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| region | Ain | |
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| Residents | 41.248 (2018) | |
| height | 240 m | |
| Tourist info web | http://www.bourg-en-bresse.org/ | |
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Bourg-en-Bresse is a french City in the department Ain, in the Burgundy.
background
It is the capital of the Ain department and the Bourg-en-Bresse arrondissement, as well as the administrative seat of three cantons.
The town was evidently settled by the Romans, as excavations have shown. However, the excavations do not allow any precise conclusions, it could also have been just a Roman manor. Bourg-en-Bresse received city rights in 1250. At the beginning of the 15th century, the Dukes of Savoy made the city the capital of the province of Bresse. In 1535, Bourg-en-Bresse was conquered and annexed by France. The city could be recaptured by Duke Philibert Emmanuel, and as a result he had the city fortified. This enabled them to withstand a six-month siege by the troops of Henry IV. However, in 1601 the city was finally ceded to France.
getting there
By plane
Next airport is Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport
(IATA: LYS) .
By train
Bourg-en-Bresse is connected to both the French long-distance network (TGV) and the regional network. At the 1 Bourg-en-Bresse train station hold TGVs on the Paris - Geneva and Strasbourg - Marseille routes as well as regional trains.
In the street
By boat
mobility
Tourist Attractions
- The Royal Monastery of Brou (Monastère royal de Brou) with the great Abbey church (Église Saint-Nicolas-de-Tolentino de Brou), was built by the widow of Philibert II of Savoy (Philibert the Fair) between 1505 and 1536.
- The Gothic Notre Dame Cathedral (1505-1695) has a Renaissance facade from the 16th century. The portal is from 1545. It houses the tombs of Duke Philibert (-1504), his mother Margaret of Bourbon (1444-1483) and Margerete of Austria (1530).
- Musee de Brou. The monastery museum houses a French, Flemish and Italian art collection from the 15th to the 20th centuries.Open: 1.4. - 14.6. 16.9. - 30.9. 9 a.m. - 12.30 p.m. 2 p.m. - 6 p.m.; 15.6. - 15.9. 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.; 1.10. - 31.3. 9 a.m. - 12 p.m., 2 p.m. - 5 p.m.
- Hôtel-Dieu. From the 17th century.
- Castle of the Dukes of Bresse
- There are many buildings from the 15th and 16th centuries in the city center, including the Hôtel-Dieu and its apothicairerie, the theater, the Grenette district, the Kiosque à musique des Quinconces, the old Jesuit college with a chapel.
activities
shop
kitchen
nightlife
accommodation
health
Practical advice
trips
literature
Web links
http://www.bourgenbresse.fr - Official website of Bourg-en-Bresse
