Tourist Attractions & Monuments en Auvergne

The walking tour - a half-hour walk - begins in the roundabout of Vieux-Murten after crossing the village towards the pond of Murten. This beautiful parcel is now completely regenerated because some trees were ill or mature. The last beautiful specimens spread over 13 hectares are kept by the NFB and classified as a Biological Reserve.

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To find this beautiful castle and visit its park in free access, go to the th century church and then take the direction of Montaigu-le-Blin. Hérissant of its towers the marshy plain surrounding it, Le Méage is a strong house known as 1272. The castle and its courtyard are surrounded by water moat; its avant courtyard is closed by a portal of wrought iron. Linked to these moat, a small stream runs along the north-west aisle. A circular basin was installed by the owner between the prairie and the castle. Signage provides explanations and elements on the history of the site.

This dungeon is one of the last vestiges of the feudal castle. It was built in the first half of the fifteenth by the Nesmond brothers. He rises on a slight eminence, on the edge of the stream the Drop of the Ré. Quadrangular shape is particularly high, since it has no less than five levels. Each was divided into two pieces that kept their chimney. The third floor is occupied by a first attic that gives access to the round road above the corbeaux à, which li the top of the dungeon. The second attic covered with the roof covered two watchtower located above the rectangular turrets. To the south of the dungeon came the th century buildings, which houses a apothicairerie where an interesting collection of pharmacy pots from the th to the th. This room was followed by the poor and sick room, which opened the chapel with a single nave with a flat bedside adorned with woodwork and stucco. Since the 1900 th century, Gayette has been increasing many buildings and in particular a wing in the extension of the th century, to the south-west of the dungeon, built around.

As witnesses from the time of the lavandières, there are still numerous washing machines in this sector of the department. Restored in 1994, this circular and semi-covered wash, which makes it possible to collect rainwater, is a relic of the castle. The chimney fuel the washing machine and supplied ashes used as detergent cleaning. Dug below, it is accessed by a few steps. Its large capacity allows it to host many lavandières, which kneel in the edge of flat surfaces with solidarity. The newly renovated Saint-Gérand-le-Puy is also very interesting for its top roof and chimneys.

The Comité Départemental du Tourisme de l'Allier, located in Yzeure, is a tourist office offering information and advice to visitors. It is located at the Château de Bellevue, in the Parc de Bellevue. Their site also offers information on the region's tourist attractions. There is a public parking lot nearby and the Bellevue Briand bus stop, served by the CF lines, is also close by. The Comité Départemental du Tourisme is a useful resource for visitors wishing to discover the Allier's many tourist attractions.

From the first church, it remains the nave of three spans, curved in broken cradle, covered at the origin of a single roof. The doubleaux arches which reinforce it fall into committed columns whose capitals are decorated with magnificent acanthes sheets surmounted by a medallion framed by small animals or surmounted by geometric and symmetrical web. At the intersection of the transept is a dome resting on small tubes. The choir contains a short straight span that opens onto the apse in the chamber. The Roman tradition tile cover contrasts with small tiles used for other parts of the building.

In Chantelle, the Bouble penetrates into an increasingly narrows valley, which takes the profile of the gorge. The large loops of the river and the needs of the city above explain the establishment of many mills on the banks of the municipality (4250 m). There were flour mills, wineries, mailleries, tanneries, laundries, carderies. Their environment was occupied by cultivated spaces (gardens, vines, orchards) retained by layers of dry stones that are still clear under the brush. Since 1229, these mills have been in the number of thirteen, many of whom are advanced by Corrocher and Delaume, authors of the Les Vieux Mills de la Bouble (depleted edition) from which this article is drawn. By walking, you can find the remains of intallations or locks at the edge or bottom of the bed of the river.

The cloister, built in the th century under the auspices of Jacques de Mareschal and Pierre de Laporte, was revived at Anne de France. The galleries are not collateralized but incorporated into the bâtiiment. The seven spans of the northern gallery are still visible. The arcades, punctuated by foothills, are surmounted by a floor with windows openings, crowned with a roof of flat tiles. At the bottom of this gallery is an elegant turret, lit by small twisted mouldings, which houses a hollow-core staircase.

A human-sized recreation base where you can practice various outdoor activities: canoe-kayak, from 6 years of age, with the provision of an attendant and a junior or adult equipment, climbing, with the rental of a wall, archery, or a park "natura", or you cross from tree to tree through bridges of monkeys, des of de Tarzan, or the tyrolean.

A castle that you can contemplate from outside. You will discover a building of polychrome bricks, and will probably be seduced by its lanternons towers. The walk can also be an opportunity to walk in the surrounding park with beautiful trees: bald cypress, Lebanon cedar, centennial plane, rouvre oak, chestnut trees, or copalme of America.

It is well known, the most beautiful places are revealed to the walkers. Thus, by arpetant the streets of Louroux and especially the banks of the Bouble, you will fall nose nose with several mills, which is worth a look. Among other things: The Moulin de Boutevin, damaged by time, the Moulin Berthon, or the Moulin de Villonne, which is located near the town of Echassières, and you can visit.