This national network is led by the Ministry of Culture and Communication.
COUNTRY OF ART AND HISTORY OF BILLOM COMMUNAUTE
The territory extends from the Val d'Allier to the first granite foothills of the Livradois. This axis of passage is undoubtedly at the origin of the commercial vocation of billom and the castral and monastic development of the surroundings. At the top of the volcanic mounds are erected from the twelfthe century of fortresses like Montmor's ou Mauzun. Romanesque architecture settles with the Casadean priory of Saint-Dier or churches sometimes painted as in Glaine Montaigut. THE Chas Village Forts, Espirat and Reignat present a heritage ensemble characteristic of the XNUMXthe century.
COUNTRY OF ART AND HISTORY OF FOREZ
Located halfway between Lyon and Clermont-Ferrand, the Pays d'art et d'histoire du Forez covers a variety of landscapes, from the Forez plain dotted with ponds and basaltic peaks to the grandiose panoramas of the Hautes-Chaumes, terroir of the fourme de Montbrison. The medieval heritage is its main asset with many monasteries, fortresses and fortified villages. The industrial heritage open to visitors is represented by prestigious names: Badoit source, Saint-Just glassworks, etc.
COUNTRY OF ART AND HISTORY ISSOIRE VAL D'ALLIER SOUTH OF ISSOIRE
Located half an hour south of Clermont-Ferrand, the Pays d'Issoire Val d'Allier Sud offers a diversity of landscapes that blends with an equally varied cultural heritage. The country is indeed dotted with remarkable villages, village forts, perched churches and even castles. Major sites of thereligious history also characterize the territory, especially around Romanesque art. The footprint of the former abbey of Sauxillanges, great medieval Cluniac site, is to be discovered around the chapel of the Prior and the main square.
COUNTRY OF ART AND HISTORY OF HAUT-ALLIER
Personalized Romanesque churches Asked strong castles, from basaltic organs to dolmens, from legends to flavors, Haut-Allier has a particular character resulting from geology, vegetation and the hand of the man who shaped it. The Country of Art and History Interpretation Center is located in Brioude.
