About this place
Bourg-en-Bresse doubtlessly owes its reputation to the Royal Monastery of Brou, which is a complex of religious edifices constructed in the 16th century. At the Hotel-Dieu of Bourg-en-Bresse, you could visit the superb apothecary house built in 1654. You will be able to admire all the equipment from those times - press, mortar, stills, furnaces, vials, pots etc. In the old city of Bourg-en-Bresse, stroll through the streets and discover half-timbered houses from the 15th century. Bourg-en-Bresse is rich is green spaces, but its most reputed park is the square des Quinconces, a typical French garden.
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