page_title: Riom
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Riom / History
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: La ville de Riom dessinée vers 1450 par Guillaume Revel pour son Armorial d'Auvergne. Titre du dessin&#160;: «&#160;La ville et palais de Riom&#160;»
context_page_description: Riom is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department.
context_section_description: Until the French Revolution, Riom was the capital of the province of Auvergne, and the seat of the dukes of Auvergne. The city was of Gaulish origin, the Roman Ricomagus. In the intensely feudalized Auvergne of the 10th century, the town grew up around the collegiate Church of Saint Amabilis (Saint Amable), the local saint, who was the object of pilgrimages. Riom was the capital of the dukes of Auvergne. In the 14th century the city benefitted from the patronage of Jean, duc de Berry, who rebuilt the Ducal Palace and the Saint-Chapelle. In 1531, Riom and Auvergne reverted to the Crown of France.
  In 1942, Riom was the site of the Vichy government's abortive war-guilt trials, called Riom Trials.
caption: Riom in the Armorial d'Auvergne by Guillaume Revel, 15th century.
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