1. Notre Dame des Marais
One such place is the church of Notre Dame des Marais . It was originally built in the second half of the twelfth century, but its construction continued until the end of the sixteenth century. The vaults of the chapel in the typical Roman style and the facade of a classical ornate Gothic style. The church suffered considerable damage during the religious wars and revolution , but today both the exterior and interior of a well restored.
3. Château de Longsard
Château de Longsard is another castle in this area . Built in the second half of the eighteenth century by Jean - Charles Marie de Brun , adviser to the then king in Beaujolais . In addition to the central trap, this property also consists of 220 hectares of vineyards , many gardens , farms and several wineries. The central castle is surrounded by a romantic park in the English style.
5. Château de Pravins
Château de Pravins is a Renaissance castle built in the heart of the vineyards . In addition to touring the area around the castle and the castle , visit always ends in the restored cellar tasting of their organic Beaujolais - Villages wines.
2. Chapel of the former Hôtel Dieu
Chapel of the former Hôtel Dieu is also one of the places that you should visit. Villefranche - sur - Saône in the course of its history had a number of different types of hospitals. In the sixteenth century, the Hôtel Dieu replaced all the hospitals because they were too outdated . Its construction began in 1644 . In the seventeenth century, they made a big hall for the reception of patients and chapel . The facade of the hospital is in the style of Louis XIV and the decor of the chapel in the style of the Italian Baroque.
4. Château de Montmelas
Château de Montmelas is an imposing building built in the X century and then rebuilt and enlarged in XII, XIV, XVII and XIX century . It is owned by the same family since 1566. Besides the castle there is a winery with a very high quality type of wine .
Town of castles, Ville franche sur Saone is exqhusit place with medieval architecture with nice things to see and do.
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