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Feb 17, 2020 · Getty. Though riddled with history, enduring stone architecture and energized university students, the city of Clermont-Ferrand is also a practical, urban setting circled by factories and retail ...
Jul 20, 2018 · TOP ATTRACTIONS IN CLERMONT-FERRAND. L’AVENTURE MICHELIN. Clermont’s star attraction, the 2,000m2 interactive museum lifts the veil on the pioneering tyre manufacturer that changed the course of the city’s history. ASM EXPERIENCE. Unique in France, this is the first immersive centre dedicated to rugby – specifically Clermont’s ...
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- Clermont-Ferrand is France’s “most innovative” city (outside Paris) Le Figaro studied the list of patents issued in France in 2015, among other indicators of “innovation”, and found (to their evident surprise) that Clermont-Ferrand comes in at number seven nationally.
- It hosts an industrial powerhouse that’s rich in history. Of France’s 30 biggest companies in the CAC 40 Stock Index, only 2 have headquarters outside Paris and its suburbs.
- Clermont-Ferrand is a major university town. To outsiders, this may be one of the least well-known aspects of life in this city: The Université Blaise Pascal (recently renamed the Université Clermont Auvergne) the has its roots in a college founded here in 1854, and it was significantly expanded when the faculty and many students of the University of Strasbourg were forced to flee here by the Nazi occupation in 1939.
- The city hosts the second-most important Film Festival in France. Of course, the most famous film festival in France is the annual big event down in Cannes…but the annual Festival du Court-Metrage (International Short Film Festival) brings around 160,000 people to town every February – producers, directors, buyers for TV networks and movie houses, critics, and lovers of the art form known as “the R&D department of the cinema.”
- Cathédrale Notre Dame. Clermont-Ferrand’s skyline broods with volcanic stone, but its most impressive edifice is Cathédrale Notre-Dame, whose 108m twin spires pierce the sky…
- Musée d'Art Roger Quilliot. Housed in an Ursuline convent 3km northeast of central Clermont, the city’s premier gallery takes design cues from NYC’s Guggenheim, its white spiral…
- L'Aventure Michelin. Yes, it’s a temple dedicated to the Auvergne’s world-famous tyre brand, but the 'Michelin Adventure' is a crowd-pleasing attraction.
- Place de Jaude. Just southwest of the old city, lined with bars and hotels, Clermont-Ferrand's monumental pedestrianised square is overlooked by a statue of heroic Celtic…
Mar 7, 2024 · Clermont-Ferrand, with its blend of natural beauty, historical significance, and culinary delights, is a hidden gem in the heart of France. Surrounded by the dramatic volcanoes of Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand ’s USP is its volcanic stone constructions – the twin-turreted cathedral, dozens of fountains and treasury of 18th-century mansions.
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The basilica Notre-Dame-du-Port is an important church on the north-east edge of the centre of Clermont-Ferrand, listed as a UNESCO world heritage site and one of several important roman style churches in the Auvergne region.
Feb 15, 2015 · After the council, the Church was transformed into a major world power that sought to spread its influence through more direct means. The great, stone-black Cathedral of Clermont-Ferrand stands in testament to this phenomenally important moment in Church, and world, history.
