PATRIMOINE - Maison des Vallenet

This beautiful 15th-18th-century granite residence features a multi-storey facade and a 16th-century octagonal tower housing a spiral staircase. Altered several times, the façade also features more recent elements, notably a 19th-century wrought-iron balcony. The house, which once belonged to a wealthy family of weavers, is adorned with both the Aubusson family cross and the town?s coat of arms, which is missing the crescent moon and silver stars.

In front of the house stands the "halle aux grains" fountain (formerly located where the war memorial now stands). It was built by local mason Jean Ribière in 1718, in Volvic stone. It bears the anchored cross of the d'Aubusson family, as well as the

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