Selection of the most beautiful monuments in Puy-de-Dôme

Château fort
63230 Pontgibaud

Château Dauphin is a medieval fortress of the 12th and 15th centuries in Pontgibaud (Puy-de-Dôme), in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, classified historical monument, surrounded by a wooded park and a remarkable garden.

Statue
63000 Clermont-Ferrand

The equestrian statue of Vercingetorix, a bronze work by Auguste Bartholdi (1903), dominates Jaude's square at Clermont-Ferrand. A Gaulish symbol of the 1st quarter of the 20th century, it celebrates the head arborne in front of the Romans.

Fontaine
63000 Clermont-Ferrand

The Delille Fountain, built around 1875 in Clermont-Ferrand, is a historic monument in cast iron and stone, decorated with sculptures and equipped with a unique underground hydraulic system in Auvergne.

Fontaine
63000 Clermont-Ferrand

The Fountain of Amboise, built in the 16th century at Clermont-Ferrand, is a Gothic and Renaissance monument in Volvic stone, decorated with sculptures and surmounted by a statue of a wild man, symbol of the Amboise family.

Fontaine
63000 Clermont-Ferrand

The Urban II fountain, a 19th-century neo-Gothic monument in Clermont-Ferrand, commemorates the first crusade. In Volvic lava and bronze, it dominates the Victory Square.

Eglise romane
63210 Orcival

The Basilica of Notre-Dame d'Orcival, a jewel of 12th century Romanesque art, stands in Orcival in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Ranked in 1840, it houses a Virgin in majesty venerated since the Middle Ages.

Château fort
63160 Montmorin

The ruins of Montmorin Castle, built between the 12th and 16th centuries, dominate the region of Billom in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. This classified medieval site, cradle of the auvergnate nobility, offers an exceptional panorama between the Dome and Forez mountains.

Château fort
63530 Volvic

The castle of Tournoel, medieval fortress of the 12th, 14th and 15th centuries, dominates the plain of Limagne since Volvic (Puy-de-Dôme). Ranked a historic monument in 1889, it was a strategic issue between Counts of Auvergne and kings of France.