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Genouilly · Centre-Val de Loire

Ancien prieuré grandmontain de Fontblanche

This little-known gem of the Berry region is a 12th-century Grandmont priory with a radical simplicity and a chapter house with five Romanesque bays of rare elegance, an intact testimony to a monastic order of absolute austerity.

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Jars · Centre-Val de Loire

Ancienne maison de tisserands

A rare 18th-century weavers' house in Jars, preserved intact with its timber-framed cross-beams and Nancray millstream. An exceptional example of Berrichon textile craftsmanship.

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Beaulieu-lès-Loches · Centre-Val de Loire

Maison dite du Prieur

Nestling in the south-west corner of the cloister of Beaulieu Abbey, this 15th-century residence with its square turrets and trompe l'oeil retains the enigmatic soul of a medieval priory.

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Blois · Centre-Val de Loire

Maison dite la Tupinière ou Grèneterie de Marmoutier

A discreet medieval vestige in the heart of Blois, La Tupinière bears witness to the economic influence of Marmoutier Abbey on the town: a 14th-15th century "gréneterie" where monks and grain wrote history.

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Lorges · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise Saint-Martin

A flamboyant Gothic jewel in the Loir-et-Cher region, the church of Saint-Martin de Lorges houses an exceptional seigneurial chapel with five sculpted hanging keys, a rare example of Renaissance decorative art in the Beauce region.

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Argenton-sur-Creuse · Centre-Val de Loire

Ecole Primaire Supérieure, devenue le Collège Classique, Moderne et Technique et actuel Lycée Rollinat

An Art Deco masterpiece from the inter-war period, the Lycée Rollinat enchants visitors with its facades adorned with sgraffito and mosaics, a rare example of ambitious school architecture in the heart of the Indre region.

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Chaillac · Centre-Val de Loire

Vestiges du château de Brosse

A forgotten stone sentinel in the heart of the Berry region, the remains of Château de Brosse reveal an enigmatic polygonal tower and an intact medieval gateway, silent witnesses to a thousand-year-old fortress.

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Villeau · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise Saint-Jean

In Villeau, the church of Saint-Jean conceals beneath its sober Romanesque silhouette an extraordinary medieval framework, peopled with fabulous animals and polychrome animated scenes - a masterpiece of wood sculpture in the Eure-et-Loir region.

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Salon-de-Provence · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Pyramide

A mysterious Provençal pyramid stands in the heart of Salon-de-Provence, an enigmatic vestige listed since 1926, combining funerary symbolism and the collective memory of a city marked by the shadow of Nostradamus.

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Reuilly · Centre-Val de Loire

Château de l'Ormeteau

A medieval sentinel of the Order of Malta, the Château de l'Ormeteau has stood with its four towers in the Berry region since the 15th century, bearing rare witness to a hospitable fortress redesigned under Charles VII.

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Bourges · Centre-Val de Loire

Immeuble

Rescued from the fire of 1487, this late Gothic building in Bourges features a spiral turret topped by a dovecote and a rare barrel-vaulted treasure room, evidence of prosperous trade in the late Middle Ages.

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Courville-sur-Eure · Centre-Val de Loire

Eolienne

A 20-metre steel sentinel erected in 1902, the wind turbine at Courville-sur-Eure is a rare industrial landmark from the Belle Époque, a masterpiece of hydraulic engineering designed by Auguste Bollée's successor.

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Blois · Centre-Val de Loire

Hôtel Denis-Dupont

A discreet jewel of the Blès Renaissance, the Hôtel Denis-Dupont conceals behind its sober façade an exceptionally graceful interior courtyard, with its goldsmith's delicate staircase listed as a Historic Monument.

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Paudy · Centre-Val de Loire

Ancien château

A striking vestige of a 12th-century medieval fortress, the Paudy porch-tower still stands with its square plan and stair turret overlooking the Berry river, the silent guardian of a drawbridge that has disappeared forever.

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Baccon · Centre-Val de Loire

Dolmen dit de la Mouïse

A Neolithic vestige buried in the forests of the Loiret, the Mouïse dolmen bears witness to a human presence dating back more than 5,000 years. Its cyclopean slabs of siliceous sandstone form a burial chamber of sober and striking majesty.

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Parnac · Centre-Val de Loire

Château de Montgarnaud

A former Seigneurial estate in the Indre department, Château de Montgarnaud boasts a medieval square tower, moat and stone bridge set in a rural setting in the Champagne Berrichonne region.

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Loury · Centre-Val de Loire

Moulin à vent de l'Epinay

A sentinel of stone and wood standing on the Beauce plateaux, the Épinay windmill is a rare 18th-century pivot mill, listed for its Berton system, a jewel of milling engineering.

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Ruan · Centre-Val de Loire

Dolmen de la Pierre Luteau

A stone sentinel that has stood guard over the Beauce region of Orléans for 5,000 years, the Pierre Luteau dolmen is the last large megalithic burial site in the area, the guardian of tenacious legends and an unfathomable Neolithic past.

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Montagne · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Château de Beauséjour

Nestling in the vineyards of Montagne-Saint-Émilion, Château de Beauséjour combines Bordeaux elegance with centuries of winegrowing history, watching over its land from the clay-limestone slopes of the Gironde.

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Châteauroux · Centre-Val de Loire

Château de Touvent

An eclectic jewel of the Second Empire, the chapel at Château de Touvent (1855) dazzles with its exceptionally meticulous sculpted decor and murals signed by the best Parisian artists of the period.

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Rosnay · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise paroissiale Saint-André

Nestling in the heart of the Berry region, the church of Saint-André de Rosnay boasts an exceptional interior lined entirely with medieval wall paintings, a rare example of 15th-century sacred art preserved in all its splendour.

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Ozoir-le-Breuil · Centre-Val de Loire

Moulin à vent de Frouville-Pensier

A stone sentinel in the heart of the Beauce region, the tower-mill at Frouville-Pensier has stood tall since the 19th century on a milling site that has been documented since the Middle Ages.

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

Manoir des Couldraies

A Renaissance gem nestling in Touraine, the Manoir des Couldraies boasts a sculpted pavilion of rare elegance and a fresco by the second Fontainebleau School, hidden inside a chimney hood.

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La Chapelle-Hugon · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise Saint-Etienne et Saint-Martin

In the heart of the Berry region, this 12th-century Romanesque church is striking for its rare octagonal dome on trumpets and its cul-de-four apse, discreet jewels of Saintongean Romanesque art in the Nivernais region.