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Marcillac · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise Saint-Vincent

At the heart of the Bordeaux Médoc, the église Saint-Vincent de Marcillac displays an exceptional Romanesque doorway adorned with confronted griffins, a rare testament to medieval sculpture at the crossroads of Aquitaine influences.

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Saint-Genou · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise Saint-Genou (ancienne abbatiale)

A former 12th-century Romanesque abbey church, Saint-Genou's blind arcatures and sculpted chevet are evidence of the Benedictine monasticism that flourished in the heart of France.

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Nohant-en-Graçay · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise Saint-Martin

In Nohant-en-Graçay, the church of Saint-Martin boasts a 12th-century Romanesque bay topped by a timber-framed bell tower with capitals carved with fantastic animals and expressive heads.

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Châtillon-sur-Loire · Centre-Val de Loire

Grange pyramidale de la Fontaine Bénat

A jewel of rural architecture dating from the 16th century, this pyramid-shaped barn conceals an exceptional framework under its huge roof, a rare testament to the unique agricultural know-how on the borders of the Loiret and Cher departments.

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Le Grand-Pressigny · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais

Nestling in the heart of Grand-Pressigny, this Romanesque church with its superimposed medieval layers reveals a domed vault on a rectangular plan that is unique in Touraine, a living testimony to ten centuries of sacred history.

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Crouzilles · Centre-Val de Loire

Ruines de l'église de Mougon

A moving collection of Merovingian and Romanesque ruins in the heart of Touraine, founded in the 5th century by Saint Perpet: a fragment of eternity where ancient masonry and small Ligerian structures interact in the open air.

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Le Grand-Pressigny · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise Saint-Martin d'Etableaux

Nestling in the bocage of the Touraine countryside, this sober twelfth-century Romanesque church stands out for its three-lobed apse, a rare testimony to a medieval village liturgy that has been set in stone for over eight hundred years.

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Civray-de-Touraine · Centre-Val de Loire

Château

Built in 1715 for a wealthy man from Touraine, the Château de Civray-de-Touraine reveals the classic elegance of the Regency period, with its plans attributed to Germain Boffrand and its landscaped terraced grounds overlooking the valley.

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Amboise · Centre-Val de Loire

Château Gaillard

On the outskirts of Amboise, Château Gaillard reveals a Renaissance jewel nestling in tufa rock, with its formal gardens designed by the Italian Pacello for Charles VIII - the first Italian-style gardens in France.

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Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise Saint-Etienne

The Romanesque jewel of Berry, the church of Saint-Étienne in Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre faithfully reproduces the rotunda of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. A stone pilgrimage in the heart of the Indre region, unique in France.

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Amboise · Centre-Val de Loire

Silos dits Greniers de César

Enigmatic underground silos dug into the Amboise tufa stone, these four 16th-century cylinders with their hemispherical domes conceal an ingenious conservation system with two levels of galleries.

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Sublaines · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise paroissiale Saint-Martin

Nestling in the heart of Touraine, the church of Saint-Martin de Sublaines reveals a striking dialogue between twelfth-century Romanesque and flamboyant Gothic, crowned by a bell tower with arcatures of rare elegance.

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Yzeures-sur-Creuse · Centre-Val de Loire

Manoir de Granges

A discreet Renaissance jewel in southern Touraine, the manor house at Granges captivates visitors with its pilastered doorway and triangular pediment, its square corner pavilions and the legend - now disproved - of Agnès Sorel.

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Sorel-Moussel · Centre-Val de Loire

Terrains

On the borders of the Beauce and Perche regions, the archaeological sites of Sorel-Moussel contain the remains of ancient and medieval occupation, listed since 1934 and silent witnesses to a multi-millennial past.

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Châteaudun · Centre-Val de Loire

Maison du 16e siècle

In the heart of Châteaudun, this Renaissance house dating from the second quarter of the 16th century features a finely sculpted timber-framed upper storey, a rare example of Loire civil architecture from the first half of the Renaissance.

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Bourgueil · Centre-Val de Loire

Maison

Discreet but eloquent, this 18th-century bourgeois house in Bourgueil reveals its secrets with a square and compass cartouche: the emblem of a master mason engraved in the tufa stone.

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Chouzy-sur-Cisse · Centre-Val de Loire

Manoir de Laleu

A medieval manor house with crenellated circular towers, the seigneury of Laleu bears the imprint of Joan of Arc - who is said to have stopped here in 1429 - and a monastic past linked to the illustrious abbey of Marmoutier.

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Prunay-le-Gillon · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise Saint-Denis

In the heart of the Beauce region, the church of Saint-Denis in Prunay-le-Gillon boasts a 13th-century Gothic portal of rare purity and a Renaissance roof structure with carved punches, testimony to the patronage of the de Billy family.

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Saint-Aigny · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise Saint-Aignan

In the heart of the Berry region, the church of Saint-Aignan in Saint-Aigny is home to a rare treasure: medieval frescoes dating from the 13th century, buried under lime and untouched for centuries, waiting to be revealed.

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Berthenay · Centre-Val de Loire

Grange monastique dite grange aux Moines

Standing on its artificial mound to defy the floods of the Loire, this 13th-century monastic barn retains an exceptional chestnut frame, a rare example of medieval agricultural architecture in Touraine.

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Soings-en-Sologne · Centre-Val de Loire

Deux tumuli

On the edge of the mysterious Sologne region, two prehistoric burial mounds, listed as Historic Monuments, stand guard over an area shaped over four millennia ago - the silent tombs of a Bronze Age aristocracy.

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Azay-sur-Cher · Centre-Val de Loire

Château de la Michelinière

A discreet Renaissance gem nestling in the Touraine region, Château de la Michelinière captivates visitors with its façade set between two cylindrical towers and its finely sculpted pilastered gateway, heir to the elegance of the Loire.

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Bueil-en-Touraine · Centre-Val de Loire

Croix de cimetière

At the heart of the cemetery in Bueil-en-Touraine, this 16th-century cross stands on an octagonal column adorned with a Virgin and Child, a discreet jewel in the crown of Touraine's Renaissance funerary sculpture.

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Meslay-le-Vidame · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise Saint-Etienne

A neoclassical masterpiece by a visionary architect, the church of Saint-Étienne in Meslay-le-Vidame is striking for its peristyle with pyramidal pilasters and its circular apse topped by a cupola, both of which are extremely rare in the Eure-et-Loir region.