# Tour du télégraphe Chappe de Marcy

Marcy, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Tour du télégraphe Chappe de Marcy stands in Marcy (Rhône), in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France. The building is registered as a historic monument (dating recorded in the Mérimée database: fourth quarter of the 18th century). Adult admission costs 2 EUR. Its opening hours and prices have not been verified at the source yet.

Standing above the village of Marcy, this square stone tower once served as a relay station for the Chappe optical telegraph line linking Paris to Lyon and later Toulon. Brought into service in 1799, it operated until 1852, when the electric telegraph and the railway made the system obsolete. Restored to its original state in the early 1980s, it still holds its mechanism of mast, arm and wings, and is one of only five such towers still standing in France.

**Practical details not verified yet.** We know this château and where it is, but we have not yet checked its opening hours or prices at the source. We would rather tell you than display something we are unsure of.

## Prices

- Adult : 2 EUR
- Child : 0 EUR
- Free for gratuit pour les moins de 18 ans et les demandeurs d'emploi

## Practical information

- Visit duration : 60 min

## Where this château is

- 69480 Marcy
- 45.913, 4.6836
- Heritage status : Registered historic monument (inscrit)
- Period of construction : 4e quart 18e siècle

## Sources

- Official website : http://www.cotetour.fr/index.php/fr/tour-chappe
- Wikidata : https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56309555
- Mérimée record : https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/merimee/PA00117994

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