Here in the second crossing of the nave (to the right) is a depiction of the martyrdom of Saint Sebastian

Beyond St Stephen's Church you'll notice the Gallo-Roman pottery kilns near the chevet and flanking the Church the Roanne vault, a small half-timbered house

In 1814, the town resisted the Austrian army for seven days with just two cannons. Following its capitulation, Mayor Populle succeeding in avoiding the ransacking of Roanne. A public garden is named in his honour.

This is what explains the richness of the regional Gallo-Roman Archaeology section. The prehistoric and Egyptian periods are presented in rotation. You will also see lovely collections of Revolutionary earthenware, grouped by theme, but also contempo..

You'll see more than «cabanes», oak built vessels that journeyed between Roanne, Nantes and Paris with their cargo of coal and «saint-rambertes», built of fir. They have given way to the small barges and other pleasure boats that since 1992 have take..

Could the sailors escape the plague? That is what they were asking themselves anxiously in 1630. To make sure they had this chapel built near to the quays.