Selection of the most beautiful monuments in the Rhône-Alpes

Château fort
01480 Savigneux

The castle of Juis, a former 14th century castle, dominates Savigneux in the Ain. This medieval monument, partially inscribed, preserves a quadrangular enclosure and a tower in pepper, vestige of the seigneury of Juis.

Eglise romane
42110 Pouilly-lès-Feurs

The Collège Saint-Pierre de Pouilly-lès-Feurs is a Romanesque church of the 11th and 12th centuries, classified as a historical monument in 1911, located in the Loire in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. It is attached to a clunisian priory founded in the tenth century.

Chartreuse
01470 Bénonces

The Chartreuse de Portes, founded in 1115, is a Cartusian monastery located in Bénonces, Ain, in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. The third oldest Chartreuse of France, it is nicknamed the 'Charter of Saints' because of its beatified or canonized monks.

Château Médiéval et Renaissance
07300 Tournon-sur-Rhône

The Château de Tournon, built in the 15th and 16th centuries in Tournon-sur-Rhône (Ardèche), is an ancient castle transformed into a museum dedicated to the Rhône and local history, classified as a historical monument.

Porte-de-ville
01400 Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne

The Villars Gate, built between the 14th and 15th centuries in Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne (Ain), is an ancient fortified gate of the medieval enclosure, classified as a historic monument in 1926.

Maison forte
01480 Villeneuve

The fortified house of Villon, built in the 14th century in Villeneuve in the Ain, is a former seigneurial center classified as a historical monument, witness to medieval military architecture in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Hotel particulier classé
01300 Belley

The Hôtel des Ducs de Savoie is a private hotel located in Belley, Ain, which has been listed as historical monuments since 1926. It now houses the local tourist office.

Pigeonier
01540 Perrex

The dovecote of the Moulin-Grand, a 17th-century half-timbered building in Perrex (Ain), is a rare example of Bressane construction classified as a historical monument in 1993. Located near the confluence of Menthon and Veyle, it illustrates the rural architecture of Savoyard Bresse.