What to See: The Château Dauphin of Pontgibaud
Situated thirty minutes from Clermont-Ferrand, the Château Dauphin is a storybook castle with a fascinating history.
Poetry: A Soldier From Auvergne
“The Soldier From Auvergne” is a stirring piece of wartime poetry by British writer and serviceman Henry Baerlein.
Explaining the Beauty of Auvergne to American President Thomas Jefferson
What did nineteenth-century Americans think of Auvergne? In 1801, American ambassador William Short told President Thomas Jefferson that the Limagne — a sun-kissed expanse of meadowlands and pastures in Auvergne — was “certainly the most fertile the most highly cultivated & the most magnificent district that I have ever seen”. Here’s an excerpt from Short’s […]
