Tournon Sur Rhone (Ardèche - Rhone Alps)

Tournon Sur Rhone (Ardèche - Rhone Alps) mini guide

Tournon sur Rhone's main attraction is a a feudal castle that is built into a rock overlooking the town and the river. The castle, whose foundations date back to the 10th Century, has a section built in the Renaissance that houses the town museum. One room in the museum is devoted to Marc Seguin, a local engineer who built the first suspension bridge across the Rhône and invented the tubular boiler for steam locomotives.

Other sights in Tournon sur Rhône include the Collegiate Church of Saint-Julien and the Lycée Gabriel-Fauré, a school that was founded in 1536 by the Cardinal of Tournon and which claims to be the oldest lycée in France.

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Guide point	Details
Department:	The Rhone Alps (SE France) > Rhone Alps > Ardèche >
Location:	Located in the Ardèche département in the Rhone-Alps.
Tourist information website:	www.ville-tournon.com
Tourist information contact email:	ot.tournon@wanadoo.fr
Tourist information switch board number:	+ 33 (0)4 75 08 10 23
Tourist information address:	Hôtel de la Tourette, B.P. 47, 07301 Tournon-sur-Rhone CEDEX 01, France
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