Allanche

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• The former Château de Mercoeur (15th century) is registered as an historical monument.[5]
• At Allanche station from May to September there is the Vélorail Cézallier for tourists.
• In the south-west of the commune are the Pinatelle Allanche mountains.

The commune has two religious buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:

• The Church of Saint-Julien-de-Chanet (12th century).[6] The church contains several items that are registered as historical objects:
  • The main Altar and Retable (17th century)[7]
  • A Statue: Virgin and child (15th century)[8]
  • A Group Sculpture: Virgin of Pity (16th century)[9]
  • A Painting: the Adoration of the Magi (16th century)[10]
  • Bas-reliefs (16th century)[11]
• The Church of Saint John the Baptist (12th century).[12] The church contains several items that are registered as historical objects:
  • A Sculpture: Ecce homo (15th century)[13]
  • An Eagle Lectern (17th century)[14]
  • A Bronze Bell (1671)[15]
  • A set of Pews (16th century)[16]
  • A Reliquary-Monstrance (15th century)[17]
  • A Processional Cross (15th century)[18]

Other religious sites of interest

• The Presbytery contains a Reliquary (15th century) that is registered as an historical object.[19]
• The Church of Chanet contains a Processional Cross (15th century) which is registered as an historical object.[20]

• 
  The church
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  Entrance and Tower
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  The entrance
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  The pieta in the church

• Our Auvergne ancestors, the Auvergne migration to Brittany, Serge Duigou, Éditions Ressac, Quimper, 2004. [On the Cézallier migratory movement to Brittany in the 18th and 19th centuries which included Allanche together with Albaret, Chabrier, Laymet, Mainhes, etc..] (in French)

• Allanche on the old National Geographic Institute website (in French)
• Allanche on Lion1906
• Allanche on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
• Allanche on the 1750 Cassini Map