Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Vichy, France

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

Wikipedia: Maison Art nouveau de Vichy (FR)

The town hall of Vichy (Allier) was built between 1913 and 1925 in the neo-Renaissance style close to that of the Paris City Hall and was inaugurated in 1928. It is listed as a historical monument.

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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.

Wikipedia: Église Saint-Louis de Vichy (FR)

The Valery-Larbaud Cultural Centre is located in Vichy (France).

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The caretaker's chalet is a small house located at the corner of rue Hubert-Colombier and rue du Maréchal-Foch, in Vichy in the Allier department. It had been built at the entrance to what was then a private road, on a very small plot, to house the caretaker of this street. Since 1978, it has been listed, like a large number of villas on this street, as a Historic Monument.

Wikipedia: Chalet du gardien (FR)

Villa Saint-Michel-Archange is located in Vichy (France).

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Villa Parva is located in Vichy (France).

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The Villa Jurietti is a private mansion in Vichy (Allier), at 11 rue Hubert-Colombier, built between 1895 and 1897 in a Renaissance style. It is named after its first owner, Jacques Jurietti. The villa has been listed as a Historic Monument since 1988.

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Villa Art Nouveau is located in Vichy (France).

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Villa Van Dyck is located in Vichy (France).

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Villa Hubert is located in Vichy (France).

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Villa Le Mesnil is located in Vichy (France).

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Villa Charlotte, also known as Villa Victor Hugo, is located in Vichy (France).

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Villa Manon is located in Vichy (France).

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The villa at 8 rue Hubert-Colombier is located in Vichy (France).

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The French castle is located in Vichy (France).

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Villa Jacob is located in Vichy (France).

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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 and then, between 1925 and 1931, a much larger church in the art deco style was attached to it, the oldest then becoming a chapel of the new one.

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The Bailliage House, also frequently referred to as the Castel Franc, is a building in Vichy whose oldest part dates back to 1482. The only vestige of the town's old castle, it was remodelled in the nineteenth century. Its tower houses a stone spiral staircase that leads to the upper floors and has been listed as a historical monument since December 28, 1926.

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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 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 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 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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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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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 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.

Wikipedia: Chalets Napoléon III (FR)