Selection of the most beautiful monuments in the Allier

Beffroi
03500 Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule

The belfry of Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule, built in the 13th and 19th centuries, dominates the city in the Allier. A former monastic watch tower, it now houses a historic clock and a campanile rebuilt in the 19th century.

Maison classée MH
03210 Saint-Menoux

The house of the Cardinal Vertus, built at the end of the 17th century in Saint-Menoux (Allier), is a remarkable house decorated with a sculpted tympanum representing the cardinal virtues, classified as a historical monument in 2000.

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.

Eglise romane
03140 Chantelle

Saint Vincent de Chantelle Abbey, a former Benedictine abbey of the 11th and 11th centuries, dominates the Bouble à Chantelle (Allier). Ranked a historic monument, it combines Romanesque architecture and 15th century cloister, still active today.

Abbaye
03290 Dompierre-sur-Besbre

The Notre-Dame Abbey of Sept-Fons, founded in 1132 in Diou (Allier), is a Cistercian monastery and then Trappist located in Dompierre-sur-Besbre, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. A symbol of resilience, she went through wars, reforms and exiles before becoming a major spiritual and economic place, especially thanks to her products like Germalyne.

Château Médiéval et Renaissance
03100 Montluçon

The castle of the Dukes of Bourbon in Montluçon, built from the 13th century and rebuilt until the 15th century, dominates the upper town. This castle, transformed into a ducal residence, illustrates medieval military architecture in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Château fort
03290 Saint-Pourçain-sur-Besbre

The castle of Thoury, an ancient medieval castle located in Saint-Pourçain-sur-Besbre in the Allier, dominates the river with its ramparts and pepper towers. Historical residence still inhabited, it combines defensive architecture and Renaissance elements like its gallery with Italian.

Château fort
03260 Billy

Billy Castle, built in the 13th and 14th centuries in Billy (Allier), is an ancient medieval fortress in ruins, classified as a historical monument. Dominating the Allier Valley, it illustrates the Philippian architecture and the history of the Bourbon Sires.