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Varennes · Centre-Val de Loire

Château de Saint-Sénoch

An elegant 18th-century château nestling in the Touraine region of France, Saint-Sénoch boasts sculpted curved pediments and exceptional Louis XVI wood panelling in every room.

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Les Etilleux · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise Notre-Dame

Nestling in the heart of the Perche region of Chartres, the church of Notre-Dame des Étilleux boasts a flamboyant Gothic bell tower and porch of remarkable sculptural finesse, bearing witness to eight centuries of parish history.

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Paris · Île-de-France

Tour Eiffel

An absolute icon of Paris and French engineering, the Eiffel Tower towers 330 metres above the Champ-de-Mars. A masterpiece of nineteenth-century engineering, it remains the most visited monument in the world.

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Frazé · Centre-Val de Loire

Château

On the borders of the Perche and Beauce regions, Château de Frazé features machicolated turrets and an elegant Renaissance gateway set around a French garden of rare grace.

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Tripleville · Centre-Val de Loire

Dolmens de la Nivardière

Silent witnesses to the Neolithic period in the Loir-et-Cher region, the dolmens at La Nivardière in Tripleville are among the oldest monuments in France, erected over 5,000 years ago by builders who have since disappeared.

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Autry-le-Châtel · Centre-Val de Loire

Petit Château

Nestling in the heart of the Loiret region, the Petit Château d'Autry-le-Châtel boasts medieval towers and a 15th-century Gothic oratory - an intimate setting where Madame de Sévigné once set down her pen.

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Illiers-Combray · Centre-Val de Loire

Ancien château

A Renaissance relic in the heart of Illiers-Combray, this 16th-century seigniorial pavilion features a pointed-arch portal with a double row of keystones and a sculpted dormer window, discreet reminders of late Gothic elegance.

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Saint-Pryvé-Saint-Mesmin · Centre-Val de Loire

Maison dite "du Saussay" ou "des Quatre Tourelles"

Nestling in the heart of the Loire Valley, this residence with its four corner turrets embodies the discreet elegance of the small wine-growing nobility at the turn of the 17th century, a rare example of preserved rural domestic architecture.

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Saint-Satur · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise Saint-Pierre

The unfinished Gothic jewel of Berry, the abbey church of Saint-Pierre de Saint-Satur boasts a strikingly pure 14th-century choir, the first building in the Cher to be listed as a Historic Monument in 1840.

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Lacs · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise Saint-Martin

The Romanesque jewel of the Indre region, the church of Saint-Martin de Lacs boasts a bell tower with gemeled arches and a barrel-vaulted nave that bears witness to the Romanesque art of medieval Berry.

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Saint-Victor-de-Buthon · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise paroissiale Saint-Victor

In the heart of the Perche region, the church of Saint-Victor de Buthon gracefully combines a 12th-century Romanesque apse with 15th-century flamboyant mullioned windows, offering a compendium of eight centuries of rural sacred art.

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Thilouze · Centre-Val de Loire

Ensemble du château du Grand-Châtelet

Resting on its centuries-old moat in Touraine, the Grand-Châtelet de Thilouze unfurls its four cylindrical towers between the late Middle Ages and the nascent Renaissance - a rare and almost confidential dialogue of stone.

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Sublaines · Centre-Val de Loire

Ferme de Cours

A former tenant farm belonging to the collegiate church of Saint-Martin, Ferme de Cours conceals a Renaissance tower-porch adorned with a dovecote, a rare example of 16th-century rural architecture in Touraine.

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Saint-Martin-des-Bois · Centre-Val de Loire

Manoir de la Chevalinière

Nestling in the heart of the Vendôme region, this 15th-century manor house boasts a polygonal staircase tower and an entrance door adorned with a carved chimera, a rare example of a preserved medieval manor house.

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Lurais · Centre-Val de Loire

Château

A former medieval priory converted into a fortified residence, the Château de Lurais stands with its corner towers in the Berrichonne countryside, a rare example of monastic architecture transformed at the dawn of the Renaissance.

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Cheillé · Centre-Val de Loire

Château de la Cour-au-Berruyer

A jewel of the Touraine Renaissance nestling in Cheillé, the Cour-au-Berruyer reveals its high pedimented dormers, its Henri II stair tower and an ancient manor house with pilasters of rare elegance.

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Colombiers · Centre-Val de Loire

Croix de cimetière

A 17th-century stone sentinel over the Colombiers cemetery, this listed cross bears on its base the discreet story of a resurrection: it was knocked down and then raised in 1841.

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Mesland · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise Notre-Dame

Founded in 1060, the church of Notre-Dame de Mesland boasts an exceptional Romanesque portal, each keystone of which bears a sculpted face - a masterpiece of Loire Romanesque art that has been listed as a Historic Monument.

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Villiers-au-Bouin · Centre-Val de Loire

Chapelle de Plainchêne

A flamboyant Gothic jewel from the 15th century in Touraine, the Plainchêne chapel fascinates with its capitals sculpted with cherubs, foliage and a group of Adam and Eve of rare expressiveness.

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Blois · Centre-Val de Loire

Ancien mur d'enceinte de la ville

A medieval vestige buried deep in the heart of Blois, the Tour Beauvoir has been standing on its rubble stone walls since the 12th century. A former seigniorial keep that became a prison until 1945, it embodies nine centuries of judicial and defensive history.

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Vendôme · Centre-Val de Loire

Maison ancienne dite Logis des Hôtes

A 12th-century Romanesque vestige nestling in the heart of Vendôme, the former Logis des Hôtes reveals its four elegant double-moulded arched bays, discreet witnesses to a monastic life several hundred years old.

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Aubigny-sur-Nère · Centre-Val de Loire

Hôtel

A rare Renaissance stone residence in Aubigny-sur-Nère, this mid-16th-century house features a polygonal staircase tower and a watch chamber with sculpted modillions, jewels of Berry civil architecture.

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Oulches · Centre-Val de Loire

Château de Cors

Nestling on the banks of a Berry river, Château de Cors boasts a medieval keep with machicolations of rare authenticity, 15th-century fireplaces and a corbelled parapet walk, bearing witness to a thousand years of history.

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Blois · Centre-Val de Loire

Haras

The equestrian jewel of the Loire Valley, the Blois stud farm (1878-1880) embodies the functional and elegant architecture of the Third Republic, with its monumental stables and exemplary master plan by Jules Potier de la Morandière.