Lirac AOC, Lirac

Name: Lirac AOC
Address: Lirac, France

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Winery, Wine tours, Eat and drink

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Lirac is a wine-growing Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée in the department of Gard situated in the low hills along the right bank of the Rhône river in the southern Rhône wine region of France. It is named after the village of Lirac. Bordering on the neighbouring cru of Tavel AOC, a rosé-only cru in the next village, Lirac is one of the 13 crus of the Rhône valley family. Châteauneuf-du-Pape AOC is across the Rhône from it. ()

Local name: Lirac Coordinates: 44°2'12"N, 4°41'27"E

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Lirac AOC – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, Château de l'Hers, St. Michael's Church, Château de Pouzilhac.

7.2 miSE
Area
Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, Avignon
185 min walk • Villeneuve-lès-Avignon is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. It can also be spelled Villeneuve-lez-Avignon.
5.2 miE
Museum, Forts and castles
Château de l'Hers, Roquemaure
132 min walk • The origins of the Château de l'Hers, in Châteauneuf-du-Pape on the banks of the Rhône, go back to the beginning of the 10th century. Until the French Revolution it was an enclave of Languedoc in the Comtat Venaissin. Protected as a historic monument since 1973, it has given its name to a winery.
5.5 miNE
Church
St. Michael's Church, Caderousse
140 min walk • The church of Saint-Michel de Caderousse, in Romanesque-Gothic style, consists of a nave, four bays and a Romanesque semi-circular apse. Externally, it is one of the rare witnesses of the flamboyant Provencal Gothic style.
5.5 miW
Forts and castles
Château de Pouzilhac, Pouzilhac
142 min walk • The Château de Pouzilhac is located in the commune of Pouzilhac in the French department of Gard in the Occitanie region.
4.5 miE
City hall
City Hall, Roquemaure
115 min walk • The town hall of Roquemaure is a civil building hosting the municipal institutions of the city of Roquemaure, in the department of Gard and the Occitanie region. It is the subject of a registration as a historical monument since 1949.
1.3 miN
Church
St. Lawrence Church, Saint-Laurent-des-Arbres
34 min walk • The Saint-Laurent Church of Saint-Laurent-des-Arbres is a fortified Romanesque church located in Saint-Laurent-des-Arbres in the French department of Gard and the Occitanie region.
4.5 miE
Church
Église Collégiale et paroissiale Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Roquemaure
114 min walk • The collegiate church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste and Saint-Jean-l'Évangéliste of Roquemaure is an old collegiate church located in Roquemaure in the Gard department in France. It is registered as a historical monument in 1997.
5.6 miNE
City wall
Digue d'enceinte de Caderousse, Caderousse
143 min walk • The Caderousse enclosure dam is a construction designed to protect the village of Caderousse, in Vaucluse, from the flooding of the Rhône. It was begun in 1860 and completed in late 1866.
5.8 miNE
Church
Chapelle Saint-Martin, Caderousse
149 min walk • The Saint-Martin de Caderousse chapel, built in the Romanesque style, was the first parish church of Caderousse. One of the charters of the cartulary of the abbey of Cluny confirms that it depended on the Burgundian abbey at the end of the 11th...
3.7 miNW
Ruins
Ruines de la chapelle Saint-Martin
94 min walk • The Saint-Martin Chapel is a ruined Romanesque chapel located in Saint-Victor-la-Coste in the French department of Gard in the Occitanie region.
2.5 miS
Monuments and statues
La Nef solaire, Tavel
64 min walk • The Sundial is a sundial installed on the edge of the A9 freeway at the Tavel Nord rest area, in Tavel, Gard, France. The work, created in 1993, is the result of a collaboration between the sculptor Odile Mir, the astronomer Denis Savoie and the...