Selection of the most beautiful monuments in Auvergne

Château Médiéval et Renaissance
15130 Arpajon-sur-Cère

The castle of Conros, built in the 12th century and rebuilt in the 15th and 17th centuries, dominates the valley of the Cère in Arpajon-sur-Cère (Cantal). This medieval monument, inscribed in the Historical Monuments, combines defensive architecture with Renaissance elements, testifying to its strategic and seigneurial role in Auvergne.

Eglise romane
15100 Alleuze

The church of Saint-Illide d'Alleuze, a Catholic building of the 12th and 15th centuries, stands near the village of La Barge, in the Cantal, in the heart of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, marked by its medieval history and successive reconstructions.

Bâtiment Art Nouveau
03200 Vichy

The Vichy Theatre and Grand Casino, built between 1865 and 1903 in the Allier, is an Art Nouveau jewel combining opera and congress hall, symbol of the thermal golden age of the city.

Donjons
03380 Huriel

The Toque dungeon, a 12th century vestige rebuilt in the 16th century, is a 33 m Roman seigneurial tower located in Huriel (Allier), classified as a historical monument since 1886.

Viaduc
15390 Ruynes-en-Margeride

The viaduct of Garabit, a 19th century railway masterpiece, is a 565 m long metal bridge located in Ruynes-en-Margeride (Cantal), designed by Gustave Eiffel and Léon Boyer to cross the gorges of the Truyère.

Moulin à eau
03160 Bourbon-l'Archambault

The old mill of Bourbon-l'Archambault, fortified mill of the 15th and 19th centuries, stands in the Allier, in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, reusing a medieval tower and housing a vaulted room of warheads.

Château fort
03160 Bourbon-l'Archambault

Bourbon-l'Archambault Castle, built between the 12th and 15th centuries, is an ancient medieval fortress located in the Allier, in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Ranked a historic monument, it dominates the village from a rocky spur and retains imposing remains such as the Qui-qu'en-Grogne tower.

Pavillon
03000 Moulins

The pavilion of Anne de Beaujeu, Renaissance building of the early 16th century in Moulins, is a wing of the castle of the Dukes of Bourbon, today a museum of art and archaeology in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.