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Ingrandes · Centre-Val de Loire

Maison de La Croix Blanche, ses dépendances et son parc

A 17th-century residence nestling in the Berry region of France, Maison de La Croix Blanche boasts an exceptional interior: a living room entirely decorated by Adolphe Willette, the bohemian painter from Montmartre, and neo-Romanesque galleries of rare elegance.

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

Domaine de Saint-Brisson

A medieval fortress with a unique hexagonal layout, flanked by alternating round and square towers, Saint-Brisson-sur-Loire castle reveals eight centuries of history between the Loire and Loire heritage.

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Charentilly · Centre-Val de Loire

Manoir des Ligneries

Nestling in Touraine, the Manoir des Ligneries reveals its 15th-century grace in brick and stone, enhanced by a cylindrical turret on a cul-de-lampe and a medieval fuye - discreet witnesses to a royal concession from Louis XII.

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Thevet-Saint-Julien · Centre-Val de Loire

église Saint-Martin

The Romanesque jewel of the Berry region, the church of Saint-Martin de Thevet-Saint-Julien contains wall paintings from the 12th century of a rare intensity: old men from the Apocalypse and a procession of apostles against an ancestral ochre background.

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Chançay · Centre-Val de Loire

Manoir de Vaumorin

Nestling in the Brenne valley, the Vaumorin manor house reveals the discreet elegance of the Touraine Renaissance: a door with stacked pilasters, an Italian-style staircase and the enigmatic remains of an ancient fresco.

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Salbris · Centre-Val de Loire

Propriété dite La Saulot

A discreet masterpiece by the Perret brothers in the heart of the Sologne, La Saulot blends Anglo-Norman architecture with modernist audacity: concrete, embossed copper and enamelled stoneware in an exceptional holiday villa.

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Lémeré · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise Saint-Hilaire

In the heart of the Chinon vineyards, the church of Saint-Hilaire de Lémeré boasts a 15th-century bell tower with an octagonal spire of unusual proportions, listed as a Historic Monument in 1921.

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Vatan · Centre-Val de Loire

Anciennes halles

In the heart of the Berry region, the halles de Vatan (covered market) erect their centuries-old wooden frameworks with a rare elegance. This 17th-18th century covered market, with its three naves, embodies the skills of the carpenters of the Ancien Régime.

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Méreau · Centre-Val de Loire

Château d'Autry

On the edge of the Berry region, Château d'Autry boasts Renaissance turrets and an elegant classical façade set between two shimmering ponds, a testament to a refined provincial aristocracy.

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Ligny-le-Ribault · Centre-Val de Loire

Château de Bon-Hôtel

This neo-Renaissance jewel in the Sologne region was built between 1875 and 1882 by Parisian architects Clément and Louis Parent, and epitomises the golden age of aristocratic holiday resorts in Orléans.

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Meung-sur-Loire · Centre-Val de Loire

Maison

In the heart of Meung-sur-Loire, this 15th-16th-century timber-framed house boasts a facade clad in geometrically decorated slate, a bold corbelled roof and an exceptionally elegant gerbière dormer.

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Draché · Centre-Val de Loire

Menhir dit Pierre Percée ou des Arabes

A stone sentinel that has stood since the Neolithic period, the Pierre Percée de Draché fascinates visitors with its mysterious hole running through the monolith and its Arab legends that defy history.

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Allouis · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise Saint-Germain

In the heart of the Berry region, the church of Saint-Germain d'Allouis conceals an invisible treasure: Romanesque frescoes from the 12th century of rare integrity, an exceptional example of medieval wall painting in France.

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Avon-les-Roches · Centre-Val de Loire

Ruines du château et de la collégiale des Roches-Tranchelion

Perched on a rocky outcrop in Touraine, the ruins of Les Roches-Tranchelion combine medieval fortress and Renaissance collegiate church in a silence steeped in seven centuries of history.

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Seigy · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise Saint-Martin

A jewel of 13th-century Gothic architecture from Anjou, the church of Saint-Martin de Seigy is astonishing for its domed, eight-rib vaults of rare elegance, an intact testimony to refined medieval art in the heart of Touraine.

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Crissay-sur-Manse · Centre-Val de Loire

Maison du 15e siècle

In the heart of Touraine's most beautiful village, this 15th-century flamboyant Gothic residence reveals a basket-handle door and a sculpted staircase turret, silent witnesses to the court of Charles VII.

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Crozon-sur-Vauvre · Centre-Val de Loire

Croix centrale du cimetière

Standing since the 14th century in the heart of the Crozon-sur-Vauvre cemetery, this monolithic granite cross, crowned by five circular steps, embodies the poignant sobriety of medieval funerary art in the Berry region.

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Vernou-en-Sologne · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise Notre-Dame

In the heart of the Sologne region, the church of Notre-Dame de Vernou elegantly combines the sobriety of 13th-century Angevin Gothic with the first stirrings of the Renaissance, with its capitals adorned with foliage and figures.

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La Berthenoux · Centre-Val de Loire

Tour de l'ancienne enceinte fortifiée

An eloquent vestige of a fortified medieval priory in Berry, the 15th-century walls of La Berthenoux tower over ancient moats, a silent witness to the English wars and the tumult of the League.

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Selles-sur-Cher · Centre-Val de Loire

Ancienne abbaye

The former Feuillants convent in Selles-sur-Cher: a 17th-century monastic quadrilateral with sculpted rib vaults and an astonishing underground passage linking the abbey to the church of Saint-Eusice.

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Charenton-du-Cher · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise Saint-Martin

A former 11th-century castral chapel nestling in the heart of the Berry region, the church of Saint-Martin in Charenton-du-Cher boasts a dome with pendentives and a cul-de-four apse of rare Romanesque authenticity.

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Tours · Centre-Val de Loire

Ancienne aumônerie de Saint-Martin

In the heart of Tours, this 15th-century medieval almshouse boasts a polygonal tower with a stone spiral and a wrought-iron railing dating from 1677, a rare example of Touraine's charitable and architectural art.

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Mézières-en-Brenne · Centre-Val de Loire

Porte

A Renaissance jewel from the church at Mézières-en-Brenne, this 16th-century door features sculpted ribs, a semi-circular arch and a pediment adorned with pinnacles of a rare elegance in Berry.

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Vernou-sur-Brenne · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise paroissiale de la Sainte-Trinité

In the heart of the Vouvray vineyards, the church of Sainte-Trinité in Vernou-sur-Brenne combines a 12th-century Romanesque portal with an elegant Renaissance façade, bearing witness to ten centuries of sacred architecture in Touraine.