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La Croix-en-Touraine · Centre-Val de Loire

Château de la Gaillardière

An elegant 18th-century Touraine residence, La Gaillardière features a rare 16th-century dovecote with terracotta bolts and a remarkably restrained classical pediment, set in terraced parkland.

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Monnaie · Centre-Val de Loire

Manoir de Bourdigal

The Renaissance pearl of Touraine, the Bourdigal manor house boasts a brick staircase turret with stone quoins and timber-framed facades that bear witness to the 16th century in the Loire Valley.

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Cherveix-Cubas · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Lanterne des Morts

Rare medieval lantern of the dead standing in the cemetery of Cherveix-Cubas, this hollow ashlar stone column once illuminated the Périgord night with its silent flame, an eternal guardian of the departed.

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Rochecorbon · Centre-Val de Loire

Chapelle troglodyte

Carved into the tufa cliffs in the 14th century, this troglodyte chapel in Rochecorbon conceals a Renaissance altarpiece and unexpectedly delicate Gothic windows beneath the rock.

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La Chaussée-d'Ivry · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise Saint-Blaise

Nestling in the heart of the Beauce region of Chartres, Saint-Blaise church boasts a remarkable 15th-century barrel vault with sculpted runners and a side bell tower topped by a unique aerial bell tower.

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Pouillé · Centre-Val de Loire

Barrage des Mazelles

Anchored in the Cher valley, the Mazelles dam at Pouillé embodies the alliance between hydraulic control and the Loire landscape, offering walkers a natural picture of rare serenity.

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Saint-Marcel · Centre-Val de Loire

Vestiges archéologiques situés sous et aux abords du musée archéologique d'Argentomagus

Beneath the grasses of Saint-Marcel lies Argentomagus, one of the best-preserved Gallo-Roman cities in central France - a breathtaking journey to the heart of Roman Gaul, with thermal baths, a forum and an amphitheatre revealed through the soil.

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Villeporcher · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise Saint-Pierre

The Romanesque jewel of the Vendôme region, Saint-Pierre de Villeporcher church boasts a remarkably coherent 11th-century nave, enlivened by a precious fragment of Renaissance stained glass.

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Château-Renard · Centre-Val de Loire

Maison dite "des notaires"

A discreet reminder of the prosperity of the Loire Valley, the Château-Renard notary's house in its courtyard features an exceptional baluster staircase nestling in an open timber-framed stairwell, a masterpiece of Renaissance carpentry.

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Beaumont-en-Véron · Centre-Val de Loire

Château de Détilly

A former royal manor in the Loire Valley, Château de Détilly blends Renaissance elegance with medieval robustness, with its monumental gateway featuring Ionic pilasters and its mysterious square pavilion that survived the Wars of Religion.

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Soye-en-Septaine · Centre-Val de Loire

Ancienne église Saint-Pardoux

A discreet survivor of Romanesque Berry, the former Saint-Pardoux church in Soye-en-Septaine boasts a strikingly sober 12th-century nave, where the eastern arch still bears witness to an apse that no longer exists.

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Vierzon · Centre-Val de Loire

Maison à pans de bois

A medieval jewel in the crown of Vierzon, this 15th-century timber-framed house with its corbelled corner silhouette overlooks the Grande Rue, a rare example of Gothic civil architecture in Berry.

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Vimory · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise Saint-Pierre

A stone sentinel since the 11th century, the 35-metre-high Romanesque tower of Saint-Pierre church in Vimory is the only vestige of an edifice consumed by the Wars of Religion in 1587.

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Orchaise · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise Saint-Barthélémy

A striking medieval vestige in the heart of the Loir-et-Cher region, the church of Saint-Barthélémy in Orchaise boasts a 13th-century corbelled bell tower of rare singularity, a moving testimony to Romanesque-Gothic architecture in transition.

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Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine · Centre-Val de Loire

Halles

Built in 1672 by Anne de Rohan, these three-aisled covered market halls in Touraine reveal two exceptional Baroque portals, adorned with curved pediments and pilasters carved with aristocratic coats of arms.

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Amboise · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise paroissiale Saint-Florentin

Built on the orders of Louis XI, Saint-Florentin d'Amboise hides an unsuspected treasure: a Renaissance dome on its bell tower and luminous stained-glass windows by Max Ingrand, the 20th-century master glass artist.

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Luçay-le-Mâle · Centre-Val de Loire

Manoir de la Foulquetière

Nestling in the Berry countryside, the manor house of La Foulquetière displays its late Gothic architecture around a preserved inner courtyard, where the pilastered chapel and 15th-century defensive tower interact with rare grace.

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Bourges · Centre-Val de Loire

Château de Chappe

On the outskirts of Bourges, Château de Chappe reveals five centuries of seigniorial history: a Renaissance manor house on a medieval motte, a quadrangular courtyard and walled gardens leading down to the river.

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Sainte-Sévère-sur-Indre · Centre-Val de Loire

Croix située sur la place centrale

In the heart of Sainte-Sévère-sur-Indre, this cross-calvary from the reign of François I features a pilastered shaft crowned with a Renaissance capital of rare elegance, bearing Christ and the Virgin and Child facing each other.

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Châtillon-sur-Indre · Centre-Val de Loire

Château de Pouzieux

On the edge of the Berry region, Château de Pouzieux boasts a 13th-century medieval keep and a chapel adorned with rare wall paintings, including a movingly sober Crucifixion scene.

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Saint-Plantaire · Centre-Val de Loire

Dolmen dit La Pierre-à-la-Marte

A megalithic remnant from the Neolithic period nestling in the Boischaut, the Pierre-à-la-Marte at Saint-Plantaire impresses with its robust slabs and the bewitching strangeness of its name, which evokes ancestral beliefs.

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Orléans · Centre-Val de Loire

Maison du 16e siècle

In the heart of Orléans, this 16th-century Renaissance house boasts a sculpted doorway and mullioned windows adorned with finely chiselled arches - a discreet gem of Loire civil architecture.

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Noyers-sur-Cher · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise Saint-Sylvain

Nestling in the heart of the Loir-et-Cher region, the church of Saint-Sylvain in Noyers-sur-Cher combines Romanesque sobriety and Gothic elegance, with its vaults adorned with sculpted foliage and mysterious petrified figures in the keystones.

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Luçay-le-Mâle · Centre-Val de Loire

Ancien château

A former Renaissance gentleman's residence perched on a promontory in the Bas-Berry region, the château at Luçay-le-Mâle boasts medieval machicolations, Italianate Corinthian pilasters and intact moats.