Besançon | Archbishopric of Salzburg | Archbishopric of Magdeburg | Archbishopric of Bremen | International Besançon Competition for Young Conductors | Archbishopric of Riga | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Besançon | Orthodox Ohrid Archbishopric | Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'archéologie de Besançon | Macedonian Orthodox Church – Ohrid Archbishopric | Claudius of Besançon | Citadel of Besançon | Canton of Besançon-Planoise | Besancon | Archbishopric of Ohrid (ancient) | Archbishopric of Ohrid |
Besançon became part of the Holy Roman Empire in 1034 and in 1134, as the Archbishopric of Besançon, it gained autonomy as a free imperial city under the Holy Roman Emperor.