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Fort de l'Ouest des Buis (Besançon) walks
Notre-Dame de la Libération and the Caves of Saint-Léonard
Visorando member 
9.27 km
+288 m
-288 m
3h 30
Moderate
Departure from Morre (Doubs)
In 1940, the Archbishop of Besançon, Mgr Dubourg, vowed to erect a statue to the Virgin Mary if the city was not destroyed. From this splendid viewpoint overlooking the loop topped by its Citadel, you can continue on your pilgrimage to the Grotte-Ermitage de Saint-Léonard and Notre-Dame-des-Buis, before returning with a spring in your step via the foothills of the Citadel and the Forts des Buis, stopping off at the many viewpoints over the city and other more rugged spots overlooking the Doubs and Mercureaux valleys.