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Marcellin Champagnat's chapel and birthplace

Marcellin Champagnat, born in Marlhes on 20 May 1789, is the founder of the Marist Brothers. Discover his story by visiting his birthplace and the chapel built in his memory.

04 77 51 83 49

Marlhes

Espace Louis Bancel

Located on the first floor of the Maison du Châtelet, in the heart of the old medieval town, the Louis Bancel museum displays an important collection of bronze, marble and onyx sculptures, sketches, pencil, pen and charcoal drawings.

04 77 39 63 49

Bourg-Argental

Maison des Tresses et Lacets

The Maison des Tresses et Lacets is in the middle of the Vallée du Dorlay where the hydraulics-based textile industry was at its height in the 19th century. The museum is in a former textile factory, the Moulin-Pinte, and welcomes visitors today.

04 77 20 91 06

La Terrasse-sur-Dorlay

Butter Island Nature Centre

Get your binoculars! On the river, come and discover the wild fauna and flora of the Rhône through walking routes in the heart of a protected natural site: the Ile du Beurre. You can enjoy it all year round. Numerous activities on offer!

04 74 56 62 62

Tupin-et-Semons

La Maison du Parc du Pilat

The Maison du Parc offers a museographic and entertaining space in which the Tourist Office is located. Discover the history, heritage and nature of the area thanks to numerous visual modules... Site labelled Tourism and Disability (4 disabilities)

04 74 87 52 00

Pélussin

Free

La Chartreuse de Sainte-Croix-en-Jarez

Behind its look of the big warlike fortress, La Chartreuse Sainte Croix is the only example of an old monastery being transformed into a charming little village. Just goes to show you can recycle anything.

04 77 20 20 81

Sainte-Croix-en-Jarez

Free

La Maison de la Béate de l'Allier

Museum presenting the local history and life of the past: kitchen and room of the Beate - assembly room. On the first floor, an exhibition of utensils and tools of rural life. Summer exhibitions on the heritage of Pilat

06 09 89 42 95

Marlhes

La BatYsse - Sur le fil de Baty

Pélussin

Free

Maison de la Passementerie

A place of memory of the textile activity of the Haut-Pilat. A reconstituted know-how: flat and workshop of the passementier as they existed in the last century, JACQUARD ribbon loom in function and video presenting the life of the passementier.

04 77 39 93 38

Jonzieux

The Old Farm

Step back into the past when you walk through the door of this museum which preserves tools, equipment and utensils from the rural world. Discover the work of farmers with a team of cows and try your hand at milking with a life-size resin cow!

04 77 39 60 75

Bourg-Argental

La Maison du Châtelet

This 16th and 18th century architectural complex houses the tourist office, a museographic area accessible from the age of 4, allowing visitors to discover the Déôme Valley in a playful way, and exhibition rooms including the Espace Bancel.

04 77 39 63 49

Bourg-Argental

Museum and Gallo-Roman sites of Saint-Romain-en-Gal

The Saint-Romain-en-Gal archaeological site is one of the biggest in France devoted to Gallo-Roman civilisation. The museum is at the heart of a 7-hectare cultural park that has brought new life to this residential district in Vienne.

Saint-Romain-en-Gal