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Lapalisse in Auvergne

Wednesday, 2 October 2024 - 11:00 am (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union
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🔊 Listen to this Post Lapalisse is a French commune with 3,137 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2021) in the Allier department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. It is part of the arrondissement of Vichy and the seat of the Pays de Lapalisse municipal association. The municipality is located on the Besbre, about 20 kilometers northeast of Vichy. The townscape is dominated by Lapalisse Castle.

Lapalisse is located on the N7 national road, which now bypasses the development to the southwest. Originally it ran through the town from the west and turned south after the bridge over the Besbre. The old route is now called the D707. This connection from Paris to the French Riviera was called the “Route bleue” from 1933 onwards. The departmental roads D7, D48, D124, D208, D480, D907 and D990a also start in Lapalisse.

The sights include:

• La Palice Castle, 12th-16th century (early Renaissance), with Golden Salon and Flemish tapestries from the 15th century; with paintings and original furniture in the style of the Italian Renaissance, Monument historique
• Musée de l’Art en Marche
• Exposition des Drapeaux des Nations
• Vallée de la Besbre, natural, hedge-lined river valley of the meandering, fish-rich Besbre
• Church of Saint Jean Baptiste (19th century)

Read more on Wikipedia Lapalisse (Smart Traveler App by U.S. Department of State - Weather report by weather.com - Global Passport Power Rank - Travel Risk Map - Democracy Index - GDP according to IMF, UN, and World Bank - Global Competitiveness Report - Corruption Perceptions Index - Press Freedom Index - World Justice Project - Rule of Law Index - UN Human Development Index - Global Peace Index - Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index). Photos by Wikimedia Commons. If you have a suggestion, critique, review or comment to this blog entry, we are looking forward to receive your e-mail at comment@wingsch.net. Please name the headline of the blog post to which your e-mail refers to in the subject line.

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