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Roanne (French pronunciation:; Arpitan: Rouana; Occitan: Roana) is a commune in the Loire department, central France. It is located 90 km (56 mi) northwest of Lyon on the river Loire . It has an important Museum, the Musée des Beaux-arts et d'Archéologie Joseph-Déchelette (French) , with many Egyptian artifacts.
Of human size, Roanne resplendent by the warmth of its inhabitants, as well as by the accents of the south which are reflected in its architecture and its way of life. Difficult to miss this little paradise of the south of France.
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- Castle of Matel
- Tourist Office of Roanne
- Municipal Theatre of Roanne
- Musée Des Beaux-Arts et D’Archéologie Joseph-Déchelette
- Guided Tour of The Centre
- Gorges de La Loire – Nord
- Train Touristique Des Belvédères
- Château de La Roche
- Les Halles Diderot
- Port de Plaisance
- Roanne’s Chapels
- Lac de Villerest
- Musée Alice Taverne D’Ambierle
Roanne’s municipal museum shines for its archaeology and decorative arts. It has a compelling Egyptology collection with funerary masks, steles, amulets, sarcophagi and vases going back to the 4th Dynasty around 4,500 years ago. Most of these were brought back to France by the museum’s namesake, archaeologist Joseph Déchelette. After that the ceram...
At 10:30 on Tuesdays in July and August a guide from the tourist office leads groups around the town pointing out the main sights and the story behind them. It’s the best way to find some details you might otherwise have missed, like the Gallo-Roman pottery kilns. You’ll also go inside Château de Roanne, an 11th-century castle that now contains Rao...
It’s not hard to find inspiration for walks around Roanne: If you follow the Loire upstream for a few minutes you’ll arrive at a beautiful gorge with shallow sloping walls, formed by the Villerest Dam. The river broadens here and weaves past an intoxicating blend of Mediterranean and temperate landscapes with meadows and slopes chiselled with viney...
If you’re visiting the gorge with littler family members you can opt for this mini train instead of hiking. It’s a seven-kilometre loop designed to give you the best panoramas from the hills around the Loire. The ride will take just over an hour, and there’s a guided commentary as you go. The train operates from May to September, and during the sch...
That unforgettable castle in the Gorges de Loire is open daily in the summer months. Looks can be a little deceiving, because although the castle was founded in the 1200s it suffered down the ages. It was a ruin when the dam was built, but in the 1990s the building was given a new fairytale design and was linked to the shore by a new bridge. There ...
Open every morning except Monday, Roanne’s covered market is well-stocked with goodies, as you’d hope from a town home to the legendary Maison Troisgros restaurant. Les Halles Diderot is a posh gastronomic experience, similar to the Baul Bocuse market in Lyon. Many of the traders are at the top in their fields, like the Pralus chocolatier, the fish...
Now just for pleasure, Raonne’s river port used to ship tons of coal, ceramics, cereals and wood as far as Nantes on the Loire and Paris on the canal system. In the past they would uses “cabanes”, specially made craft made of oak with flat hulls. That had all ended by 1992, and these days it’s a popular mooring spot for its low rates and convivial ...
Roanne has several churches, and the smaller they get, the more interesting they are. Take the Chapelle Saint-Michel, founded in 1617 for a Jesuit college and designed in an Italian Renaissance style. The craftsmanship inside merits a closer look for the altar clad with a polychrome marble mosaic, carved wooden pulpit and stalls. There was an outbr...
Downstream from the Gorges de Loire and a little closer to Raonne is the lake where the town comes to unwind in summer. Like the gorge this is man-made and created by the Villerest Dam. On the shore are gently sloping hills with woodland and pasture, farming hamlets and leisure facilities that you can make the most of. On the north shore there’s a ...
In the village of Ambierle a few kilometres west is a museum with the coveted “Musée de France” label. Alice Taverne was a 20th-century historian and ethnographer who helped safeguard the folk traditions of the region she grew up in. The objects Tavierne collected became the basis of a museum in 1952. What you see are vignettes of local life from 1...
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With its colorful facades and banks on the banks of the Loire, it blows like an air of dolce vita in Roanne. The city varies the pleasures and pampers its visitors, offering so many delicacies, testifying to its history (industrial and textile in particular) or simply inviting to explore its heritage and nature close by.
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Jan 19, 2023 · In the heart of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, on the banks of the Loire, Roanne is a charming destination. Located only 1 hour and 10 minutes from Lyon (via the A89 motorway), Roanne offers excellent food and a bucolic setting for your city break.
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