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The House of Culture and the church can be visited with or without a guided tour, the Housing Unit can only be visited on a guided tour.
- Times : 10 am/12.30 pm – 1.30 pm/6 pm
- 05/02 to 09/07 : open every day except on Tuesdays
- 10/07 to 03/09 : open every day
- 04/09 to 10/11 : open every day except on Tuesdays
Closing of ticket offices and shops 15 minutes before the closure of the Site.
Closed exceptionally : 1st January, 1st May, 11 November and 25th December.
- Entrance of the site: 6,50 €/5,50 €/Free on the first Sunday of the month
- Guided tour of the House of Culture and the Church : 10,50 €/9 € (entrance included)
- Guided tour of the Housing Unit : 10 €/8,50 € (entrance to other buildings not included)
- Discovery Pass (Site entrance + guided tour of the Housing Unit) : 14 €/12 €
- Family Pass (entrance for 4 pers. of which one -18 years) : 20 €
- Le Corbusier Pass (guided tour House of Culture and Church + guided tour of the Housing Unit) : 17 €/14,50 €
Reception and ticketing at the Maison de la Culture and the church.
- By train: Firminy station (10 min walk: follow the colourful tourist trail on the ground). Not accessible for person with reduced mobility.
- By bus: line M1 Saint-Étienne Bellevue/ Firminy, stop «église Le Corbusier» (25 min).
- By car: By the A47 or the A72. Reach the RN88 (St-Étienne/ Firminy), exit Firminy-Centre.
Boulevard périphérique du Stade
42700 Firminy
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