Selection of the most beautiful monuments in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Eglise gothique
43160 La Chaise-Dieu

The Saint-Robert Abbey of La Chaise-Dieu, a 14th-century Gothic masterpiece in the Haute-Loire region, was rebuilt under the impulse of Pope Clement VI. It houses a macabre dance and an exceptional historic organ.

Château de style Classique
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.

Eglise romane
42110 Pouilly-lès-Feurs

The Collège Saint-Pierre de Pouilly-lès-Feurs is a Romanesque church of the 11th and 12th centuries, classified as a historical monument in 1911, located in the Loire in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. It is attached to a clunisian priory founded in the tenth century.

Eglise romane et gothique
03210 Souvigny

The Priory Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul de Souvigny, founded in the 10th century in Allier, is a former Roman and Gothic Clunisian monastery, famous for its Ducal tombs and its medieval pilgrimage role in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Château Médiéval et Renaissance
38730 Virieu

The castle of Virieu, a former 11th century castle transformed in the 12th–15th centuries, dominates the valley of Virieu in Isère, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Ranked a historic monument, it combines medieval architecture and Renaissance.

Château Médiéval et Renaissance
38840 La Sône

The Château de la Sône, a former 14th-century castle rebuilt in the 17th and 19th centuries, dominates the Isère in La Sône, Isère. Ranked a historical monument, it combines medieval architecture and Renaissance embellishments.

Château de style Renaissance
38220 Vizille

Vizille Castle, built at the beginning of the seventeenth century in Vizille en Isère, is a historical estate housing the museum of the French Revolution, surrounded by a park of 100 hectares classified historical monument and labeled "remarkable garden".

Maison forte
38530 Pontcharra

Bayard Castle, a former 15th century fortress in Pontcharra (Isère), dominates the Gresivaudan Valley. Ranked a historic monument in 1915, it is linked to the famous Knight Bayard.