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Jassans-Riottier "west gate of the Dombes" is reflected in the Saone. This small town of 6002 h benefits greatly from the activity on the River. A major dredging company, a stop river and recreation area attracting widespread labor and walkers. The barges many evoke the poem by Emile Verhaeren. The gardens benefit from the alluvium brought by the floods in autumn and spring. Located 50 km from Bourg en Bresse Ain Prefecture, 30 km north of Lyon, separated by the town of Saône Villefranche sur Saône, in the prefecture of the Rhone.
A see-Jassans Riottier :
Ø Building Carthusian .
Ø Castle Cillery or Hollow-Guillin : Although recently the castle of the nineteenth century deserves a mention. Very nice construction involving fortunately brick and stone in a mixture of Renaissance and Louis XIII. It was built on the site Hollow-Guillin in 1860. The house overlooks a large landscaped park of 6 hectares designed to build upon in 1860. The park is crossed by a stream, also adorned with green mills, ponds, rock gardens and sculpture. A greenhouse and winter garden nice complement to the castle. This was the residence of Benedict Poncet, Lyon architect originally from the Ain, who spent the end of his days. Private castle, not open to visitors.
Ø Castle Gléteins : Located north of the town of Jassan- Riottier on "Coast" of Dombes overlooking the Saone and the D 933 with Plans stunning Beaujolais. Today it is a house convalescence after surgery. A manor house existed in the fourteenth century on an ancient feud mentioned from the year 1066 where Nicard of Gléteins is the first known lord. This area of the lords of the manor of Villars, was included in the portion of land acquired by Dombes Louis II de Bourbon in 1402. Around 1513, the toll of the manor of Belleville Gléteins belonged to the family of Rance which obtained setting the toll at Beauregard, a privilege held only a few years. The family possessed Gléteins Varennes and thereafter retained until the Revolution. Burnt At that time, the castle was gradually rebuilt. It remains at the rear of the main building, a tower of the old castle (XVI century) with Gothic chapel. The present castle, where both sides of a main building with two floors under a high roof, oppose an elevated round turret and another lower covered terrace with balustrades, is recently . In 1867, Dubost M , from Jassans he added a body building side park.
Ø Castle Square : Park landscape architect Joseph Maria.
Ø Church Our Lady of the Assumption : The history of this church is a bit special. The architect Lyonnais Benoit Poncet and his wife, residing in Jassans, wanted to bring them to the grave of their only son died at sixteen. Poncet buys in 1862 land and sought his friend and collaborator Jean-Etienne Giniez, Lyon architect, to design a funeral chapel. The project is growing rapidly, leading to the construction of a new church, funded by Benoit Poncet. Built in 1864 by entrepreneur Michael Malterre, the Neo-Romanesque building has a discrete polychrome facade, while the interior decor adopts a very colorful uniform. A monumental tower overlooking a part of the city rises above a flight of eighteen steps. Its spire, four lanterns, was tiled scales dominated by the color yellow. The whole interior is painted and enriched a decoration to both measured and sumptuous, with beautiful woodwork, including the drum door. A stained glass with figures of north aisle is signed: Sauris and Payet, 68 to John Lyons. A note: Murals, the altar and the altars, Christ on the cross, baptismal font, large organs: the organs of Joseph Mercklin have been restored and classified a historic monument in 1982, statues, Stations of the Cross, trims, bells.
Ø Lower Grange Farm .
Ø The Jesuit house .
Ø The Poype of Riottier .
Ø The pigeon Mount Pleasure .
Ø The Manor Rigaudière : The home of high rises along Rigaudière Saône at the foot of the motte of Riottier. Surrounded by a garden in the northwest and southwest, the present building consists of several bodies on L-plan courtyard, a porch, vaulted to the first level, opens onto the side road and the side south-east of the courtyard is closed by a retaining wall, a remnant of the bottom of the enclosure Poype the northeast side by a fence wall flanked by a small square tower topped with cruciform arrow slits gunboats; against this leaned against the wall joint, and a portico with columns with high gallery golden stone (lost), the building is constructed of rubble, with supervision berries stone white limestone and yellow tiled dug and it contains four quarters equipped with fireplaces, cupboards and stone sinks, two staircases screws half out work on court-connected by elevated partially rebuilt in adobe and a staircase right outside the garden, serving home, outbuildings on the ground floor, the oldest house (s), forming the left wing, is bordered on two levels in a gallery in wood poles; of outbuildings extending this wing were back on the court, to the well and the main building to the north-east, four levels, includes a vaulted semicircular under the house. Private property. Do not visit.
Ø Living Museum adventure novel : Animation shows and tours around famous people or imaginary, from Voltaire to Sherlock Holmes, from Cicero to Perry Mason. Exhibition on the fascinating history of the detective novel, the techniques of policing and justice.
Contact: Tel. 04.74.09.50.12 / 04.74.68.18.58
Email: musee.aventures @ wanadoo.fr
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