Ferney-Voltaire is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. It lies between the Jura mountains and the Swiss border and forms part of the metropolitan area of Geneva.Ferney’s main attraction is Voltaire’s house (chateau), built 1758-66, now owned and administered by the Centre des monuments nationaux (an arm of the French Ministry of Culture).
Ferney’s main attraction is Voltaire’s house (chateau), built 1758-66, now owned and administered by the Centre des monuments nationaux (an arm of the French Ministry of Culture). It is open to visitors between May and September.The chateau includes the main building, with a reconstruction of Voltaire’s room (moved from its original location by later private owners), a garden with a fine view of the Alps, and a church dedicated, contrary to custom, directly to God. In the church’s inscription, “Deo erexit VOLTAIRE” (“Erected to God by VOLTAIRE”), Voltaire’s name is written in the largest characters.
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