 1804 by its heirs, this hotel became in 1847 the residence of the general commander(major) of weapons of the place(square) of Besançon, allocation(appointment) which is always his today. He saw passing(spending,crossing) several famous characters as the duke of Aumale (sons(thread) of the king Louis-Philippe), the baron Marulaz or the general de Lattre de Tassigny who stayed there in 1944\. This hotel also served as seat(siege) to the Gestapo de Besançon from 1943 till 1944\. Built in 1739, this place knew how to keep(guard) its character in spite of time(weather) and events of history(story).