Selection of the most beautiful monuments in Ain

Château fort
01330 Ambérieux-en-Dombes

The castle of Ambérieux-en-Dombes, former castle of the 12th and 14th centuries, stands in the Ain in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, with its protected remains and its iconic Romanesque dungeon.

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.

Cathédrale
01300 Belley

The Cathedral of Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Belley, a 19th-century neo-Gothic building in Ain, is a religious masterpiece marked by a rich medieval history and major reconstructions.

Patrimoine défensif
01200 Léaz

The fort l'Écluse, built in the 13th century in Léaz (Ain), is a strategic military ensemble controlling the Rhône parade, redesigned in the 16th–12th centuries. A listed site, it combines medieval remains and modern architectures.

Château fort
01500 Ambérieu-en-Bugey

The castle of Allymes, a former 14th century castle transformed in the 16th and 19th centuries, dominates Ambérieu-en-Bugey (Ain) from a rocky spur at 650 m altitude. Ranked a historical monument, it illustrates medieval and renaissance military architecture in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Château Médiéval et Renaissance
01240 Saint-Paul-de-Varax

The castle of Varax, an ancient castle of the 14th to 15th centuries, stands in Saint-Paul-de-Varax in the Ain, in the heart of the ponds of the Dombes. Ruined in the 16th century, it was redesigned after successive destructions and preserves a medieval castral motte.

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.

Château de plaisance
01160 Pont-d'Ain

The Château de Pont-d'Ain, built in the 14th century and rebuilt in the 16th and 18th centuries, dominates the commune of Pont-d'Ain en Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Former Savoyard fortress, it combines medieval architecture and classical transformations, surrounded by a historic park.