Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Bourg-en-Bresse, France

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Number of sights 5 sights
Distance 0.4 km
Ascend 5 m
Descend 10 m

Experience Bourg-en-Bresse in France in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Individual Sights in Bourg-en-Bresse

Sight 1: De l'en-dessous

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De l'en-dessous

De l'en-dessous is a contemporary sculpture made in 1986 by Michel Gérard and installed outside the Royal Monastery of Brou, in the Brou Park, in Bourg-en-Bresse in the Ain region of France. Its FRAC inventory number is 10 475.

Wikipedia: De l'en-dessous (FR)

100 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 2: Monastère Royal de Brou

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Monastère Royal de Brou Welleschik / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Royal Monastery of Brou is a religious complex located at Bourg-en-Bresse in the Ain département, central France. Made out of monastic buildings in addition to a church, they were built at the beginning of the 16th century by Margaret of Austria, daughter of the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I and Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands. The complex was designed as a dynastic burial place in the tradition of the Burgundian Champmol and Cîteaux Abbey, and the French Saint-Denis. The church is known as the Église Saint-Nicolas-de-Tolentin de Brou in French.

Wikipedia: Royal Monastery of Brou (EN)

10 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 3: Musée municipal de Bourg-en-Bresse

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Musée municipal de Bourg-en-BresseJochen Jahnke 10:02, 9. Aug. 2007 (CEST) / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Municipal Museum of Bourg-en-Bresse or Brou Museum, is a museum founded in 1854. It has been housed in one of the wings of the second of the three cloisters of the Royal Monastery of Brou since 1922. It presents a rich collection of paintings, particularly Flemish and French, from the fifteenth century to modern art. Sculpture is also represented, especially ancient religious sculpture. The museum's main collection is made up of 120 paintings donated in the mid-nineteenth century by Thomas Riboud (1765-1835), a lawyer and deputy for the Ain who saved the abbey from destruction and protected it as a national monument.

Wikipedia: Musée municipal de Bourg-en-Bresse (FR)

117 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 4: Église Saint-Nicolas-de-Tolentin de Brou

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The Church of Saint-Nicolas-de-Tolentin de Brou is a church that was part of the Royal Monastery of Brou, in Bourg-en-Bresse in the Ain (France), which was built at the request of Margaret of Austria (1480-1530).

Wikipedia: Église Saint-Nicolas-de-Tolentin de Brou (FR)

134 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 5: Philibert et Marguerite

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Philibert et Marguerite

Philibert and Marguerite is a sculpture made by Richard Serra in 1985. The work, created following a public commission, is exhibited in the second of the three cloisters of the royal monastery of Brou, allowing access to the municipal museum of Bourg-en-Bresse. The name of the work refers to Margaret of Austria who was at the origin of the creation of the royal monastery, intended to house the body of her late husband Philibert II of Savoy.

Wikipedia: Philibert et Marguerite (FR)

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