Riom

Riom is a French town with 18,291 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the Puy -de- Dôme in the Auvergne region. The city is the seat of the prefecture (French Sous- préfecture ) of the arrondissements Riom, this consists of 13 cantons, it is the capital (French: chef- lieu) of the cantons Riom Riom -Est -Ouest.

Riom is located on the river Ambène, north of Clermont -Ferrand.

History

Patron saint of Riom, in Gallo-Roman times Ricomagus, is the holy Amable, who died here in 475 AD. His relics are kept in the Basilica of Saint Amable de Riom and are still an important pilgrimage destination.

At the beginning of the 13th century, under Philip Augustus, was Riom seat of the royal administration. 1270 was Alfonso of Poitiers, brother of Saint Louis, expand the city. The boulevards Desaix, Chan Cellier de l'Hospital received to date structures of the two main axes intersecting at right angles and the annular attachments arisen in their place now, de la Liberté, de la République and Etienne Clémentel run.

After the city was like in 1360 to Jean de Berry, Riom experienced a period of great splendor, for the art-loving Duke gathered builders and artists to his court. After that, the city that had the privilege of self-government by elected consuls fell to the Bourbons, but always was considered loyal to the king. At the end of the Hundred Years' War therefore asked the holy Joan of Arc in 1429 the city for financial aid and troops for their fight against the British. The city council decided very "bourgeois ": The soldiers got the Maid of Orléans though, the money was not handed over. 1542 found in Riom the " Grands Jours d' Auvergne " instead, the great day of judgment under köngiglicher case law that led to the death penalty and expropriation of many nobles.

From the 17th century met the royal court in Clermont -Ferrand. Rioms importance waned considerably, was set to 1804, the French Court of Appeal. In this building at the site of the medieval Ducal Palace was 1942, the " process of Riom " held a mock trial of the Vichy regime, in which were charged " responsible " for the defeat of 1940: Léon Blum, Édouard Daladier, General Maurice Gamelin and some others. As the defenders of the responsibility for the defeat of Pétain brought to the language, the process was discontinued.

Attractions

  • Basilique St- Amable, 12th - 18th Century, 65 m long, 27 m wide, nave and transept are Romanesque, the choir is early Gothic
  • L' Hôtel Guimoneau (15th century)
  • L' Hôtel Arnoux de Maison- Rouge (facade of the 18th century )
  • L' Hôtel Soubrany (16th century)
  • Maison des Consuls
  • Fontaine d' Adam et Eve (17th century) and Fontaine Ballainvillers
  • Hôtel de Ville du Riom (City Hall), 16th century, remarkable courtyard
  • Musée Mandet, Civic Museum of the Arts
  • Musée Régional d' Auvergne, local history museum with exhibits on agriculture and crafts
  • Sainte -Chapelle, the rest of the castle of the Dukes of Berry, built in 1388, with beautiful windows of the 15th century tapestries and 17th century
  • Eglise Notre -Dame- du- Marthuret, 14-15. Century Gothic cathedral with stained glass windows of 15-16. Century, with an statutes Vierge à l' Oiseau (Madonna with the bird ) by the royal sculptor Jean de Berry ( 14th century ) and with a Black Madonna

Interior of the Basilica of Saint- Amable

The Sainte -Chapelle

Courtyard of the town hall

Twinning

Twin towns Rioms are Nordlingen ( Germany ), Adur ( district) in West Sussex ( UK), Viana do Castelo (Portugal ), Zywiec (Poland) and Algemesí (Spain).

Sons and daughters of the town

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