Gare de Figeac

Gare de Figeac is a railway station in Figeac, Lot, Occitanie. Gare de Figeac is situated nearby to the square Place de la Gare, as well as near the railway station Figeac station.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Figeac station and Rosetta Stone.

Figeac station

Railway station

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Figeac is a railway station in Figeac, Occitanie, France. The station is a keilbahnhof, situated at the junction of the Brive–Toulouse railway and Figeac–Arvant railway lines.

Rosetta Stone

Work of art

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The Rosetta Stone is a stele of granodiorite inscribed with three versions of a decree issued in 196 BC during the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt, on behalf of King Ptolemy V Epiphanes. Rosetta Stone is situated 750 metres north of Gare de Figeac.

Champollion Museum

Museum

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The Champollion Museum is located in Figeac, Lot, France. It houses a collection devoted to Figeac's most famous son, Jean-François Champollion. It was inaugurated 19 December 1986 in the presence of President François Mitterrand and Jean Leclant, secrétaire perpétuel of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. Champollion Museum is situated 730 metres north of Gare de Figeac.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Figeac and Capdenac-Gare.

Figeac

Town

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Figeac is a commune in the southwestern French department of Lot. Figeac is a sub-prefecture of the department.

Capdenac-Gare

Village

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Capdenac-Gare is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France. The old village of Capdenac is directly west of Capdenac-Gare, across the river Lot. Capdenac-Gare is situated 4½ km southeast of Gare de Figeac.