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Découvrez les monuments de Clermont-Ferrand
PIECES CHOSEN HERE AND THERE, CLERMONT-FERRAND SEEN THROUGH TEN MONUMENTS…
romanesque basilica
notre-dame-du-porT BASILICA
Listed on UNESCO's World Heritage, the Notre-Dame-du-Port Basilica takes visitors into the spellbinging world of Romanesque art.
Montferrand
montferrand HISTORICAL CENTRE
Montferrand was founded in the 12th century and it still has strong medieval imprint in its roads which were built in a regular grid pattern.
The Cathedral
THE cathedral
The cathedral is distinctive by its charcoal grey colour resulting from the Volvic lava stone used to build it. The interior conceals a remarkable collection of stained-glass windows and murals.
Amboise fontain
amboise foUntain
Made of Volvic stone, this fountain was built in 1515. Its structure shows evidence of late gothic craftsmanship. Yet the ornate columns and prolific adornments are in Renaissance style.
Grandseigne
grandseigne PRIVATE MANSION
A ceremonial room from the days of the Sun King, featuring a décor of paintings and woodwork...  


Hotel Chazerat
hOtel chazerat
The Hôtel Chazerat is the most beautiful example of Neoclassical architecture in the Auvergne and is now the home of the DRAC (Regional Head Office of Cultural Affairs).
Theatre
THe ThEAtre
The ornamentation on the façade of this 19th century opera house acts as a sneak preview!
Vercingétorix
vercingetorix statue
This equestrian statue was designed by famous sculptor Auguste Bartholdi to commemorate the Gaul leader's victory over Caesar at Gergovie in 52 BC.
Detail art nouveau, art deco
art nouveau, art dEco
Turn of the century, the roaring 20s, the styles are all over the façades and the ironwork...
Roger-Quilliot Art Museum
roger-quilliot ART MUSEUM
On the site of the former Ursulines convent dating back to the 17th and 18th centuries, there are more than 1,500 works of art dating from the early Middle Ages to the 20th century.
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This fountain, which was built in 1515 under the patronage of Bishop Jacques-d’Amboise, has been moved several times within the town. Its structure, with its arched buttresses is Gothic, but its decoration shows evidence of the Italianate finesse of the Renaissance period.