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Montrichard · Centre-Val de Loire

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A stone sentinel on the outskirts of Montrichard, this medieval tower guarded one of the town's four gates on the Tours-Bourges royal road. A piece of fortified history in the heart of the Loire Valley.

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Le Mont-Saint-Michel · Normandie

Ancien Hôtel de la Licorne

A 15th-century civil jewel nestling in the heart of Mont-Saint-Michel, the former Hôtel de la Licorne boasts a Norman half-timbered façade typical of medieval merchant architecture, and has been listed as a Historic Monument since 1928.

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Juranville · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise Saint-Martin

In the heart of the Gâtinais region, Saint-Martin de Juranville combines an 11th-century Romanesque nave with a Gothic choir crowned by a five-sided apse, a rare example of preserved rural heritage.

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Maves · Centre-Val de Loire

Moulin à vent

A wooden sentinel in the heart of the Beauce region, the Maves beam mill is a rare survivor of traditional milling in Orléans, with its original mechanisms intact and its oak frame preserved.

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Nançay · Centre-Val de Loire

Château de Nancay

On the borders of Berry and Sologne, Château de Nançay reveals six centuries of seigniorial history, from the medieval remains of the powerful de La Châtre family to its romantic renaissance in the 19th century.

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Meslay · Centre-Val de Loire

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A jewel of the Regency style nestling on the banks of the Loir, Château de Meslay's harmonious proportions are set in an exceptional natural setting, the result of an overall architectural project combining castle, village and walled park.

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Sancheville · Centre-Val de Loire

Moulin à vent dit du Paradis

Perched high up in the Beauce region, this 18th-century windmill boasts a rare mechanism with Berton wings, a living testimony to traditional milling. This jewel of rural heritage is listed as a Historic Monument.

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Rosoy-le-Vieil · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise Saint-Pierre

Nestling in the heart of the Gâtinais region, Saint-Pierre church in Rosoy-le-Vieil boasts a Romanesque nave crowned by a circular apse and enhanced by an elegant Gothic porch added in the 15th century. A discreet jewel listed as a Historic Monument.

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Bagneux · Centre-Val de Loire

Menhir dit la Pierre levée de Boisy ou de Bellevue

A stone sentinel erected since Neolithic times in the heart of Berry, the Pierre levée de Boisy has defied the test of time with a rare telluric presence. One of the best-preserved menhirs in the Indre region, it has been listed since 1889.

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Joué-lès-Tours · Centre-Val de Loire

Manoir de Chérizy

Nestling on the outskirts of Tours, the Chérizy manor house is a blend of late 15th-century Gothic elegance and discreet 18th-century extension, like a stone story frozen in the gentle beauty of the Touraine countryside.

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Fréteval · Centre-Val de Loire

Vestiges du donjon

A stone sentinel standing on its spur in the Loir valley, the Fréteval keep reveals the remains of a powerful medieval fortress marked by the Hundred Years' War - a vertiginous piece of open-air history.

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Restigné · Centre-Val de Loire

Manoir de la Plâterie

An elegant Touraine manor house dating from the 17th and 18th centuries, La Plâterie boasts a classical ashlar facade, symmetrical pavilions and a remarkable Italian-style staircase, a discreet jewel in the Bourgueil vineyard.

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Bourges · Centre-Val de Loire

Maison Colladon

In the heart of Bourges, the Colladon house combines seven centuries of architecture, from its 13th-century Gothic crypt to the elegant Renaissance pilasters that bear rare witness to a bourgeois Protestant family.

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Bussy · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul

In the heart of the Berry region, Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul church in Bussy boasts a soberly elegant 12th-century Romanesque portal and a late Gothic choir commissioned by a local lord in the late 15th century.

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Bourges · Centre-Val de Loire

Halles Saint-Bonnet

A jewel of industrial France, the Halles Saint-Bonnet in Bourges is an elegant iron and glass structure in the heart of the city, a flamboyant example of the metal architecture of the late Second Empire.

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La Bussière · Centre-Val de Loire

Château de la Bussière, actuellement musée de la Pêche

Nestling in the moats of a lush green setting in the Loirétain region, this Renaissance château is home to a surprising Fishing Museum - one of the most beautiful and unusual in France, with its reflections of water and memories of the fishing lords.

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Contres · Centre-Val de Loire

Ancienne abbaye de Cornilly

Nestling in the Sologne region of Blois, the former abbey of Cornilly reveals a medieval monastic complex of rare authenticity, with its two-storey wooden cloister and 11th-century Romanesque doorway.

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Paris · Île-de-France

Notre-Dame de Paris

The crowning glory of the Ile de la Cité, Notre-Dame de Paris has stood with its two 69-metre towers above the Seine for more than eight centuries, an absolute masterpiece of the radiant Gothic style and the spiritual soul of France.

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Douchy · Centre-Val de Loire

Château de la Brûlerie

An elegant First Empire residence nestling in the Loiret region, Château de la Brûlerie houses a grand salon decorated with paintings commissioned by one of Napoleon's generals, a rare example of imperial decorative art in the Centre region.

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Montrésor · Centre-Val de Loire

Halle aux laines

A discreet jewel in the crown of Montrésor, this 17th-century woollen hall boasts an elegantly curved timber frame, a living testimony to the clothmaking trade in rural Touraine.

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Chassignolles · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise du prieuré Saint-Etienne

Nestling in the heart of the Berry region, this 12th-century Romanesque priory church boasts an astonishing nave with exposed roof timbers and two flamboyant Gothic seigneurial chapels, bearing witness to a rare stylistic stratification.

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Châtillon-sur-Indre · Centre-Val de Loire

Hôtel dit des Rois ou d'Henri III

A Mannerist jewel from the reign of Henri III, this town house in Châtillon-sur-Indre boasts two Renaissance facades of rare elegance, adorned with the royal monogram and the inscription FRANCE POULONGNE.

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Montigny-sur-Avre · Centre-Val de Loire

Château

Built between 1640 and 1720 at the gateway to Normandy, this château of rendered rubble stone and brick chains illustrates classic French elegance, with a central body whose design is attributed to Mansart.

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Epeigné-les-Bois · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise paroissiale Saint-Aignan

Nestling in the heart of Touraine, the church of Saint-Aignan in Épeigné-les-Bois is a soberly elegant 12th-century Romanesque, crowned by a semi-circular apse of great purity of line.