Pontgibaud Travel Guide
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Pontgibaud is some 25 km from
Clermont-Ferrand and is the location of the Château Dauphin - the main attraction.
The Château Dauphin is a very well preserved example of medieval military architecture, built in the XIIth century by Robert Dauphin, Count of Auvergne, to defend the Sioule bridge, and completed in the XVth century by Field-Marshal Gilbert III De La Fayette. Of these buildings, only the keep and six towers remain.
The chateau is inhabited by descendants of the Moré de Pontgibaud family who have owned it since 1756.
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