11-02-2015, 11:03 AM
(11-01-2015, 01:33 PM)BuildingScout Wrote: Also one of the reasons Besançon is so much nicer is because over the centuries they have never been afraid to take down their ugly buildings while defending the nicer ones.
I knew Besançon sounded familiar. I see it is quite close to a city where our daughter stayed years ago on a student exchange.
It does not look or sound like a place Kieswetter Demolition should be looking to set up a foreign office:
http://about-france.com/cities/besancon.htm
"Cradled in a loop of the river Doubs, the ancient city of Besançon is one of the best preserved historic cities in France…
The whole of the old centre of Besançon - the central area of which is pedestrianised - is a delightful urban environment that has survived more or less intact against the onslaughts of modernism; the old streets are lined with houses and buildings from the Renaissance to the early twentieth century, built in the local two-coloured limestone…"
On the other hand, it is “progressive”:
"The city is also served by the brand new Rhine-Rhone TGV route, and has direct TGV services from Paris in less than 2h 30, as well as from Lille, Lyon, Strasbourg, Marseille, Basel and Zurich…
Besançon is reputed as having one of the best urban public transport systems in France…"
A very appealing place with good municipal judgment. Thanks for pointing me to it, Canard.