THE PHOTO CENTER
Located in the city center, the Hôtel Fontfreyde is a former private mansion, a jewel of Renaissance architecture. Classified as a historic monument, it has been home to the Clermont Photography Center since 2010.
The artistic program features four exhibitions a year. It focuses on contemporary photography and questions the different statuses of the image, while regularly leaving a place for historical photography.
A PARTICULAR 16th CENTURY HOTEL
The Hôtel Fontfreyde is a 16th-century mansion that has been transformed into a center dedicated to photography. The artistic program features four exhibitions a year. It focuses on contemporary photography and questions the different statuses of the image, while regularly giving space to historical photography.
This listed building is Renaissance in style. Shortly before 1578, the Fontfreyde family converted a mansion built in the early 16th century by the Coustave family. A handsome spiral staircase leads from the inner courtyard to both floors. The building's layout follows the medieval model of a main building on the street and galleries on the courtyard. The façade on Rue des Gras was modified during an alignment in the 18th century. The first level opens with a basket-handle arch and a semicircular arch, framed by Doric pilasters. The galleries and courtyard facade feature a second-Renaissance style, with superimposed antique orders (Doric, Ionic, Corinthian) taken from architectural treatises.
Soft mobility: "Gaillard" tramway station 250m away (line A). C-Vélo station 300m away.
Host portrait
The Hôtel Fontfreyde is a center dedicated to photography, conceived as a space for reflection on the place of photography in the field of contemporary creation. The aim of this cultural facility is to anchor photography in the cultural and artistic landscape of Clermont-Ferrand, while awakening the curiosity and developing the knowledge of the public.
Tips
For each exhibition produced by the Centre photographique, a free guided tour is organized on the 1st Saturday of the month, at 4pm.
Ouverture
From 01/01 to 31/12 between 1.30 pm and 7 pm.
Closed Monday and Sunday.
Closed exceptionally on January 1st, May 1st and December 25th.
Tarifs
Free of charge.
Contact et accès
34 rue des Gras
63000 Clermont-Ferrand
Puy-de-Dôme (63)
