14 Sights in Vichy, France (with Map and Images)

Vichy is a city in the Allier department in central France. Located on the Allier river, it is a major spa and resort town and during World War II was the capital of Vichy France. As of 2021, Vichy has a population of 25,789.

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The Church of Saint-Louis is a church located in Vichy, in the Allier department. The main Catholic building in the city, its construction was financed by Napoleon III and it was opened for worship in 1865.

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The Church of Saint-Blaise is a church located in Vichy, in the Vieux Vichy district. The church was built from the seventeenth century onwards and then, between 1925 and 1931, a much larger Art Deco style church was attached to it, the older one then becoming a chapel of the new one.

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The Great Spa Towns of Europe is a transnational World Heritage Site consisting of a selection of 11 spa towns across seven European countries. They were developed around natural mineral water springs. From the early 18th century to the 1930s, Western Europe experienced an increase in spa and bathing culture, leading to the construction of elaborate bath houses. These would often include gardens, casinos, theatres, and villas surrounding the springs and the bath houses.

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The Vichy milestone is a Gallo-Roman milestone, discovered in 1880 in Vichy (Allier) where it has been exhibited ever since. It marked the distance with Clermont-Ferrand on the road between Autun and the Auvergne capital. It is currently located in the hall of the Thermes des Dômes.

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The Chapel of the Sacred Heart is a chapel of the Priestly Society of St. Pius X located in the République district of Vichy. It is of a modern type, dedicated to the Sacred Heart and the Tridentine rite, also called the extraordinary form of the Roman rite.

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The Convent of the Celestines of Vichy is a former convent of the Celestine order, located in Vichy (Allier) and founded at the beginning of the fifteenth century by Duke Louis II of Bourbon. The only surviving building was listed as a historic monument in 1927. This convent gave its name to the Vichy Célestins brand of mineral water, whose source is just below the convent.

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The Chapel of the Missions, built in 1929 and blessed on July 19, 1930, is a chapel located in Vichy (Allier). It contains in its choir a Virgin surmounted by the text: "O Mary conceived without sin, pray for us". It is Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal.

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The chalets of Napoleon III or imperial chalets, are five holiday homes, built between 1861 and 1864 in Vichy in the Allier department at the request of Emperor Napoleon III after his first stay in the spa resort in 1861. Built by the architect Jean Lefaure, on the border between the newly created park along the Allier and the spa district, their style is inspired by alpine chalets and English colonial houses. They are listed as historical monuments.

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The Kiosque du Parc des Bourins is a bandstand located in the eponymous park, one of the parks of Vichy, along the Allier River. Built in 1900 at the Parc des Sources, it was dismantled and installed at the Parc des Bourins in 1928. Abandoned and heavily damaged, it was listed as a Historic Monument on 1 July 1986 and restored in the 2000s.

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The Chalet des Suppliques is a small chalet built in 1864 in Vichy (Allier), at the entrance to the Vichy bridge, in the park then newly created along the Allier to serve as accommodation for the park keeper. Originally, two identical cottages were built, on either side of the road at the outlet of the bridge, but the cottage upstream was destroyed in 1931 or 1932 for the construction of a new, wider bridge. The name of the chalet comes from the legend that it was used to collect the supplications addressed to Napoleon III during his stays in the spa resort.

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The Pavillon de la Source des Célestins is home to the eponymous spring, in Vichy, a spa resort in the south-east of the Allier department. A vast oval-shaped hall, opening onto the park by seven arches, it was built in the 1900s in a neo-classical style by the architect Lucien Woog The name of the Célestins comes from the former convent of the Célestins which was located just above the spring.

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The Art Nouveau house is a private house or villa built at the very beginning of the twentieth century, in Vichy, in the Allier, at 50 rue de Strasbourg, and one of the rare examples of "modern style" in this spa resort. It has been listed as a Historic Monument since 1987

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The Opéra de Vichy is an opera house located in the French city of Vichy. The building, designed in an Art Nouveau style is located adjacent to the Parc des Sources and across the street from the former Hôtel des Ambassadeurs.

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