7 Sights in Valence, France (with Map and Images)

The Jouvet Park is a 7-hectare public botanical garden located in the commune of Valence, on the banks of the Rhône, under the esplanade of the Champ de Mars, above the Château de Crussol and the Vivarais mountains. A true green lung of the city centre, the park bears the name of Théodore Jouvet (1837-1905), the generous donor who offered the city of Valence the sum necessary to buy the land.

Wikipedia: Parc Jouvet (FR)

The Abbey of Notre-Dame de Sommes is a former Benedictine women's abbey located in Valence (Drôme). It was created in 1632 by the transfer of the abbey of Saint-Jean l'Évangéliste from the town of Sommes (Ardèche) following the Wars of Religion.

Wikipedia: Abbaye Notre-Dame de Soyons (FR)

The Capuchin Chapel is a former Catholic place of worship, now disused. It is located at 4 place Laënnec, in the city centre of Valence in the Drôme (France), and has been listed as a Historic Monument since 1997.

Wikipedia: Chapelle des Capucins (Valence) (FR)

The Dupré-Latour house, or Dupré la Tour hotel, is a former private mansion located at 7 rue Pérollerie, in Valence (Drôme), built from 1522. It was classified on the list of French historical monuments in 1927. The spelling "Dupré-Latour" has become established by usage.

Wikipedia: Maison Dupré-Latour (FR)

Valence Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church in Valence, Drôme, France. The cathedral is in the Romanesque architectural tradition. It is dedicated to Saint Apollinaris of Valence. It is the seat of the Bishop of Valence. It has been classified as a historical monument since 1862.

Wikipedia: Valence Cathedral (EN)

The Clos Genest is a group of houses and a garden built at the end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century by the architect Casimir Genest (1846-1918) in Valence (Drôme) to make it his personal home and that of his family. The Clos Genest originally consisted of four "villas", including the Villa des Cigales and the Villa Margot. Two other buildings, the Castelet and the Villa des Violettes, which became the Saint-Joseph clinic in the 1920s, were destroyed. The Clos Genest is located on rue des Moulins, near the Cité scolaire Camille-Vernet in the Châteauvert district, a short distance from another of Casimir Genest's projects, the Cité des Officiers.

Wikipedia: Clos Genest (FR)

Valence-Ville station is a railway station serving the town Valence, Drôme department, southeastern France. It is situated on the Paris–Marseille railway, and is the southern terminus of a branch line to Grenoble.

Wikipedia: Valence-Ville station (EN)