Château Saint-Etienne, Aurillac

Name: Château Saint-Etienne
Address: Aurillac, France

#3 among attractions in Aurillac

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The Saint-Etienne castle is a medieval castle located on the height which dominates the town of Aurillac, in the Cantal.

Primitive castle of the father of Saint Géraud, it then belonged to the abbey of Aurillac until the French Revolution which sold all its properties as national goods.

After having been bequeathed in 1845 to the diocese of Saint-Flour, which planned to train its schoolteachers there, the castle was bought in 1847 by the municipality of Aurillac on the initiative of its mayor, Louis-Furcy Grognier, who had a vast building constructed there to establish a teacher training school which he entrusted to the Brothers of the Christian Schools and which remained in these premises until the father of Georges Pompidou.

The Saint-Etienne castle is now the site of the Maison des Volcans museum and the Centre d'étude et de protection de l'environnement de la Haute-Auvergne with a university research laboratory.

Coordinates: 44°56'5"N, 2°26'45"E

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Château Saint-Etienne – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Château de Conros, Fanum d'Aron, Église abbatiale Saint-Géraud, Église Saint-Sigismond.

4 miS
Forts and castles, Museum, History museum
Château de Conros
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0.6 miSW
Archaeological site, Ancient Roman architecture
Fanum d'Aron, Aurillac
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~1280 ftSE
Church
Église abbatiale Saint-Géraud, Aurillac
7 min walk • The Saint-Géraud d'Aurillac abbey is an ancient Benedictine abbey that was the model for the one in Cluny. It was founded before 885 in Auvergne by Count Geraud of Aurillac.
2.9 miNE
Church
Église Saint-Sigismond
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2.7 miSE
Forts and castles
Château de Carbonat
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2.1 miS
Park
Arboretum d'Arpajon-sur-Cère, Arpajon-sur-Cère
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2.9 miNW
Church
St. Lawrence Church, Reilhac
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1.1 miSW
Arenas and stadiums, Sport venue, Sport
Stade Jean Alric, Aurillac
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2.9 miNW
Memorial
War Memorial, Reilhac
75 min walk • Monuments aux Morts are French war memorials established to commemorate the losses of World War I.
3.2 miE
Locality
Giou-de-Mamou
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5.9 miSW
Locality
Sansac-de-Marmiesse
151 min walk • Sansac-de-Marmiesse is a commune in the Cantal department in south-central France.