Musee de l'Ancien Eveche

Musee de l'Ancien Eveche

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Musee de l'Ancien Eveche

This is a museum built on an old church where you can time travel back in time to modern age. Here you can admire prehistoric remains, great paintings from the modern area and origins of the city walls going back to Roman times. One other good thing about this museum is that it offers free entrance.

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address2, rue Tres-Cloitres, Grenoble
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