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Between the mountains of Madeleine on the West and the Mountains of Beaujolais in the East, Roanne occupies a situation privileged on the Loire, in the heart of Roannais, Country which is, to him only, the Mecca of the patrimony.
The Roman occupant made of "rodumna" a capital as well as his twin sister "Forum Ségusiavorum", today Feurs
, who gave his name to the Country of Forez.
Roanne in kept(preserved) of this time certain vestiges such as potters ovens and important collection of objects testifying of the environment and the gallo-Roman daily life which you can discover to the Museum Déchelette.
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Toll port(bearing) from the XIV-th century, Roanne offers nowadays, between Paris and the Mediterranean Sea, a paysagé site of six hectares including 1400 metres of quays. During your stay you can admire the magnificent particular hotels of the XVIII-th century, among which the hotel of Valencia and Mathé de Balichard's hotel. The vestiges of time medieval retrouvre in the castle and its donjon of the XII-th century which dominates the ancient(former) city.
But Roanne it is also the capital of the French stitch. Factory shops, as well as a magnificent Museum of man and the environment of the Textile(textile industry) testify still of it. And for discoveries more unusual encores meeting to Roanne's station painted in the colours of the salmon in the oseille of the famous brothers Troisgros and " the Gourmands ", Arman's sculpture.
For any information or demand of documentation the Office of Roanne's tourism is at your disposal all year round. Then, please, do not hesitate any more and discover Roanne the gastronomic capital.
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