12 Sights in Grenoble, France (with Map and Images)

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Welcome to your journey through the most beautiful sights in Grenoble, France! Whether you want to discover the city's historical treasures or experience its modern highlights, you'll find everything your heart desires here. Be inspired by our selection and plan your unforgettable adventure in Grenoble. Dive into the diversity of this fascinating city and discover everything it has to offer.

Sightseeing Tours in GrenobleActivities in Grenoble

1. La Plateforme - Centre d'information sur les projets urbains

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The Grenoble Museum-Library is a nineteenth-century cultural building located on Place de Verdun in Grenoble. Completed and opened to the public in 1870, it housed the Grenoble municipal library until 1970 and the collections of the Grenoble museum until 1992.

Wikipedia: Musée-bibliothèque de Grenoble (FR), Website

2. Tour Perret

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The Perret tower, originally called La tour pour regarder les montagnes, is an observation tower located in Grenoble, in the Paul Mistral public park. It is the first tower built in reinforced concrete in Europe. In 1998, it was officially declared to be a national heritage site. It was built for the International Exhibition of Hydropower and Tourism where it was the orientation tower and the symbol of the exhibition. Nowadays, it is the last vestige of this exhibition.

Wikipedia: Perret tower (Grenoble) (EN)

3. Basilique du Sacré-Cœur

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The Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Grenoble is a Roman Catholic church in Grenoble, France, part of the diocese of Grenoble-Vienne. Built from 1922 in a Romano-Byzantine style, this basilica is located on Place du Doyen-Gosse for its historic entrance and 4 rue Émile-Gueymard for its new entrance opposite the SNCF station.

Wikipedia: Basilique du Sacré-Cœur de Grenoble (FR)

4. La tourelle de l'hôtel rabot

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The Rabot house or Rabot hotel, which houses most of the Arthaud bookstore, is a historical monument, located at 17, rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau, in the pedestrian center of the Notre-Dame district of Grenoble.

Wikipedia: Maison Rabot (FR)

5. Porte de France

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The Porte de France is a city gate located at the western entrance to Grenoble, in the immediate vicinity of the Esplanade. It was erected in 1620 as part of the fortification of the Bastille hill by the Duke of Lesdiguières.

Wikipedia: Porte de France (Grenoble) (FR)

6. Fontaine des trois Ordres

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The Fountain of the Three Orders, also known as the Centenary Fountain, is a monument commemorating the pre-revolutionary events of the summer of 1788 in Grenoble, which are the Day of the Tiles and the Meeting of the Estates General of the Dauphiné.

Wikipedia: Fontaine des trois ordres (FR), Website

7. La Casemate

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The CCSTI of Grenoble, known as "the Casemate" is a center for scientific, technical and industrial culture (CCSTI) located on Place Saint-Laurent in Grenoble, France, in the immediate vicinity of the Porte Saint-Laurent.

Wikipedia: CCSTI de Grenoble (FR), Website

8. Tour de l'Isle

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The Tour de l'Isle is a historic building built at the end of the fourteenth century on the banks of the Isère River in Grenoble. Since 1994, it has become an exhibition space for the Grenoble museum.

Wikipedia: Tour de l'Isle (FR)

9. Garage Hélicoïdal

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The Grenoble helical garage is a co-ownership of car garages in the Art Deco architectural style in reinforced concrete. Inaugurated on July 27, 1932 to accommodate 225 cars, it now houses 252. Since 2003, the building has been labeled "Heritage of the 20th century" of Grenoble.

Wikipedia: Garage hélicoïdal de Grenoble (FR)

10. Musée de l'Ancien Évêché

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The Musée de l'Ancien Évêché is a departmental museum located in Grenoble, France and dedicated to the Isère heritage through the history of its Bishop's palace. Inaugurated in 1998, it is settled in the former Bishop's palace, near Grenoble Cathedral. The museum gives access to the remains of an early Christian baptistry and to a section of the vestiges of the Gallo-Roman wall in the basement of the building.

Wikipedia: Musée de l'Ancien Évêché (EN), Website

11. Muséum d'histoire naturelle

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The Natural History Museum of Grenoble is a municipal museum founded in 1851, in Grenoble, France. Since the opening of the building in 1855, it presents to the public a rich natural heritage, in particular alpine heritage. The museum houses a collection of one and a half million objects and specimens in the disciplines of botany, zoology, geology and even ethnology. Facades and roofs on the edge of the Jardin des Plantes have been listed as historical monuments since January 24, 1944.

Wikipedia: Natural History Museum, Grenoble (EN), Website

12. Magasin des horizons

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The Magasin-CNAC is a national center of art and culture located near the Cours Berriat in Grenoble. Initially named "Le Magasin, national centre for contemporary art", it was inaugurated on 26 April 1986 by François Léotard, Minister of Culture, as part of the Major Works carried out under the presidency of François Mitterrand with the support of the city and the State.

Wikipedia: Magasin des horizons (FR), Website

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