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Bassens · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Château Morin

An 18th-century Girondine chartreuse, the Château Morin in Bassens reveals its lavish reception rooms adorned with gilded wood panelling, period fireplaces and ironwork, set within a verdant Bordelais setting.

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Beaulieu-sur-Loire · Centre-Val de Loire

Ancien château

A medieval sentinel of the Loire Valley, the ancient castle of Beaulieu-sur-Loire combines 12th-century military architecture with canonic refinements, bearing witness to a past at the crossroads of religious and feudal power.

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Fondettes · Centre-Val de Loire

Château de Châtigny

At the gateway to Tours, Châtigny combines two millennia of history: the remains of a Gallo-Roman villa dating from the 3rd century and a fortified castle dating from 1487, crowned with the brick and stone checkerboards characteristic of the Loire Gothic style.

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Areines · Centre-Val de Loire

Théâtre gallo-romain

On the outskirts of Vendôme, the Gallo-Roman theatre at Areines has an unusual layout within an exceptional group of monuments: a temple, thermal baths and necropolis grouped around the sanctuary of an ancient city.

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Aubigny-sur-Nère · Centre-Val de Loire

Maison, dite des Dames

In the heart of Aubigny-sur-Nère, the Maison des Dames reveals the grace of late flamboyant Gothic architecture: its carved cruciform mullioned windows and half-timbering adorned with Saint-André crosses make it a little-known civil gem in Berry.

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Villeloin-Coulangé · Centre-Val de Loire

Ancienne église paroissiale de Villeloin

A 12th-century Romanesque vestige nestling behind the Villeloin-Coulangé cemetery, this former parish church reveals medieval Loire architecture in a setting of silence and golden stone.

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Sainte-Catherine-de-Fierbois · Centre-Val de Loire

Ancienne aumônerie

Built in 1415 to accommodate destitute pilgrims, this medieval chaplaincy at Sainte-Catherine-de-Fierbois could have been home to Joan of Arc on her way to Chinon - a modest building steeped in extraordinary history.

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Cravant-les-Côteaux · Centre-Val de Loire

Cimetière du Vieux-Bourg

In the heart of Cravant-les-Côteaux, this Vieux-Bourg cemetery is home to a moving 20th-century children's plot, with its wrought-iron crosses and strikingly simple painted slabs.

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La Châtre · Centre-Val de Loire

Pont, dit Pont aux laies

Spanning the Indre River at La Châtre, the Pont aux Laies is an elegant 18th-century arch that, according to Roman legend, is a timeless symbol of deep Berry. It has been listed as a Historic Monument since 1935.

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Blaignac · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise Saint-Saturnin

In Blaignac, the église Saint-Saturnin conceals an intact Romanesque treasure: a medieval doorway with historiated capitals and a chrismon in the tympanum, a striking remnant of a spirituality carved nearly nine centuries ago.

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Bridoré · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise paroissiale Saint-Roch

In the heart of the Pays de la Loire region, this 15th-century church houses a rare bas-relief from the time of Henry III depicting the Hunting of Saint-Hubert, a sculpted masterpiece of astonishing narrative finesse.

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Bourges · Centre-Val de Loire

Hôtel de Bengy

In the heart of Bourges, the Hôtel de Bengy displays the sober elegance of French classicism in the 1670s, with its pavilion between courtyard and garden crowned by a gateway dated 1676.

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Malesherbes · Centre-Val de Loire

Dolmen de Mailleton

The Mailleton dolmen at Malesherbes, a megalithic remnant from the Neolithic period buried in the Gâtinais region of France, sets its thousand-year-old sandstone slabs in a natural setting, a silent testimony to the first stone builders.

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Parçay-sur-Vienne · Centre-Val de Loire

Château de la Brêche

A neoclassical Touraine showcase housing the Empire salon of Count Dubois, Napoleon's first Prefect of Police: Pompeian decor, gold and white furniture, and several centuries of noble history.

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Puiseaux · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise Notre-Dame

In the heart of the Gâtinais region, the church of Notre-Dame de Puiseaux fascinates visitors with its rare twisted bell tower - a stone tendril unique in the Loiret region - a legacy of the Victorian canons of the 12th century.

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Tours · Centre-Val de Loire

Ancienne maison canoniale de Saint-Pierre-le-Puellier

A canonsque vestige nestling in the old town of Tours, this 15th-century residence boasts exceptional medieval half-timbering, a gallery opening onto the courtyard and a rare wooden staircase with an original straight banister.

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Saint-Gondon · Centre-Val de Loire

Menhir

A stone sentinel that has stood in the heart of the Loiret since Neolithic times, the Saint-Gondon menhir defies the passage of millennia in a Loire landscape steeped in mystery and ancient memory.

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Blois · Centre-Val de Loire

Maison de la Chancellerie

In the heart of Blois, the Maison de la Chancellerie houses a Renaissance framework known as "à la Philibert Delorme", a masterpiece of ingenuity in which planks assembled by wedges defy the centuries without a single main beam.

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Azay-le-Ferron · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise Saint-Nazaire

Nestling in the heart of the Berry region, the church of Saint-Nazaire in Azay-le-Ferron reveals a fascinating aborted architectural project: a nave designed for domes, finally topped with Gothic rib vaults of rare elegance.

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Chartres · Centre-Val de Loire

Ancien couvent des Cordeliers

The Renaissance jewel of Chartres, the former Cordeliers convent combines 16th-century bas-reliefs with school architecture from the Third Republic, and today houses a lively conservatory in the heart of the cathedral city.

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Ardentes · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise Saint-Martin

The Romanesque jewel of Berry, listed since 1862, the church of Saint-Martin d'Ardentes has a side door signed by the mysterious Hernaud, a rare medieval trace of a craftsman named in stone.

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La Châtre · Centre-Val de Loire

Maison du 15e siècle

In the heart of La Châtre, this 15th-century house bears witness to the medieval civil architecture of Berry, with its ashlar facades and characteristic mullioned windows. A discreet jewel listed as a Historic Monument.

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Chançay · Centre-Val de Loire

Château de Valmer

Nestling in the heart of the Loire Valley, Château de Valmer's Renaissance terraces and tiered gardens are set against a backdrop of vines, combining architectural grace with the tragic memory of a fire.

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Azay-sur-Cher · Centre-Val de Loire

Vestiges du château

A medieval sentinel in the heart of Touraine, the remains of Azay-sur-Cher castle stand tall, with a square tower and octagonal turret, silent witnesses to a castellany disputed between kings and lords.