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Funiculaire du Capucin

Mont-Dore, Puy-de-Dôme, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Funiculaire avec ses deux gares et les voies ferrées (cad. D 51, 58) : inscription par arrêté du 28 décembre 1984
Protection dates
1984/12/28 : inscrit MH
Type
funiculaire, gare, voie ferrée
Main period of construction
4e quart 19e siècle
Dates
1897
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Mont-Dore
Département
Puy-de-Dôme
Region
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Country
France
Coordinates
45.56966, 2.80662
Mérimée reference
PA00092194

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1838 map "Lyon" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Le plus ancien funiculaire en état d'origine est celui qui relie le Mont-Doré au Capucin. Il date de 1897.

English translation

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The oldest funicular in its original state is the one connecting Mont-Doré to Capucin. It dates from 1897.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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