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Coust · Centre-Val de Loire

Croix de cimetière du 15e siècle

A flamboyant Gothic jewel from the 15th century, this cemetery cross in Coust is intriguing because of its polygonal shaft decorated with pinnacled arcatures and its two sculpted sides - the Virgin on one side and Christ on the other.

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Chinon · Centre-Val de Loire

Maison à pans de bois

On the corner of two Chinese streets, this medieval timber-framed house hides a secret from history beneath its slates: Joan of Arc is said to have set foot here during her triumphal entry into Chinon in 1429.

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Foëcy · Centre-Val de Loire

Château

In Foëcy, this 18th-century château retains the medieval gatehouse of its predecessor: a rare dialogue between the Middle Ages and Classicism, closely linked to the history of porcelain in the Berry region.

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Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine · Centre-Val de Loire

Ancienne chapelle priorale Saint-Mesmin

A Romanesque vestige of rare intensity, the Saint-Mesmin chapel features an apse with buttress columns and an archivolt decorated with diamond points, a striking reminder of the priory founded in 1060.

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Cluis · Centre-Val de Loire

Restes de l'ancien manoir de Cluis-Dessus

Nestling in deep Berry, this medieval manor house in Cluis-Dessus boasts a Gothic turret staircase and 17th-century interiors adorned with paintings in the spirit of Poussin and panelling painted with arabesques of rare elegance.

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Avaray · Centre-Val de Loire

Château d'Avaray

Nestling in the heart of the Loir-et-Cher region, the Château d'Avaray features a moat and an elegant columned forebuilding inherited from the Restoration period, a rare synthesis of seven centuries of seigniorial architecture.

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Amboise · Centre-Val de Loire

Hôtel du 17e siècle

In the heart of Amboise, this 17th-century town house boasts a remarkable facade overlooking the Loire, crowned with dormer windows alternating between triangular pediments and low arches - a Loire classicism of rare distinction.

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Clion · Centre-Val de Loire

Ancien manoir du Marteau

Nestling deep in the Berry region, the former manor house of Le Marteau displays a striking 15th-century flamboyant Gothic style: a gable with fleuron, hooks and pinnacles, guarded by two heraldic lions sculpted above the chapel.

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Tours · Centre-Val de Loire

Synagogue

Nestling at the back of the rabbinical presbytery, this 1907 synagogue boasts a remarkable painted compartmented ceiling and a floral frieze imitating a mosaic - a discreet jewel in Touraine's Jewish heritage.

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Saché · Centre-Val de Loire

Maison à pans de bois

In the heart of Saché, this 15th-century timber-framed house hides a surprise: two high-relief sculptures adorning its gables - a royal salamander and a heraldic leopard - bear witness to late Gothic art of rare finesse.

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Bourges · Centre-Val de Loire

Ancien grand magasin "Aux Dames de France"

A jewel of early 20th-century commercial architecture in Bourges, this former department stores' with its sculpted overmantels and wide windows combines elegant ashlar with industrial modernity.

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Chartres · Centre-Val de Loire

Porte du 16e siècle

The Renaissance jewel of Chartres, this 16th-century door dazzles with its exceptional sculpted decoration: capitals with human birds, attributes of peace and war, and a pediment in the form of an accolade crowned with a leafy pinnacle.

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Rivarennes · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise Saint-Denis

The Romanesque jewel of Berry, the church of Saint-Denis de Rivarennes boasts a 12th-century apse adorned with exceptionally delicate bird capitals, an intact example of Poitevin Romanesque art in the Indre region.

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Blois · Centre-Val de Loire

Ancien hôtel de Jassand

In the heart of Blois, a discreet Renaissance mansion houses a 16th-century bas-relief of rare elegance, a sculpted reminder of the splendour of the Loire at its height.

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Loches · Centre-Val de Loire

Château de la Bussière

Blending flamboyant Gothic and Renaissance styles with rare elegance, Château de la Bussière's machicolated towers and pilastered chapel are set in an outstanding Touraine setting.

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Droué · Centre-Val de Loire

Polissoir dit La Pierre Cochée

An enigmatic Neolithic relic, La Pierre Cochée de Droué is one of the few listed polishing sites in Loir-et-Cher: a striated rock surface where Neolithic man sharpened his stone axes over 5,000 years ago.

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Sainte-Lizaigne · Centre-Val de Loire

Ancienne église

A Romanesque gem in the Berry region, the ancient church of Sainte-Lizaigne unfurls its sober medieval elegance around its cul-de-four apse, an intact testimony to the 12th century in the heart of the Indre region.

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Lourouer-Saint-Laurent · Centre-Val de Loire

Château d'Ars

A stone vigil in the heart of the Berry region, Château d'Ars blends medieval austerity and Renaissance grace in an indoctrinable countryside setting - a discreet treasure that has been listed since 1926.

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Vereaux · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise Saint-Martin

In the heart of the Berry region, the church of Saint-Martin de Vereaux reveals a pure, unspoilt Romanesque style: double transept with apsidioles, central dome and barrel vaults of spellbinding sobriety.

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Lavardin · Centre-Val de Loire

Château de Lavardin

Château de Lavardin is an ancient fortified castle dating back to the 11th century, now in ruins. Its remains stand in the French commune of Lavardin in the department of Loir-et-Cher, in the Centre-Val de Loire region.

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Bossée · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise Saint-Laurent

In the heart of Touraine, the church of Saint-Laurent de Bossée combines the Romanesque severity of a 12th-century bell tower with the grace of a Renaissance spire, a listed monument that bears witness to eight centuries of sacred architecture.

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Tours · Centre-Val de Loire

Hôtel Robin Quantin

Around 1590, the Renaissance jewel of Tours, the Hôtel Robin Quantin unveiled its arcades adorned with grotesque mascarons and carved cartouches of lovers - a masterpiece of Touraine merchant architecture.

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Sully-sur-Loire · Centre-Val de Loire

Maison du 16e siècle

In the heart of Sully-sur-Loire, this 16th-century house boasts a Renaissance first floor of rare elegance: geminated dormers with caryatids and a sculpted frieze in Bourrée stone, classified as a Historic Monument in 1924.

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Cardan · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise Saint-Saturnin

A Romanesque gem of the 12th century nestled in the Bordeaux vineyard, the église Saint-Saturnin de Cardan dazzles with its sculptured western façade of exceptional richness, a true book in stone populated with mermaids, quadrupeds and interlacing patterns.