(Last Update: 20.10.2025) Our tour stop in this article will be the House of Victor Hugo, one of the most important men of letters in France and one of the most famous writers and poets in the world. Special works are packed into the 1802-year life story of Victor Hugo, who was born in Besançon (Bözanson) in 1885 and died in Paris in 83, and of course, a life that is equally interesting and full of details. Hugo's house in Besançon