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Saint-Avertin · Centre-Val de Loire

Manoir de la Singerie, dit la Cigogne

In the heart of the Loire Valley, this 17th-century manor house combines classical elegance with rural serenity: triangular pediments, a gate with pyramid-shaped pillars and vast parklands to the south make up an ensemble of rare architectural coherence.

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Saint-Florent-sur-Cher · Centre-Val de Loire

Ancienne usine métallurgique des Lavoirs

A striking vestige of Berry's iron and steel industry, this 19th-century blast furnace still stands with its mass of stone and brick on the banks of the Cher, a rare reminder of pre-industrial open-air metallurgy.

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Le Blanc · Centre-Val de Loire

Maison Hénault

In the heart of Le Blanc, this 14th-century medieval house boasts a carved door with a rare elegance and a mysterious Romanesque underground passageway. Tradition has it that John the Good slept here on the eve of the Battle of Poitiers.

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Joué-lès-Tours · Centre-Val de Loire

Tour de la Maucannière, ou du Clos Saint-Victor

An unusual vestige nestling in a Touraine park, this 18th-century cylindrical tower, rebuilt on the foundations of a former windmill, embodies the architectural fantasy of the late Ancien Régime.

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Chinon · Centre-Val de Loire

Maison du 16e siècle dite de Rabelais

In the heart of Chinon, this 16th-century Renaissance house, known as Rabelais' house, evokes the memory of the great Touraine humanist in the picturesque setting of a preserved medieval town.

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Saint-Viâtre · Centre-Val de Loire

Calvaire couvert

A rare 15th-century covered calvary made of brick, this Gothic pearl of the Sologne region is a mysterious rectangular building with pointed arches that was used as a resting place for processions and still has its inner altar intact.

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Cluis · Centre-Val de Loire

Restes du vieux château féodal

A striking feudal vestige of medieval Berry, the Château de Cluis stands with its curtain walls and large tower on the heights of the village. An ogival door with studded oak leaves opens the 12th-century gates.

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Landes-le-Gaulois · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise Saint-Lubin

Nestling in the heart of the Loir-et-Cher region, this 11th-century Romanesque church boasts a thousand-year-old crypt and rare medieval wall paintings depicting the flagellation of Christ and the legend of Saint Nicholas.

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La Châtre · Centre-Val de Loire

Chapelle-fontaine du 15e siècle, dite La Grand Font, ou fontaine Sainte-Radegonde

At the foot of an ancient medieval keep, the Grand Font is a 15th-century Gothic gem: the only public fountain from this period still intact in France, adorned with sculpted niches and trefoiled rosettes.

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Sennely · Centre-Val de Loire

Château de la Turpinière

Nestling in the heart of the mysterious Sologne region, this moated castle dating from the turn of the 18th century elegantly embodies the Sologne art of living: four square pavilions, moat and neoclassical chapel create a picture of rare coherence.

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Ardon · Centre-Val de Loire

Château de Boisgibault

A 17th-century hunting lodge in the Sologne region, Boisgibault fascinates visitors with its sober, authentic layout, wrought-iron gate and extraordinary hand-held telegraph invented to guide hounds.

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Azay-sur-Indre · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise Saint-Crépin et Saint-Crépinien

Nestling in the heart of the Indre valley, this medieval church hides beneath its apparent simplicity a treasure trove of superimposed painted decorations and a Renaissance chapel of rare elegance, with coffered vaults and flamboyant windows.

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Ligueil · Centre-Val de Loire

Château d'Epigny

An elegant 18th-century château with symmetrical facades and triangular pediment, nestling in enclosed wooded grounds at the gateway to Touraine. A discreet gem of classical Loire architecture.

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Montliard · Centre-Val de Loire

Château

A 16th-century stronghold nestling in the Loiret region of France, Château de Montliard boasts gabled turrets, square towers with arches and a moat set in a remarkably authentic rural setting.

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Nourray · Centre-Val de Loire

Dolmen sous tumulus des Tatonneries

The Tatonneries dolmen at Nourray, a Neolithic vestige buried under a mantle of earth, reveals the funerary art of the first farmers in the Loir-et-Cher region. It was listed as a Historic Monument in 1889.

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Blois · Centre-Val de Loire

Maison, dite Hôtel Jacques de Moulins ou Hôtel de Rochefort

A discreet jewel of medieval Blois, the Hôtel Jacques de Moulins conceals an exceptional heraldic bas-relief bearing the arms of Louis d'Orléans, the future Louis XII, a rare testimony to royal favour at the end of the 15th century.

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Gy-les-Nonains · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise Saint-Sulpice

Nestling in the heart of the Loiret region, the church of Saint-Sulpice in Gy-les-Nonains features a 16th-century Renaissance doorway with remarkable napkin panels, a rare example of Loire Valley ornamental sculpture from the period.

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Cour-sur-Loire · Centre-Val de Loire

Château

On the outskirts of Chambord, this Loire manor house, built under Louis XII, boasts Gothic turrets and romantic gardens set in lush greenery between the Loire and Sologne.

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Verneuil-le-Château · Centre-Val de Loire

Château de la Tour-du-Raynier

A stone watchtower in the heart of Touraine, the Tour-du-Raynier château boasts an exceptional medieval polygonal keep, crowned with machicolations and pierced by large mullioned windows whose original shutters have survived the centuries.

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Chargé · Centre-Val de Loire

Ancienne grange aux dîmes

This 18th-century tithe barn, linked to the Duchy of Choiseul-Amboise, bears witness to the seigniorial economy of Touraine, and retains a historic roof structure dating from 1787 in the heart of the village of Chargé.

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Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire · Centre-Val de Loire

La Gruette

An elegant Louis XV 'folly' nestling on the outskirts of Tours, La Gruette boasts period wood panelling, charming green cabinets and a graceful Rococo pediment façade.

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Saint-Maur · Centre-Val de Loire

Château de Laleuf

Château de Laleuf, an elegant middle-class "country house" dating from 1761, boasts refined neo-classical provincial architecture, complemented by a rational agricultural estate inspired by Durand, a rare testimony to the Berry of the Enlightenment.

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Sargé-sur-Braye · Centre-Val de Loire

Château de Montmarin

Austere and noble, the Château de Montmarin is a classically ordered building in the heart of the Vendôme region. The rectangular courtyard, period woodwork and adjoining chapel make up a seventeenth-century ensemble of rare coherence.

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Bourges · Centre-Val de Loire

Halle au blé

A 19th-century industrial jewel in the heart of Bourges, the Halle au blé combines neoclassical arcades and metal framework under a spectacular glass roof - an elegant dialogue between stone and iron.