Selection of the most beautiful monuments in the Drôme

Renaissance building
26000 Valence

The House of the Heads of Valencia, a 16th century mansion located in Old Valencia, is famous for its carved facade combining flamboyant Gothic and Italian Renaissance styles, decorated with symbolic heads and ancient busts.

Romanesque Church
26700 La Garde-Adhémar

The church of Saint-Michel de La Garde-Adhémar, a 12th century Romanesque jewel in Drôme, is distinguished by its rare western apse and its neo-Roman bell tower. Ranked a historic monument since 1862, it combines medieval architecture and 19th century restorations.

Castle
26200 Montélimar

The Château des Adhémar, a 12th century Romanesque palace in Montelimar, combines medieval architecture and contemporary art. Ranked a historical monument, it dominates the city with its towers and seigneurial houses.

Medieval and Renaissance Castle
26790 Suze-la-Rousse

The castle of Suze-la-Rousse, built between the 11th and 16th centuries, is a medieval fortress transformed into a Renaissance residence, classified as a historical monument, located in Suze-la-Rousse in Drôme, in the heart of the vineyards of the Côtes-du-Rhône.

Renaissance style castle
26230 Grignan

The castle of Grignan, a medieval building transformed into a Renaissance palace, has dominated the Provencal Drôme since the 12th century. This iconic monument, linked to Madame de Sévigné, combines military architecture and 17th century refinement.

Romanesque and Gothic Church
26000 Valence

The Saint-Apollinaire Cathedral of Valencia, a Romanesque building of the 11th and 17th centuries, dominates Old Valencia in Drôme. Ranked a historical monument in 1862, it combines medieval architecture and Baroque reconstructions, bearing witness to a rich religious and pilgrim past.

Romanesque Church
26160 Bonlieu-sur-Roubion

Sainte-Anne de Bonlieu-sur-Roubion Abbey, a 12th century Cistercian abbey located in the Drôme, was restored in the 19th century and listed as a historic monument in 1999.

Romanesque and Gothic Church
26230 Montjoyer

The abbey of Notre-Dame d'Aiguebelle, founded in 1137 in Montjoyer (Drôme), is a Cistercian abbey still active, classified among the few medieval monasteries preserved in France, in the heart of a wooded valley in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.