Château de Fontanès is the place to visit in Fontanès
A day out from Fontanès leads to Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, 40 km away. There is one place to visit in Fontanès, plus one within 5 km of its centre.
The headline places in Fontanès
Alongside Château de Fontanès you find a château.
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.
The places, mapped
The outermost point is Château d'Albuzy, at 3.5 km.
The first 20 on the list, numbered as below. The shape is the commune of Fontanès; the orange dot is its centre. © OpenStreetMap contributors · commune boundary: IGN
Kind by kind
Every one of them is among châteaux or heritage sites.
Dark: in Fontanès. Light: in the communes within 5 km of its centre.
Everything to see
First the one in town, then another within 5 km of its centre.
The one place in Fontanès, then those within 5 km of its centre.
Around the region
Start with Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, 40 km off, the best known of 12.
MuseumMusée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon40 km northeast, in Lyon 1er
AttractionPrimatiale Saint-Jean de Lyon39 km northeast, in Lyon 5e
CathedralCathédrale Saint-Charles-Borromée de Saint-Étienne12 km south, in Saint-Étienne
MuseumMusée d'Art moderne et contemporain de Saint-Étienne Métropole9.6 km southwest, in Saint-Priest-en-JarezMonastery or conventMonastery or conventCouvent Sainte-Marie de La Tourette34 km northeast, in Éveux
AttractionCentrale nucléaire de Saint-Alban29 km southeast, in Saint-Maurice-l'Exil
AttractionCathédrale Saint-Maurice de Vienne34 km east, in Vienne
ChurchÉglise Saint-Pierre de Firminy21 km southwest, in FirminyAttractionAttractionTemple d'Auguste et de Livie34 km east, in VienneAttractionAttractionThéâtre antique de Lyon38 km northeast, in Lyon 5eMuseumMuseumChâteau de la Bastie d'Urfé34 km northwest, in Saint-Étienne-le-MolardChâteauChâteauChâteau de Grangent17 km southwest, in Saint-Just-Saint-RambertPlaces within 40 km of Fontanès with an article in both French and English Wikipedia, nearest first.
Seeing Fontanès: your questions
What is there to see in Fontanès?
The one place mapped in Fontanès is Château de Fontanès. We list 1 place in town. Another 1 is within 5 km of the centre.
Are there museums in or near Fontanès?
No museum or gallery is mapped in Fontanès or within 5 km.
What well-known places are within a day out of Fontanès?
The nearest with articles in both French and English Wikipedia: Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon (40 km), Primatiale Saint-Jean de Lyon (39 km), Cathédrale Saint-Charles-Borromée de Saint-Étienne (12 km), Musée d'Art moderne et contemporain de Saint-Étienne Métropole (9.6 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 Fontanès, 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 (7)
- Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon: Jastrow, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Primatiale Saint-Jean de Lyon: Otourly, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cathédrale Saint-Charles-Borromée de Saint-Étienne: Velvet, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Musée d'Art moderne et contemporain de Saint-Étienne Métropole: AlSepPhoenix, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Centrale nucléaire de Saint-Alban: Pilat.Oueb, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cathédrale Saint-Maurice de Vienne: SashiRolls, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Église Saint-Pierre de Firminy: Peter Christian Riemann, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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.