Selection of the most beautiful monuments in Ain

Louis XIII style castle
01800 Joyeux

The château de Joyeux, built between the late 19th and early 20th centuries in Joyeux (Ain), is a unique building designed by landscape architect Henri Duchêne for a silk industrialist.

Classic style castle
01480 Fareins

Fléchères Castle, built at the beginning of the seventeenth century in Fareins in the Ain, is an architectural gem combining medieval fort house and Baroque decor, classified as a historical monument for its Protestant history and exceptional frescoes.

Castle
01600 Trévoux

The castle of Fetan, an old 17th century fortress, stands in Trévoux (Ain), in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Reconstructed in 1622, it combines military architecture and seigneurial residence, partially classified with historical monuments since 1973.

Castle
01330 Bouligneux

Bouligneux Castle, a former 14th-century fortress renovated in the 16th-17th century, dominates the commune of Bouligneux (Ain) in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, surrounded by a pond and classified as a historical monument since 1926.

Castle
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.

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.

Chartreuse
01300 Virignin

The Chartreuse of Pierre-Châtel, an ancient medieval fortress transformed into a Cartusian monastery, dominates the Rhône in Virignin (Ain). Ranked a historical monument, it combines military and religious architecture from the 14th to the 18th centuries.

Cathedral
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.