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Grugé-l'Hôpital · Pays de la Loire

Château de Champiré

On the edge of the Maine-et-Loire region, the Château de Champiré combines a 15th-century medieval tower with an elegant neoclassical dwelling built for Renaud de Sévigné, nestling in a soothing moat.

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Channay-sur-Lathan · Centre-Val de Loire

Manoir de la Barrée

A 15th-16th century fortified manor house nestling in Touraine, La Barrée boasts an original medieval bridge, intact moats and a Renaissance fireplace with remarkably well-preserved paintings.

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Aschères-le-Marché · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise Notre-Dame

Nestling in the heart of the Loiret region, Notre-Dame d'Aschères-le-Marché church boasts a 13th-century Romanesque apse of remarkable integrity, flanked by a thousand-year-old bell tower dating back to 1203.

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Saulzais-le-Potier · Centre-Val de Loire

Château de la Lande

Set between medieval moats and classical elegance, Château de la Lande unfurls its U-shaped layout in deep Berry - a subtle dialogue between the vestiges of the Middle Ages and the art of 18th-century living.

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Cléré-les-Pins · Centre-Val de Loire

Ancienne hôtellerie Saint-Louis

The last intact vestige of the Cormiers coaching inns, this 17th-century hostelry features a square courtyard and half-timbered dovecote, a living reminder of the royal routes between Tours and Angers.

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Chenonceaux · Centre-Val de Loire

Maison de garde-barrière

This discreet stone and brick sentinel was built in 1877, and its Gothic mullions and dormer windows are a charming reminder of the majesty of the Château de Chenonceau.

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Bourgueil · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise Saint-Germain

In the heart of Bourgueil, Saint-Germain church reveals a 13th-century choir of rare Plantagenet elegance, with its monolithic columns and painted keystones - a medieval treasure listed as a Historic Monument.

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Azé · Centre-Val de Loire

Ancien prieuré de Courtozé

The silent survivor of a medieval priory in the Vendôme region, the Courtozé gatehouse, with its two Romanesque passageways, stands in the face of time - the last vestige of a monastic community founded in the 11th century.

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Yèvre-la-Ville · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise Sainte-Brigide

The Romanesque jewel of the Loiret region, Sainte-Brigide church in Yèvre-la-Ville boasts a 12th-century chevet of rare coherence, with its oriented apsidioles and square bell tower with round arched openings.

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Vierzon · Centre-Val de Loire

Manoir de la Gaillardière

A fortified manor house dating from the 17th century, La Gaillardière in Vierzon boasts two flanking towers and lead finials, evidence of defensive architecture built during the turmoil of the civil wars.

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Romorantin-Lanthenay · Centre-Val de Loire

Maison à pans de bois

In the heart of Romorantin, this 15th-16th-century timber-framed house is a delight with its Saint Andrew's crosses and brick infill, a rare example of Renaissance Solognese civil architecture.

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Serruelles · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise Saint-Ursin (ancienne église Saint-Vasin)

Nestling in the heart of the Berry region, the church of Saint-Ursin in Serruelles boasts a sober medieval elegance, with geminated pointed-arched windows and a rare wooden bell tower at the cross-beam, bearing witness to authentic late Romanesque art.

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Nogent-le-Roi · Centre-Val de Loire

Maison à pans de bois

In the heart of Nogent-le-Roi, this 15th-century timber-framed house fascinates visitors with its sculpted runners and fishbone brick infill - a discreet masterpiece of medieval architecture in the Eure-et-Loir region.

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Sancoins · Centre-Val de Loire

Tour de Jeanne d'Arc

Nestling in the heart of Sancoins, this 16th-century Renaissance tower fascinates visitors with its stone-core staircase, sculpted pilasters and the enigmatic figure engraved on its corbel.

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Mettray · Centre-Val de Loire

Château du Petit-Bois

Nestling in the Touraine bocage, Château du Petit-Bois combines 19th-century Italianate architecture with romantic parkland, closely linked to the history of the famous Mettray agricultural colony.

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Denonville · Centre-Val de Loire

Château

A neoclassical gem in the Eure-et-Loir region, Château de Denonville combines the sober elegance of the 18th century with the medieval memory of its four round towers, set at the corners of a central pink brick structure.

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Beautiran · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Château de Couloumey

On the outskirts of Bordeaux, the château de Couloumey displays the understated elegance of eighteenth-century Gironde architecture: a refined main building, a well-preserved interior décor, and the remains of a grand romantic park.

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Blois · Centre-Val de Loire

Maison dite Hôtel de Bretagne ou Hôtel de la Capitainerie

Facing the royal chateau, this Renaissance town house hides behind its sober façade a turret with a canted staircase and a rib-vaulted gallery, a silent witness to Anne de Bretagne's time in Blois.

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Sainte-Gemme-en-Sancerrois · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise Sainte-Gemme

Nestling in the heart of the Sancerrois region, Sainte-Gemme church reveals its 13th-century medieval capitals and remarkable 18th-century woodwork, silent witnesses to eight centuries of religious history.

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Tours · Centre-Val de Loire

Maison ou Hôtel Binet

In the heart of Tours, the Hôtel Binet reveals the quintessence of Touraine Renaissance architecture: a polygonal spiral tower, a basket-handle gateway and a gallery of wooden pillars of rare elegance.

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Espiet · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise Notre-Dame

Nestled in the vineyard of the Entre-Deux-Mers, the église Notre-Dame d'Espiet reveals a sculpted Romanesque doorway of rare refinement and Baroque furnishings from the 17th century, silent witnesses to ten centuries of Girondine history.

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Le Boullay-Thierry · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise paroissiale Saint-Lubin

A jewel of late Gothic architecture in the Eure-et-Loir region, the church of Saint-Lubin in Boullay-Thierry stands out for its bell tower with a pyramidal dome and hexagonal turret, fine examples of the generosity of the great seigneurial families of the 15th century.

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Bou · Centre-Val de Loire

Distillerie de Bou

A former flagship of the Loirétaine agricultural cooperative, the Distillerie de Bou bears witness to a century of rural alchemy: here, fruit and pomace from the Orléans region were transformed into eau-de-vie until 1980.

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Blois · Centre-Val de Loire

Maison dite Buvette de la Renaissance

A Renaissance gem in Blois, this 15th-century half-timbered house is an enchanting sight with its sculpted colonnettes and fantastic animal heads - a rare example of Gothic-Renaissance civil architecture in the Loire Valley.