Office de Tourisme
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Châteauroux Sud Berry
1 Place de La Gare
36000 CHATEAUROUX
Tél. : 02 54 34 10 74
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Visits and leisure
Visits and leisure
A must-see
For those who have little time available...
A sightseeing tour lasting one hour, leaving from the Tourist Office.
29 - place de la Gare (totem to the right of the Tourist Office)
The development of this area dates to the arrival of the railway in 1847.
28 - rue de la Gare
The numbers 72, 51, 50, 10 have dormer windows topped with pinnacle turrets designed by the Master Carpenter, Hippolyte Moreau.
37 - place Saint-Cyran
Tribute to the sculptor Ernest Nivet, "le berger couché avec son chien" brings a touch of poetry and serenity to this square.
36 - place Gambetta (East)
The Chamber of Commerce and Industry displays a high relief by the sculptor, Janiot, and interior gardens by the landscape gardener, Gilles Clément.
35 - place Gambetta (West)
The 1870 War Memorial evokes "la petite Fadette" of George Sand.
34 - Place La Fayette (West)
This slope of the square was built on the site of the medieval ramparts, between the Porte Saint-Denis and the Porte Thibault.
32 - Place La Fayette (East)
La Fayette has replaced the name of Comte d'Artois, the last Duke of Châteauroux and future King Charles X.
5 - rue Grande
The main street of the city until the late 19th century, has a 13th century house (no.35) and several 18th century mansions.
6 - Descente des Cordeliers (opposite the Franciscan Friary's steps)
This cobblestoned street links the Bertrand Museum to the Franciscan Friary.
3 - rue Alain Fournier
The Franciscan Friary, one of the oldest and best preserved in France, now houses contemporary art exhibitions of international repute.
2 - rue des Pavillons
Situated alongside the ramparts, the rue des Pavillons, lined with bollards has 18th and 19th century mansions (no.4, no.21, no.32, no.34). Near no.20, a very narrow passage (la petite Echelle), crosses the old rampart to reach the Rue de l'Indre.
8 - rue du Grand Mouton and rue de l'indre are connected by the Descente de la Grande Echelle. In the Middle Ages, the rue de l'Indre was the street of tanners, parchment makers, hemp-dressers, weavers and dyers.
9 - rue du Père Adam
The name of this street refers to a shop that was demolished in the 18th century. At no.6, a half-timbered house.
1 - rue du Président Wilson
The town hall was built in 1828 by the architect Pierre Murisson. Nearby, la Place Monestier has a market, which has been selling vegetables, fruits, herbs and flowers since the 13th century. On this same square, the Romanesque Saint Andrew’s church once stood here until it was destroyed in 1793.
39 - place de la République
Former corn exchange square up to 1918. The new town hall was built between 1974 and 1976.
38 - rue Victor Hugo
This is the town's main shopping street. On the Saint-Cyran square a theatre built in 1832 once stood here until 1957. It was destroyed and eventually replaced by the Saint-Cyran Tower, which is associated with the American presence in the 50s.
27 - rue Ledru Rollin
At number 23, the snack bar "Joe From Maine" opened in 1952 by a former GI, recalls the American presence in Châteauroux between 1951 and 1967.
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