Lezoux
Lezoux
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Lezoux, land of Roman pottery ... Lezoux, land of opportunity ...
Chief town of Canton, Lezoux is located east of Auvergne, on the edge of the vast plain of Limagne, halfway between Clermont-Ferrand and Thiers. Since March 2002, the city is served by the A72 motorway which is an hour from Saint-Etienne and an hour and a half of Lyon.
Lezoux and twelve other municipalities have joined together to form the Community of Communes "Between Dore and Allier. So nearly 14,000 people who have taken control of their future to organize a harmonious development of their territory. In addition to projects of cultural, sporting and services for all ages of life, the Community of Commons has launched a business park. Covering an area of 35 hectares located at the exit of the motorway junction, it puts companies at 15 minutes from the international airport of Clermont-Ferrand and 20 minutes from the capital of the Auvergne. This new generation business park will be located in a wooded area with the ambition to acquire the ISO term.
City of history, Lezoux contains many cultural and natural. It was once a fortified city. The tower and the chapel Saint-Georges (twelfth century), ruins of the fortress of Lezoux still attest to that time. Just as the Convent of St. Augustine (fifteenth century), the current city hall and the bell tower, whose tones have long marked the life of this county. Lezoux is best known for having been, for nearly 2000 years, a major center for manufacturing and export of pottery: the Gallo-Roman times, more than 1,200 potters produced ceramics inspired techniques italics. The "sig", tableware bright red polish, is their most notable production.
- Stroll cultural-temporal ... Over the buildings Lezoux?? In 11 steps, you will discover how the times differ, and will meet together at the same landscape. You will then be taken to uncover the secret of creation and human architectural buildings, inviting them memory to join this promising himself to the future:
- Church of St. Peter.
- Maison du Peuple.
- Belfry.
- Hall.
- Campanile.
- Pigeon.
- Building Duchasseint.
- Chapel of St. George.
- Palm Cross.
- Notre Dame.
- County Museum of Ceramics: Contact: Tel. : +33 4 73 73 42 42 - Email: museedelaceramique@cg63.fr
- In March: French language week (Organizer: City of Lezoux: +33 4 73 73 01 00).
- May: Lezoom on Art (Contemporary Art Festival - People's House - Organizer: City of Lezoux April 1973 73 01 00).
- October: Market Potato (demonstration and tasting of apple juice on the square of Prague Lezoux).
- December: Christmas market every first weekend of December - 55 exhibitors - covered market - House of the People.
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