Selection of the most beautiful monuments in the Allier

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.

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 gothique
03000 Moulins

Notre-Dame-de-l'Annunciation de Moulins Cathedral, built between 1468 and 1876, is a flamboyant neo-Gothic Gothic jewel located in the Allier, famous for its triptych of the Master of Moulins and its historical stained glass windows.

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.

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.

Pont
03000 Moulins

The Régemortes Bridge, built in the 18th century in Moulins, is an innovative stone bridge crossing the Allier, famous for its flood resistance and pioneering architecture.

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.