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Saint-Pierre-les-Etieux · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise Saint-Pierre

Nestling in the heart of the Berry region, this 12th-century Romanesque church fascinates visitors with its complex layout and the coexistence of two buildings in one, a rare vestige of religious architecture from the first half of the Middle Ages.

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Tavers · Centre-Val de Loire

Ferme du Ver

Tucked away in the Loire Valley, Ferme du Ver is home to a flamboyant Gothic gem: an embattled doorway and carved mullioned windows testifying to the refinement of an estate that once belonged to Catherine de Médicis.

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Chouzé-sur-Loire · Centre-Val de Loire

Moulin de Lecé

Standing on the banks of the Loire at Chouzé, the Moulin de Lecé is a rare example of 17th-century hydraulic engineering, listed as a Historic Monument for the elegance of its stonework and the uniqueness of its location on the Loire.

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Artannes-sur-Indre · Centre-Val de Loire

Ancien château des Archevêques

Perched in the heart of Touraine, the former Archbishops' castle at Artannes-sur-Indre combines 15th-century cylindrical towers with flamboyant Gothic elegance, a rare testimony to the episcopal power of the Loire Valley.

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Sennevières · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise paroissiale Saint-Leubais

The Romanesque jewel of Touraine, Saint-Leubais church in Sennevières conceals a striking cantilevered bell tower beneath its 12th-century walls, crowned by an octagonal spire with modillions sculpted with faces.

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Saint-Aignan · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise Saint-Aignan (ancienne collégiale)

A former 12th-century Romanesque collegiate church overlooking the Cher valley, Saint-Aignan church boasts an exceptional columned crypt and a Romanesque choir of rare elegance in the Loir-et-Cher region.

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Châtillon-sur-Indre · Centre-Val de Loire

Tour de César

A stone sentinel in the heart of the Berry region, the Tour de César at Châtillon-sur-Indre is the only vestige of a 12th-century Capetian castle, crowned by a rare interior hemispherical dome.

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Nouan-le-Fuzelier · Centre-Val de Loire

Grange de Courcimont

In the heart of the Sologne region, this timber-framed, brick-built barn epitomises traditional 18th-century rural architecture, listed for the purity of its vernacular Solognois forms.

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Troo · Centre-Val de Loire

Puits dit Le Puits qui parle

In Troo, a medieval well hidden under its shingled canopy conceals a rare acoustic secret: a strikingly clear echo, listed as a historic monument since 1935.

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La Ferté-Vidame · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise Saint-Nicolas

The baroque jewel of the Perche region, the church of Saint-Nicolas in La Ferté-Vidame boasts a Jesuit façade of rare elegance for this rural region, a precious testimony to the religious architecture of the Grand Siècle.

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Chaon · Centre-Val de Loire

Moulin à eau de Pont-Thibault

A discreet survivor from the waters of the Sologne region, this 18th-century timber-framed and mud-brick mill on the Beuvron still has its milling mechanism intact - a rare testimony to a way of life that has disappeared.

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Chailles · Centre-Val de Loire

Château de la Pigeonnière

Between Sologne and the Loire Valley, La Pigeonnière blends 17th-century fortified austerity with Second Empire refinement, with its decorations painted by Besnard and its preserved Renaissance fireplaces.

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Déols · Centre-Val de Loire

Maison

A Romanesque vestige from Déols, this capital with entwined mermaids bears witness to the splendour of Saint-Étienne Abbey, one of the largest Benedictine abbeys in medieval Berry.

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Bromeilles · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise Saint-Loup

A Gothic jewel in the Loiret region, Saint-Loup de Bromeilles church reveals a 13th-century interior of rare coherence, with its primitive columns and ribbed vaults of sober, uncluttered elegance.

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Thorailles · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste

In the heart of the Gâtinais region, Saint-Jean-Baptiste church in Thorailles reveals a sober, elegant late Gothic style: a single nave, flat apse and vaulted ceilings with coats of arms bear witness to a late Middle Ages that was still very much alive.

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Saint-Aignan · Centre-Val de Loire

Maison Patin

A jewel of late medieval civil architecture, the Maison Patin in Saint-Aignan features a timber-framed facade with moulded columns, a rare example of a merchant's house from the turn of the 15th-16th centuries.

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Monthou-sur-Cher · Centre-Val de Loire

Château du Gué-Péan

Nestling in the Cher valley, the Château du Gué-Péan boasts a square Renaissance plan flanked by four round towers, a discreet 16th-century masterpiece of feudal architecture and Loire elegance.

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Rillé · Centre-Val de Loire

Porte fortifiée

A solitary and moving vestige of Rillé's medieval fortifications, this 13th-century tier-point gateway bears witness to the Dukes of Anjou's past as a stronghold in the heart of Touraine.

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Aulnay-la-Rivière · Centre-Val de Loire

Château de Rocheplatte

Château de Rocheplatte: a Louis XV jewel standing on its moat, where a Gothic underground passage with a Lorraine cross has watched over the courtyard since the 13th century.

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Selles-sur-Cher · Centre-Val de Loire

Restes de fortifications

A striking vestige of the medieval defence of Selles-sur-Cher, the Porte aux Renards was a 14th-century square tower, formidable for its narrowness and loopholes facing the Cher.

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Huisseau-sur-Mauves · Centre-Val de Loire

Château

On the outskirts of Orléans, this medieval castle with its intact moat houses a 12th-century tower containing a mysterious oubliette. Its turreted porch is a reminder of the passage of Joan of Arc in 1429.

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Athée-sur-Cher · Centre-Val de Loire

Manoir de la Boissière

A discreet jewel in the crown of 16th-century Touraine, the Manoir de la Boissière features a hexagonal turret with loopholes and elegant proportions, an intact example of Loire Valley pleasure architecture.

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Chambourg-sur-Indre · Centre-Val de Loire

Vestiges du pont sur l'Indre du 15e siècle

Emerging from the waters of the Indre, four medieval piers and two surviving arches bear witness to a 15th-century bridge, a poignant fragment of a Touraine engulfed by the centuries.

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Bondaroy · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise Saint-Martin-le-Seul

Nestling in the heart of the Loiret region, this 10th-century pre-Romanesque church features a rare turreted staircase and a semi-circular apse, discreet reminders of a thousand-year-old spirituality linked to Saint Gregory of Nicopolis.