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Chailles · Centre-Val de Loire

Château du Plessis-Villelouet

Set between the Loire and Sologne, Le Plessis-Villelouet's classical facades are set against a romantic park, combining hidden medieval towers and 18th-century refinement in a fascinating architectural dialogue.

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Saint-Hilaire-la-Gravelle · Centre-Val de Loire

Dolmen de Langault

A Neolithic vestige listed as a Historic Monument, the Langault dolmen stands with its thousand-year-old orthostats in the Vendôme bocage - a remarkably well-preserved burial chamber, a silent sentinel of prehistory in the Loire Valley.

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Orléans · Centre-Val de Loire

Maison Art Nouveau

An Art Nouveau gem in Orléans, this early 20th-century house captivates visitors with its delirious façade combining mermaid masks, sculpted thistles and undulating waves - an ornamental manifesto that is unique in the region.

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Cour-Cheverny · Centre-Val de Loire

Manoir du Vivier

Nestling in the Loire Valley, Manoir du Vivier boasts medieval defensive architecture dating from the 15th century: square tower, circular towers with loopholes and moats, evidence of a preserved rural seigneury.

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Saint-Firmin-sur-Loire · Centre-Val de Loire

Pont-canal sur la Loire

An elegant 19th-century canal bridge, this crossing of the Loire on the lateral canal combines hydraulic prowess and architectural sobriety in the heart of a wild and unspoilt Loire landscape.

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Anjouin · Centre-Val de Loire

Château de la Motte d'Anjoin

A discreet jewel in the Berry region, Château de la Motte d'Anjoin's asymmetrical 17th-century facades are set in an enclosed courtyard, surrounded by a moat and crowned by an elegant horseshoe-shaped staircase.

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Greneville-en-Beauce · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise Saint-Félix de Guignonville

A stone sentinel in the heart of the Beauce region, Saint-Félix church in Guignonville boasts a strikingly sober 13th-century Romanesque bell tower, a rare example of rural religious architecture in the Île-de-France region.

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Saché · Centre-Val de Loire

Château de la Chevrière

A discreet Renaissance pearl in the Indre valley, La Chevrière inspired Balzac to write his unforgettable "Clochegourde" in Le Lys dans la vallée - a place where stone speaks as loudly as literature.

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Malesherbes · Centre-Val de Loire

Maison à lucarne de type compagnonnique

In Malesherbes, a modest façade hides a treasure trove of craftsmanship: a guitarde carved in 1775, a masterpiece of secret geometry and a rare testament to the skills of itinerant master carpenters.

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Marcilly-en-Villette · Centre-Val de Loire

Tuilerie de Pont-Long

An authentic vestige of Sologne's rural industry, the Pont-Long tile works still boasts a 19th-century vertical kiln with a truncated cone-shaped chimney, a rare reminder of a fire-based craft that has now disappeared.

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Bourges · Centre-Val de Loire

"Maison dite "de Bernard Pastoureau""

A Mannerist gem in Bourges, this 16th-century residence combines Italian ornamentation and French forms in a medieval structure - a rare example of the transition between Renaissance and Classicism.

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Selles-sur-Cher · Centre-Val de Loire

Maison

In the heart of Selles-sur-Cher, this Renaissance residence conceals a facade adorned with fluted pilasters and a square turret, the guardian of a legend: Joan of Arc is said to have stopped here on her way to Chinon.

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Marigny-Marmande · Centre-Val de Loire

Vestiges du château de Mondon

On the edge of Touraine, the remains of Château de Mondon reveal the splendour of a fortified Renaissance residence, the ancestral home of the families that gave birth to the all-powerful Cardinal de Richelieu.

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Huismes · Centre-Val de Loire

Ruines du château de Bonaventure

A ghostly vestige of a royal hunting lodge built by Louis XI, the Château de Bonaventure in Huismes still preserves a few sections of wall and a crenellated tower that still whisper of the splendours of the travelling court of the Valois.

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Beaulieu-lès-Loches · Centre-Val de Loire

Cromlech de la Croix Bonnin

The enigmatic megalithic remains of the Neolithic period, the Croix Bonnin cromlech, with its raised stones, stands at the gateway to Beaulieu-lès-Loches, a rare testimony to a solar or funerary cult over 4,000 years old.

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Sassierges-Saint-Germain · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise Saint-Germain

The Romanesque jewel of the Indre region, Saint-Germain de Sassierges church boasts a sculpted 12th-century portal of rare finesse and a hexagonal Gothic choir that bears witness to two centuries of building faith.

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Saint-Benoît-du-Sault · Centre-Val de Loire

Chaussée de l'Etang ou digue

An impressive medieval causeway spanning the pond at Saint-Benoît-du-Sault, this remarkable hydraulic structure bears witness to the genius of the builders of Berry and still shapes the hilly landscape of the Creuse today.

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Châteaudun · Centre-Val de Loire

Ancien couvent des Cordeliers

A 15th-century Franciscan vestige in the heart of Châteaudun, the former Cordeliers convent boasts a flamboyant Gothic entrance door of rare elegance, with its finely sculpted arch.

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Ferrière-sur-Beaulieu · Centre-Val de Loire

Pyramide de Saint-Quentin

A stone sentinel in the heart of the forest of Loches, this 18th-century pyramid combines decorative fantasy with a hunting function, revealing the sophistication of aristocratic leisure activities under the Ancien Régime.

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Blois · Centre-Val de Loire

Fontaine Louis XII

An elegant vestige of the reign of Louis XII, this 16th-century Renaissance fountain in Blois embodies the ornamental grace of the royal Loire, surviving the bombardments that obliterated its original architectural setting.

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Cravant-les-Côteaux · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise du cimetière (église Saint-Léger du Vieux-Bourg)

A Carolingian vestige nestled in a Touraine cemetery, the church of Saint-Léger du Vieux-Bourg boasts some extremely rare interlaced pilasters, silent witnesses to the dawn of the Middle Ages in the Loire Valley.

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Orléans · Centre-Val de Loire

Ancien couvent des Minimes

In Orléans, the former convent of the Minimes blends flamboyant Gothic and Jesuit Classicism in a remarkable 17th-century ensemble, guarding an unexpectedly serene cloister of semi-circular arches.

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Vouvray · Centre-Val de Loire

Manoir du Plessis

In the heart of the Vouvray vineyards, the Manoir du Plessis reveals its corbelled turrets and giant circular shafts, discreet witnesses of a Loire fiefdom with late Renaissance accents.

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Semerville · Centre-Val de Loire

Voie gallo-romaine dite voie de Jules César ou chemin de Chartres (également sur communes de Verdes, Membrolles et La Colombe)

Traced two millennia ago, this Gallo-Roman road crosses the Beauce like a stone spire, linking the heart of Gaul to Autricum (Chartres) along a straight axis of astonishing precision.