Where is the château de Vollore located?

It stands in Vollore-Ville, in the Puy-de-Dôme department of Auvergne.

How old is the château de Vollore?

Its oldest part, the keep, dates from the twelfth century, with a thirteenth-century tower and a seventeenth-century main building added later.

What can be seen inside the château de Vollore?

Period furniture and collections linked to the La Fayette family and the American War of Independence.

Who restored the château de Vollore?

The architect René Moreau, in the early twentieth century, aiming to recreate the appearance given by the Montmorin family in the seventeenth century.

Château de Vollore

Vollore Castle

Vollore-Ville

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Château de Vollore stands in Vollore-Ville (Puy-de-Dôme), in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France. Its opening hours and prices have not been verified at the source yet.

Standing above terraced gardens in Vollore-Ville, in the Puy-de-Dôme, this castle looks out over the Auvergne mountains, the Limagne plain and the Dore valley. Its twelfth-century keep stands alongside a thirteenth-century Gothic tower and a seventeenth-century main building, reworked in the early twentieth century by architect René Moreau to recapture the appearance given by the Montmorin family. Inside, period furniture and mementoes relating to the La Fayette family and the American War of Independence can be seen.

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What to know

The castle stands at the edge of the village of Vollore-Ville, set apart from it by its terraced park.
The surviving structures span several periods, from the medieval keep to the seventeenth-century main building.
No verified information on opening hours, prices or access conditions is available here.
There is no documentation here regarding wheelchair accessibility or whether dogs are permitted.

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Opening hours

July and August: tous les jours de 15h à 18h, sauf le lundi

Annual closures : Monday (in July and August)

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Wheelchair access: Not verified
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Where this château is

Vollore-Ville · Puy-de-Dôme · Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

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Vollore-Ville, Puy-de-Dôme

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Where is the château de Vollore located?: It stands in Vollore-Ville, in the Puy-de-Dôme department of Auvergne.
How old is the château de Vollore?: Its oldest part, the keep, dates from the twelfth century, with a thirteenth-century tower and a seventeenth-century main building added later.
What can be seen inside the château de Vollore?: Period furniture and collections linked to the La Fayette family and the American War of Independence.
Who restored the château de Vollore?: The architect René Moreau, in the early twentieth century, aiming to recreate the appearance given by the Montmorin family in the seventeenth century.