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Attractions in Fontaine

From Le Vog on: Fontaine’s list

Among the places to visit in and near Fontaine are 19 museums, 7 attractions and 5 gardens. Look within 5 km of its centre and the list grows by 80 beyond the 2 in Fontaine. Further out, Grande Chartreuse is 21 km away.

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In Fontaine
2
inside the commune
Within 5 km
80
in the communes around
Museums & galleries
21
in town and nearby
Châteaux & heritage
8
in town and nearby
Best known

Start here in Fontaine

3 attractions, a museum and a cathedral follow Le Vog.

Art galleryArt galleryLe Vogin townAttractionAttractionLe Coup de Sabrein townMuseumMusée de Grenoble3.4 km east, in GrenobleCathedralCathedralCathédrale Notre-Dame de Grenoble3.4 km east, in GrenobleAttractionBastille2.9 km east, in GrenobleAttractionLa Casamaures2.3 km east, in Saint-Martin-le-Vinoux

Best known first: by how many Wikipedia and sister-site articles cover each place (Wikidata’s count). It isn’t a ranking of how good they are.

Map

How they lie

Most of the 80 close by lie to the east.

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The first 20 on the list, numbered as below. The shape is the commune of Fontaine; the orange dot is its centre. © OpenStreetMap contributors · commune boundary: IGN

By kind

The mix

Museums or galleries number 21, châteaux or heritage sites 8.

Museums & galleries 19 museums · 2 galleries1 in town · 20 nearby
Châteaux & heritage 3 châteaux · 3 monasteries · 1 cathedral · 1 fort0 in town · 8 nearby
Gardens 5 gardens0 in town · 5 nearby
Zoos, parks & days out 1 theme park0 in town · 1 nearby
Other attractions 7 attractions1 in town · 6 nearby

Dark: in Fontaine. Light: in the communes within 5 km of its centre.

Every place

The places, one by one

It starts in town with 2 places and goes on to 80 within 5 km of its centre.

The 2 places in Fontaine first, then those within 5 km of its centre. Nearby, the first 40 of 80.

The history of Fontaine → · Parks and trails in Fontaine →

Further afield

Names further out

Grande Chartreuse, 21 km away, is the best known of the 12.

Monastery or conventMonastery or conventGrande Chartreuse21 km northeast, in Saint-Pierre-de-ChartreuseMuseumMusée de la Révolution française15 km southeast, in VizilleChâteauChâteau de Vizille15 km southeast, in VizilleAttractionAttractionUriage-les-Bains12 km southeast, in Vaulnaveys-le-HautMuseumMuseumObservatoire des sciences de l'Univers de Grenoble5.6 km east, in Saint-Martin-d'HèresMuseumMusée Champollion16 km south, in VifAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Notre-Dame-de-Chalais11 km north, in VoreppeGardenGardenArboretum Robert-Ruffier-Lanche7 km east, in GièresChâteauChâteauChâteau de Sieyes12 km north, in VoreppeChâteauChâteauChâteau de Clermont28 km northwest, in ChirensChâteauChâteauChâteau de l'Alba20 km west, in L'AlbencChâteauChâteauChâteau de Virieu36 km northwest, in Val-de-Virieu

Places within 40 km of Fontaine with an article in both French and English Wikipedia, nearest first.

Planning a visit to Fontaine

What is there to see in Fontaine?

The first on our list in Fontaine are Le Vog and Le Coup de Sabre. We list 2 places in town. Another 80 are within 5 km of the centre.

Are there museums in or near Fontaine?

21 museums and galleries in town or within 5 km, including Le Vog, Musée de Grenoble, Magasin-CNAC and Musée de l'Ancien Evêché.

What well-known places are within a day out of Fontaine?

The nearest with articles in both French and English Wikipedia: Grande Chartreuse (21 km), Musée de la Révolution française (15 km), Château de Vizille (15 km), Uriage-les-Bains (12 km).

How is this list made?

From OpenStreetMap and Wikidata: named museums, galleries, châteaux, abbeys, gardens, zoos, theme parks and other visitor attractions whose mapped point lies inside the commune of Fontaine, then those in the communes within 5 km of its centre, and well-known places within 40 km. Houses, ruins and gardens need a sign they’re open to visitors; places marked private, closed or disused are left out. The historic-monument link is the Culture ministry’s Mérimée record. A place that isn’t mapped isn’t listed, so this isn’t everything there is to see.

Sources: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), Wikidata (CC0: descriptions, websites, Wikipedia articles), the Culture ministry’s Mérimée database (Licence Ouverte 2.0), IGN commune boundaries. Distances are from the commune’s centre point.

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (26)

Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.