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Azay-sur-Cher · Centre-Val de Loire

Eglise Sainte-Marie-Madeleine

This neo-Gothic church in Azay-sur-Cher is home to a rare treasure: an interior entirely hand-sculpted by an artist priest between 1856 and 1880, crowned with flamboyant stained glass windows by Lobin.

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Lazenay · Centre-Val de Loire

Château de la Ferté

On the borders of the Berry and Indre départements, Château de la Ferté displays the classic elegance of the Grand Siècle, attributed to François Mansart, on a moat divided between two départements.

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Amboise · Centre-Val de Loire

Oppidum protohistorique des Châteliers

A Celtic sentinel overlooking the Loire, the Châteliers oppidum reveals 350 years of Gallic history: earthen ramparts, defensive ditches and mysterious anthropomorphic statuettes buried at the gateway to Amboise.

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Blet · Centre-Val de Loire

Halle

A rare remnant of Berry's rural market halls, this 1821 timber frame in the heart of Blet bears witness to the discreet genius of 19th-century master carpenters. A fragile and precious village heritage.

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Candé-sur-Beuvron · Centre-Val de Loire

Château de Candé

At the gateway to the Sologne region, the Château de Candé-sur-Beuvron boasts a classical façade crowned with a triangular pediment, a chapel with an apse and refined interiors from the Grand Siècle.

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Louzouer · Centre-Val de Loire

Menhir dénommé Grande Pierre ou Pierre de Minuit

A stone sentinel erected since Neolithic times in the heart of the Gâtinais, the Grande Pierre de Louzouer defies the millennia with its solitary monolith, guardian of a sacred territory forgotten for five thousand years.

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Frazé · Centre-Val de Loire

Manoir du Châtelier

A sentinel of brick and stone with vertiginous moats, the Manoir du Châtelier has watched over Frazé since the end of the 15th century. Its diamond-shaped decoration and loopholes make it a jewel of Perche defensive architecture.

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Saint-Agil · Centre-Val de Loire

Château

Nestling in the heart of the Vendôme region, the Château de Saint-Agil displays its round medieval towers and sober Renaissance elegance in a setting of moats and greenery - a discreet jewel in the Loir-et-Cher region.

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Sepmes · Centre-Val de Loire

Château

Built for Jean de Taix, François I's grand master of artillery, this Renaissance jewel of Touraine conceals a sculpted coffered staircase worthy of Azay-le-Rideau and a monolithic well with leonine gargoyles.

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Courcelles-de-Touraine · Centre-Val de Loire

Manoir de la Tannerie

A discreet 15th-century jewel nestling in Touraine, the Manoir de la Tannerie boasts a polygonal tower with wooden screws and a hooded fireplace adorned with enigmatic murals.

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Montrichard · Centre-Val de Loire

Maison du 16e siècle

In the heart of Montrichard, this 16th-century corbelled house boasts a timber-framed facade with large transoms and a window adorned with sculpted columns, a rare example of Renaissance civil architecture in the Loire Valley.

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La Châtre-Langlin · Centre-Val de Loire

Chaussée de l'Etang ou digue (également sur commune de Saint-Benoît-du-Sault)

On the borders of Berry and Limousin, the Chaussée de l'Étang has crossed the Portefeuille stream since the Middle Ages. This discreet monument, listed in 2011, bears witness to eight centuries of rural hydraulic engineering.

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Orléans · Centre-Val de Loire

Restes de l'église Saint-Paul

In the heart of Orléans, Saint-Paul church combines 17th-century baroque, a neo-Renaissance façade and a chapel of miracles. An architectural palimpsest that survived the flames of 1940.

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Farges-Allichamps · Centre-Val de Loire

Château de la Brosse

A neo-Gothic jewel of Berry nestling in landscaped grounds designed by Paul de Lavenne de Choulot, Château de la Brosse combines medieval architecture with the French art of living of the Second Empire.

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Rochecorbon · Centre-Val de Loire

Château de l'Olivier

Château de l'Olivier is an elegant Touraine residence dating from the late 18th century, with an astonishing facade of colossal proportions and a gate taken from the famous Château de Chanteloup. A discreet gem in Rochecorbon.

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Ferrière-Larçon · Centre-Val de Loire

Polissoir

An exceptional Neolithic relic, this polisher from Ferrière-Larçon bears witness to the ingenuity of the first stone craftsmen. Now housed at the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, it is classified as a historic monument.

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Tavers · Centre-Val de Loire

Dolmen dit La Pierre du Vert-Galant ou du Ver-Valland

A Neolithic vestige standing guard over the Loire Valley, the Pierre du Vert-Galant is an exceptional testimony to the builders of the megaliths of the Loire basin, and has been listed as a Historic Monument since 1948.

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Orléans · Centre-Val de Loire

Monument dit « Le premier toit »

A masterpiece by Maxime Real del Sarte sculpted between 1914 and 1920, "The First Roof" poetically embodies the ideal of decorative garden sculpture in Orléans between the wars.

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Abondant · Centre-Val de Loire

Château

An elegant 17th-century château in the heart of the Eurelian Beauce region, Abondant boasts classical facades and a peaceful moat set in exceptional wooded grounds. A discreet jewel in the crown of Beauce heritage.

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Assigny · Centre-Val de Loire

Château de la Vallée

A discreet jewel of the Berrichonne Renaissance, Château de la Vallée's corbelled arches and square tower are set in the lush greenery of the Cher, an unspoilt testimony to the refined art of building in the 16th century.

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Monts · Centre-Val de Loire

Manoir de l'Ortière

Nestling in the gentle countryside of the Touraine region, the Manoir de l'Ortière displays its sober late-Gothic elegance, with its polygonal staircase tower, flamboyantly decorated windows and sculpted door, a rare feat for a 15th-century country manor.

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Saint-Patrice · Centre-Val de Loire

Château de Rochecotte

Formerly Talleyrand's princely retreat, Château de Rochecotte's neoclassical façade is set between two square pavilions, crowned with sculpted coats of arms - a discreet jewel in the Loire Valley, steeped in diplomatic memory.

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Montrichard · Centre-Val de Loire

Maison en bois du 16e siècle dite de l'Ave Maria

In the heart of Montrichard, this 16th-century half-timbered house fascinates visitors with its sculpted corbelled wall plates and its corner post adorned with an Annunciation, a discreet masterpiece of the Loire Renaissance.

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Saint-Romain-sur-Cher · Centre-Val de Loire

Manoir-chapelle

Born a Benedictine chapel in the 13th century, this unusual manor house in the Cher Valley hides medieval wall paintings in its apse and a Gothic polygonal tower of rare elegance.