Selection of the most beautiful monuments in the Rhône

Château fort
69640 Saint-Julien

The Château de Montmelas, a former 13th-XIVth century castle renovated in the 19th century in neo-Gothic style, dominates Saint-Julien and Montmelas-Saint-Sorlin in the Rhône, offering a view up to Mont Blanc.

Château fort
69390 Charly

The Château de Charly, a former 13th-century castle rebuilt in the 18th and 19th centuries, is located in the metropolis of Lyon, in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. It combines medieval architecture and subsequent transformations.

Château fort
69620 Bagnols

Bagnols Castle, a former 13th century castle renovated in the 15th and 18th centuries, stands in Bagnols in the Rhône, surrounded by vineyards and transformed into a luxury hotel in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Amphithéâtre gallo-romain
69000 Lyon 1er

The Amphitheatre of the Three Gauls, built in Lyon in the 1st century AD, was the heart of the federal sanctuary dedicated to Rome and Auguste, a gathering place of the sixty Gaulish nations. Its remains, classified in 1961, remain in the Jardin des Plantes.

Château Médiéval et Renaissance
69930 Saint-Laurent-de-Chamousset

The Château de Chamousset, built in the 13th century and rebuilt in the 16th and 19th centuries, dominates Saint-Laurent-de-Chamousset in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. This historic monument combines medieval architecture and neo-style restorations signed Viollet-le-Duc.

Couvent
69210 Eveux

The convent of La Tourette, a 20th century architectural masterpiece designed by Le Corbusier, stands in Éveux en Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. This Dominican concrete convent, classified at UNESCO, embodies modern innovation and spirituality.

Patrimoine carolingien
69620 Ternand

The church of the Nativity-de-Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Ternand, a medieval building of the 11th-XIIth century, dominates a promontory in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, famous for its Romanesque murals and its historical crypt.

Hôtel de ville
69001 Lyon 1er

The Town Hall of Lyon, built in the 17th century in the 1st arrondissement, is an emblematic historical monument of the Presqu'île, classified since 1886. An architectural masterpiece combining baroque and classicism, he embodies Lyon's consular power.