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Sélection de 8 dungeons, towers, citadels and bastions sur 31 dans le Centre Val-de-Loire

Tower of Caesar in Beaugency
Tower of Caesar
45190 Beaugency

The Tour de César is a Romanesque quadrangular donjon of the 11th century, vestige of the castle of Beaugency, located on the edge of Loire in the Centre-Val de Loire.
Tower or bell tower Saint-Firmin de Beaugency
Tower
45190 Beaugency

The tower Saint-Firmin, 16th century Renaissance bell tower in Beaugency (Centre-Val de Loire), is the last vestige of a parish church demolished in 1793, famous for its architecture combining ancient and Gothic influences.
Donjon de la Motte
Donjons
45500 Saint-Gondon

The dungeon of La Motte, built in the 11th century in Saint-Gondon (Loiret), is a ruin of a castle with artificial motte, typical of medieval defensive architecture in the Centre-Val de Loire.
Funeral tower called Tour Faffe

45210 Fontenay-sur-Loing

The Faffe Funeral Tower, built in the last quarter of the 19th century, is a historic monument located in Fontenay-sur-Loingg, Loiret, in the heart of the old communal cemetery.
Former fort of the Tourelles

45100 Orléans

The Tourelles Caponière, a 17th century defensive building in Orléans, is a rare vestige of urban fortifications, protected as a historical monument. It is vaulted and flanked by murderers and illustrates the evolution of military techniques.
Tour Beauvoir de Blois
Tower
41000 Blois

The Beauvoir Tower is a medieval dungeon of the 12th and 13th centuries located in Blois, in the Centre-Val de Loire, formerly used as a prison and key element of urban defenses.
Tour Saint-Martin de Vendôme
Tower
41100 Vendôme

The Saint-Martin Tower is an ancient Gothic and Renaissance bell tower of the 15th to 16th centuries in Vendôme, the only vestige of the parish church destroyed in 1857, now serving as a municipal belfry.
Tour de Montrichard
Tower
41400 Montrichard

The Montrichard Tower is an iconic monument located in the city of Montrichard, in the Centre-Val de Loire region. Its history and exact period remain to be discovered.