Château d'Ampuis, Ampuis

Name: Château d'Ampuis
Address: Ampuis, France

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The castle of Ampuis is an ancient stronghold, mentioned in the fourteenth century, very reworked in the eighteenth century. The castle stands on the town of Ampuis, in the Rhône department, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.

The castle was partially registered as a historical monument by order of July 22, 1996. Only the castle, the chapel, the entrance gate with its antique columns and pediment, and the garden in front of the castle are listed.

Coordinates: 45°29'9"N, 4°48'47"E

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Ampuis France

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Château d'Ampuis – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Temple of Augustus and Livia, Vienne Cathedral, Saint Peter's church, Les Roches-de-Condrieu.

4.1 miNE
Temple, Ancient Roman architecture
Temple of Augustus and Livia, Vienne
104 min walk • The Temple of Augustus and Livia is a Roman peripteral sine postico hexastyle Corinthian temple built at the beginning of the 1st century, which was in the center of the ancient city of Vienne, also corresponding to the center of the modern city of Vienne in the French department of Isère and the region Rhône-Alpes.
3.9 miNE
Huge historic church with Gothic design
Vienne Cathedral, Vienne
101 min walk • Vienne Cathedral is a medieval Roman Catholic church in the city of Vienne, France. Dedicated to Saint Maurice, it was the episcopal see of the primate of the ancient Septem Provinciae and of the Archdiocese of Vienne until its abolition confirmed by the Concordat of 1801.
3.8 miNE
Church, Specialty museum, Museum
Saint Peter's church, Vienne
97 min walk • Saint Peter's church in Vienne is one of the oldest surviving churches in France, situated in the Rhône-Alpes region. The church was added to the 1862 version of the list of France's Monuments historiques, created in 1819.
3.1 miSW
Area
Les Roches-de-Condrieu, Condrieu
81 min walk • Les Roches-de-Condrieu is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.
4 miNE
Area
Saint-Romain-en-Gal, Vienne
102 min walk • Saint-Romain-en-Gal is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France. It is located 35 kilometres south of Lyon, on the west bank of the river Rhône.
4.1 miNE
Museum
Musée Gallo-Romain de Saint-Romain-en-Gal, Vienne
104 min walk • The Gallo-Roman museum of Saint-Romain-en-Gal is an archaeological museum located in Saint-Romain-en-Gal in the Rhône department above the archaeological site of the same name, located in the heart of the ancient Roman city of Vienna.
4.1 miNE
Church, Sacred and religious sites
Saint-André-le-Bas de Vienne, Vienne
105 min walk • The Abbey of Saint-André-le-Bas de Vienne is an abbey located in Vienne in the French department of Isère and the Rhône-Alpes region.
4 miNE
Church
Chapelle Saint-Théodore, Vienne
101 min walk • Chapel created in the 15th century by the canon Claude de Virieu and his sister Jeanne.
2.6 miSW
Winery, Wine tours
Condrieu AOC, Condrieu
68 min walk • Condrieu is a French wine-growing Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée located in the northern Rhône, near Vienne and to the south of the Côte-Rôtie AOC.
3.6 miNE
Gothic architecture
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vienne, Vienne
93 min walk • The Archbishopric of Vienne, named after its episcopal see Vienne in the Isère département of southern France, was a metropolitan Roman Catholic archdiocese. It is now part of the Archdiocese of Lyon.
3.8 miNE
Ruins
Enceinte romaine, Vienne
96 min walk • The Roman enclosure of Vienne, located in Vienne, was one of the longest enclosures in Gaul: more than 7.250 km long, enclosing an area of 250 hectares.