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Vierzon · Centre-Val de Loire

Maison, dite logis Saint-Jean

In the heart of Vierzon, the Logis Saint-Jean reveals five centuries of architecture: a Gothic cellar with ribbed vaults and a sumptuous 17th-century basket-handle door, a masterpiece of chiselled stone.

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Chinon · Centre-Val de Loire

Ancien couvent des Calvairiennes

In the heart of Chinon, this former 17th-century convent, founded by a royal archbishop, boasts a cloister with strikingly sober semi-circular arches, a silent witness to five centuries of tumultuous history.

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Suèvres · Centre-Val de Loire

Château de Diziers

At the gateway to the Sologne region, the Château de Diziers is a blend of 15th-century medieval towers and 17th-century classical elegance, surrounded by a moat and crowned by a terrace with gabled turrets of rare finesse.

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Soizé · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise Saint-Thomas

Watching over the village of Soizé since the 12th century, the church of Saint-Thomas captivates visitors with its rare wooden spire and its Renaissance chapel of the Virgin Mary, a surprisingly modern Gothic gem.

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Tavers · Centre-Val de Loire

Dolmen du Ver

A discreet Neolithic vestige nestling in the Loire plain, the Dolmen du Ver at Tavers bears witness to a human presence on the banks of the Loire dating back over 5,000 years. A listed funerary monument, rare in the Loiret.

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Bourges · Centre-Val de Loire

Hôpital général

Founded in 1657 to care for the poor of Bourges, the General Hospital's classical pavilions surround a Baroque chapel, a rare example of urban philanthropy listed as a Historic Monument.

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Châtillon-sur-Indre · Centre-Val de Loire

Immeuble

Silent witnesses to the medieval walls of Châtillon-sur-Indre, these two 15th-century round towers once flanked a fortified gateway, and still house a remarkably well-preserved vaulted room.

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Meung-sur-Loire · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise Saint-Liphard

At the gateway to the Loire, the Romanesque towers of the collegiate church of Saint-Liphard in Meung-sur-Loire have stood since the 12th century, preserving the memory of a 6th-century hermit and an age-old spirituality.

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Tours · Centre-Val de Loire

Maison du 15e siècle

In the heart of Vieux-Tours, this 15th-century half-timbered house features corbelled storeys and corner posts sculpted into columns - a discreet masterpiece of medieval civil architecture.

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Luynes · Centre-Val de Loire

Vieille halle

A rare survivor of the Middle Ages in Touraine, the Vieille Halle de Luynes features a 15th-century wooden framework spanning three majestic naves - an exceptional example of medieval merchant architecture in the Loire Valley.

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Chabris;Val-Fouzon · Centre-Val de Loire

moulin à eau de la Grange et ses installations hydrauliques sur le Fouzon

The last remaining flour mill on the Fouzon, the Moulin de la Grange perpetuates a nine-century-old Cast Iron tradition, with its 19th-century mechanism and medieval hydraulic works.

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Tours · Centre-Val de Loire

Ancienne église Sainte-Croix

A fragment of a medieval church converted into a warehouse, Sainte-Croix de Tours superimposes three bays of Ligerian Romanesque, Angevin Gothic and 13th-century ogives - a rare architectural palimpsest in the heart of Touraine.

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Artenay · Centre-Val de Loire

Moulin à vent des Muets

A stone sentinel standing on the Beauceron plateau, the Moulin des Muets d'Artenay has kept its internal mechanism intact, a rare example of traditional milling in the Loiret region.

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Paillet · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise Saint-Hilaire

Nestled in the heart of the village of Paillet, the église Saint-Hilaire reveals a Romanesque apse from the 12th century of rare elegance, adorned with paired colonnettes characteristic of Aquitaine architecture.

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La Chapelle-Vendômoise · Centre-Val de Loire

Château de Toisy

On the edge of the Vendôme region, the Château de Toisy hides a medieval machicolated tower converted into a laboratory by Lavoisier himself - a scientific destiny as rare as it is unexpected for a dovecote with 2,000 nesting boxes.

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Orléans · Centre-Val de Loire

Maison

A rare medieval wooden facade in Orléans, this Louis XII house features a remarkably well-crafted sculpted decoration of accolades and monster heads, an exceptional example of 15th-century civil architecture.

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Sully-sur-Loire · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise Saint-Germain

In Sully-sur-Loire, Saint-Germain church reveals a late flamboyant style of rare coherence: a lantern bell tower with geminated bays, ribbed vaults over brick and strikingly elegant Renaissance keystones.

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Civray-de-Touraine · Centre-Val de Loire

Château de Mesvres

A medieval fortress with centuries-old walls, the Château de Mesvres in Civray-de-Touraine boasts a square 13th-century keep and mysterious underground passageways that bear witness to a forgotten defensive power.

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Les Roches-l'Evêque · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise Saint-Almyr

Nestling in the Loire Valley, the church of Saint-Almyr in Les Roches-l'Évêque boasts a 14th-century Gothic bell tower-chapel of rare elegance, with its ribbed vault nestling on the ground floor of a powerful southern belfry.

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Chinon · Centre-Val de Loire

Hôtel dit Poirier de Beauvais

A Renaissance gem in Chinon, the Hôtel Poirier de Beauvais features a gable decorated with Corinthian pilasters and a corbelled turret of rare elegance. Tallien stayed here during the Vendée wars.

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Montigny-sur-Avre · Centre-Val de Loire

Vieux château de Montuel et sa chapelle

On the edge of the Eure-et-Loir region, this 18th-century manor house with its elegant Gothic watchtowers and pinnacled chapel forms a defensive and seigniorial ensemble of rare heritage coherence.

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Chartres · Centre-Val de Loire

Maison Picassiette, actuellement musée Picassiette

The total work of a visionary gravedigger, the Maison Picassiette fascinates with its mosaics of shards covering every surface: walls, furniture, chapel and garden form a naïve and hypnotic universe.

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Liniez · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise Saint-Martin

In the heart of the Berry region, the church of Saint-Martin de Liniez reveals seven centuries of medieval architecture: 13th-century groined vaults, sculpted capitals and a 15th-century square bell tower form an ensemble of rare coherence.

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Bourg · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Hôtel de ville

At the heart of Bourg-sur-Gironde, this 18th-century town hall captivates with its classical façade crowned by an elegant bulging-sided bell tower, a living testament to the prestige of the Jurade bordelaise.