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Bourges · Centre-Val de Loire

Maison Trousseau

A jewel of the flamboyant Gothic style of the Bourges region, the Trousseau house boasts a 15th-century facade adorned with a tympanum emblazoned with facing eagles, the silent guardian of the merchant aristocracy of Bourges.

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Orléans · Centre-Val de Loire

Maison dite de la Coquille

A Renaissance gem nestling in the heart of Orléans, the Maison de la Coquille dazzles with its carved timber-framed facades and shell decoration, a rare example of 16th-century middle-class housing in the Loire Valley.

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Brinay · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise Saint-Aignan

A Romanesque treasure of the Berry region, the church of Saint-Aignan in Brinay contains a cycle of wall paintings from the 12th century that are an absolute rarity, depicting the life of Christ and the calendar of the labours of the months in astonishingly well-preserved colours.

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Vendôme · Centre-Val de Loire

Quartier Rochambeau

In the heart of Vendôme, the Rochambeau district is home to a 19th-century armoury with an exceptional Polonceau frame - the only one of its kind to be seen in the Centre-Val de Loire region.

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Le Louroux · Centre-Val de Loire

Croix du cimetière

In the heart of the Le Louroux cemetery, this 15th-century Gothic cross features a rare iconography: Christ sculpted on each side, flanked by the Virgin Mary and Saint John, on a base used as an altar.

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Montrésor · Centre-Val de Loire

Hôtel du 16e siècle

In the heart of the village of Montrésor, this 16th-century town house boasts a Renaissance facade of rare elegance, crowned with sculpted roof dormers and a corbelled turret in the south-east corner.

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Lorges · Centre-Val de Loire

Ancien château de Fontenailles

A discreet Renaissance treasure nestling in the forest of Lorges, the former Château de Fontenailles reveals its elegant towers and mullioned windows, silent witnesses to the nobility of the Loire Valley in the 16th century.

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Achères · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise paroissiale Notre-Dame

Originally a chapel for hermits in the 11th century, this discreet church in the Berry region conceals an exceptional Benedictine past: the former priory of Saint-Sulpice, whose medieval moats are still visible in the landscape.

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Brévainville · Centre-Val de Loire

Dolmen dit Les Grosses Pierres

An enigmatic Neolithic remnant in the Loir-et-Cher region, Les Grosses Pierres de Brévainville stands with its sandstone slabs in the Beauce countryside - one of the rare dolmens to have been listed since the early days of heritage protection in France.

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Selommes · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise Notre-Dame

In the heart of the Vendôme region, the church of Notre-Dame de Selommes boasts a 12th-century Romanesque portal and exceptionally sophisticated opus spicatum stonework, a fascinating example of rural Romanesque art in the Loir-et-Cher region.

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Cloyes-sur-le-Loir · Centre-Val de Loire

Ancien prieuré de Notre-Dame d'Yron

Nestling in the Loire Valley, this former 12th-century priory boasts three-lobed Gothic spandrels and a Renaissance spiral staircase of rare sculptural elegance, a living vestige of nine centuries of monastic history.

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Château-Renard · Centre-Val de Loire

Maison du 15e siècle, dite de Jeanne d'Arc

A jewel of flamboyant Gothic architecture in the Gâtinais region, this 15th-century timber-framed house fascinates visitors with its large corner post adorned with scales and medallions of figures, a rare example of medieval civil architecture in the Loiret region.

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Le Louroux · Centre-Val de Loire

Ancienne ferme abbatiale

A striking feudal vestige in the heart of Touraine, this former Marmoutier abbey farm retains its medieval towers and 13th-century fortified enclosure, a rare testimony to centuries-old monastic activity.

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Fay-aux-Loges · Centre-Val de Loire

Ancienne centrale électrique, actuellement restaurant l'Ecluse

Built between 1910 and 1912, this former coal-fired power station was used to power eleven pumping stations on the Orléans canal. Its skylights and brick chimney make it a rare witness to the industrial heritage of the Loirétain region.

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Saint-Marcel · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise Saint-Marcel

The Romanesque jewel of Berry, Saint-Marcel church houses a mysterious crypt and sculpted capitals of rare finesse, evidence of a medieval priory linked to the powerful Saint-Gildas abbey in Châteauroux.

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Mulsans · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise Notre-Dame

In Mulsans, Notre-Dame church unfolds eight centuries of rural architecture: a twelfth-century Romanesque nave extended by a Renaissance side aisle, all preceded by a rare wooden gallery-porch of discreet elegance.

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Dunet · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise Saint-Martial

The Romanesque jewel of Berry, the church of Saint-Martial in Dunet features ribbed vaults with a toric profile of rare elegance, supported by columns and pilasters in an intact medieval silence.

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Cravant-les-Côteaux · Centre-Val de Loire

Château de Cravant, dit Le Vieux Château

A thousand-year-old sentinel of the Touraine hillsides, this fortified manor house reveals five centuries of living stone: a polygonal tower with machicolations, a Renaissance pavilion dating from 1560 and a mysterious underground passageway all coexist in a courtyard of rare authenticity.

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Selles-Saint-Denis · Centre-Val de Loire

Chapelle Saint-Genoulph

Nestling in the heart of the Loir-et-Cher region, this 14th-15th century medieval chapel houses a cycle of Gothic wall paintings of rare freshness, dedicated to the mysterious life of Saint Genoulph, a forgotten miracle-worker.

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Thaumiers · Centre-Val de Loire

Château de la Forêt

A medieval fortress in the Berry region dating back to the 15th century, Château de la Forêt boasts three circular towers, a spiral staircase on hornbeams and a rib-vaulted room concealing a former chapel.

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Cour-sur-Loire · Centre-Val de Loire

Maison du 15e siècle

In the heart of the Loire Valley, this 15th-century residence boasts an exceptional facade adorned with sculpted picture windows and an elegant basket-handle door, a rare example of medieval civil architecture in the Loir-et-Cher region.

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Mur-de-Sologne · Centre-Val de Loire

Locature de la Straize

In the heart of mysterious Sologne, the Straize farmhouse embodies the rural soul of a region shaped by ponds and forests. An authentic Sologne farmhouse, listed as a Historic Monument, preserving the vernacular architecture of this exceptional region.

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Autrèche · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise Saint-Martin

A discreet stone sentinel in the heart of Touraine, the church of Saint-Martin d'Autrèche reveals its cylindrical Romanesque buttresses, an exceptional example of 11th-century architecture that has been preserved for nine hundred years.

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Saint-Pierre-les-Etieux · Centre-Val de Loire

Manoir

On the edge of the Berry region, this late 15th-century manor house boasts two round towers and a polygonal staircase turret with a striking late Gothic elegance, a discreet reminder of refined provincial nobility.