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Chauvigny-du-Perche · Centre-Val de Loire

Château des Diorières

Nestling in the Percheron bocage, Château des Diorières boasts an elegant classical façade dating from 1737, flanked by surviving medieval towers and encircled by a moat bearing witness to its centuries-old seigneurial past.

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Chambon · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise Saint-Pierre

In the heart of the Berry region, Saint-Pierre de Chambon church boasts a 12th-century Romanesque facade of rare finesse: chiselled archivolts, capitals with monsters and foliage, and a semi-circular apse of elegant sobriety.

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La Lande-de-Fronsac · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Croix de cimetière

At the heart of the cemetery in La Lande-de-Fronsac, this monumental 15th-century cross boasts a rare iconography: instruments of the Passion sculpted on each side, skulls and tibias intertwined, symbols of death and redemption.

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Saint-Outrille · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise collégiale Saint-Austrégésile

Nestling in the heart of the Berry region, this Romanesque collegiate church dedicated to Saint Austrégésile boasts a soberly elegant 11th-century choir, a rare testimony to the spiritual influence of Bourges on its lands.

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Ymeray · Centre-Val de Loire

Menhir de Chantecoq ou Mère-aux-Cailles

A stone sentinel that has stood in the heart of the Beauce since Neolithic times, the Mère-aux-Cailles d'Ymeray is intriguing because of its mysterious nickname and its solitary silhouette, which has been listed as a Historic Monument since 1909.

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Monteaux · Centre-Val de Loire

Château et moulin

Between the Loire and Cher rivers, this dual 16th-18th-century château is home to an unexpected jewel: a "Chinese factory" mill whose period mechanism is still intact, a rare testament to the Rococo taste for the exotic.

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Sonzay · Centre-Val de Loire

Château des Cartes

An elegant 18th-century classical residence nestling in Touraine, Château des Cartes features pilastered facades and a triangular pediment on an estate whose history dates back to the monks of Marmoutier.

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Loches · Centre-Val de Loire

Maison dite d'Agnès Sorel

In the heart of Loches, this 15th-century corner house perpetuates the memory of Agnès Sorel, the royal favourite. Its medieval spiral staircase and sculpted pediment bear witness to a discreet but striking bourgeois elegance.

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Le Grand-Pressigny · Centre-Val de Loire

Ruines du donjon d'Etableaux

A striking vestige of the 12th century in the heart of Touraine, the Étableaux keep reveals its underground galleries carved into the rock and its round towers, a faithful cousin of the great fortresses of Langeais and Loches.

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Gien · Centre-Val de Loire

Immeubles

In the heart of Gien, these 16th-century Renaissance buildings, with their brick and stone facades on the Quai de Loire, bear witness to the golden age of architecture in this city on the Loire.

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Les Montils · Centre-Val de Loire

Vestiges de l'ancien de château

A stone sentinel at the gateway to Sologne, the remains of the Château des Montils are a fascinating testimony to the medieval fortifications of the Loire Valley, and have been listed as a Historic Monument since 1930.

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Trizay-lès-Bonneval · Centre-Val de Loire

Dolmen dit Pierre de Villebon ou de Beaumont

Standing on the plains of the Beauceron region, this Neolithic dolmen known as the Pierre de Villebon defies the millennia with silent majesty - one of the few listed megaliths in the Eure-et-Loir region, and the guardian of memories dating back 5,000 years.

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Tours · Centre-Val de Loire

Ancienne maladrerie Saint-Lazare

A discreet Romanesque vestige in the heart of Tours, the former maladrerie Saint-Lazare boasts capitals with palmettes of rare finesse, a moving testimony to the medieval care of lepers in Tours.

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Graçay · Centre-Val de Loire

Dolmen, dit La Pierre Levée ou La Grosse Pierre

Standing on the Berrichonne plain for over 5,000 years, this imposing dolmen - nicknamed La Grosse Pierre - is one of the few protected megaliths in the Cher region, a silent relic of the first farmers of the Loire.

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La Celle-Guenand · Centre-Val de Loire

Ancienne chapelle du Genêt

Nestling in the bocage of the Touraine countryside, this 15th-century flamboyant Gothic chapel boasts prismatic rib vaults of rare elegance, a silent testimony to preserved medieval devotion.

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Mer · Centre-Val de Loire

Château de Chantecaille

A former agricultural outbuilding of Château de Talcy, transformed in the 17th century, Chantecaille boasts shady terraces, formal gardens and elegant Loire-style simplicity.

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Mornay-Berry · Centre-Val de Loire

Maison forte de Mornay, dite aussi Château de la Cour ou de la Grand'Cour

Nestling in the heart of the Berry region, this medieval stronghold house combines a 14th-century polygonal enclosure with an 18th-century dwelling, a rare testimony to a rural fiefdom with many lives.

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La Celle-Guenand · Centre-Val de Loire

Château

A medieval fortress in southern Touraine, Château de La Celle-Guenand boasts machicolated towers, a rectangular keep and mysterious underground passageways carved into the rock - a fascinating example of the defensive art of the Middle Ages.

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Courcelles-de-Touraine · Centre-Val de Loire

Château de Chantilly

Nestling in the heart of Touraine, this 16th-century Seigneurial dwelling boasts a fortified gateway with drawbridge and 17th-century coffered ceilings decorated with mythology and flowers - a discreet treasure trove of Loire heritage.

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Déols · Centre-Val de Loire

Porte dite " du pont Perrin " et partie de l'enceinte urbaine

A stone sentinel that has stood at the gateway to Déols since the 15th century, the Pont Perrin gate keeps watch over the ancient road linking the town to Châteauroux. A medieval jewel with multiple uses, it embodies five centuries of urban history.

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Chemillé-sur-Indrois · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise paroissiale Saint-Vincent

Nestling in the heart of southern Touraine, the church of Saint-Vincent in Chemillé-sur-Indrois combines a 12th-century Romanesque apse with a Renaissance chapel founded in 1580, all brought to life by precious fragments of ancient stained glass.

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Prénouvellon · Centre-Val de Loire

Dolmen de la Rousselière

A Neolithic vestige listed as a Historic Monument, the La Rousselière dolmen stands with its large sandstone slabs on the Vendôme plain, a striking testimony to the funerary rites of a civilisation over 5,000 years old.

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Blois · Centre-Val de Loire

Maison

In the heart of Blois, this 16th-century Renaissance residence boasts an exceptional courtyard: a wooden staircase with balconies, four mythological medallions and a well topped by an elegant cupola.

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Tours · Centre-Val de Loire

Maison du Croissant

In the heart of Tours, the half-timbered 15th-century façade of the Maison du Croissant bears rare witness to the settlement of silk workers summoned by Louis XI, at the origins of the Tours silk industry.