Selection of the most beautiful monuments in the Loire

Romanesque Church
42110 Pouilly-lès-Feurs

The Collège Saint-Pierre de Pouilly-lès-Feurs is a Romanesque church of the 11th and 12th centuries, classified as a historical monument in 1911, located in the Loire in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. It is attached to a clunisian priory founded in the tenth century.

Medieval and Renaissance Castle
42240 Saint-Paul-en-Cornillon

The Château de Cornillon, built in the 11th century and renovated in the 17th century, dominates Saint-Paul-en-Cornillon in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. This medieval monument, anchored in the rock, bears witness to the history of the seigneurial forest.

Medieval and Renaissance Castle
42210 Bellegarde-en-Forez

The castle of Bellegarde-en-Forez, built between the 15th and 19th centuries, dominates the plain of Forez in the Loire. This monument combining Renaissance and medieval remains bears witness to the history of the local lords and the Counts of Forez.

Devil's Bridge
42680 Saint-Marcellin-en-Forez

The Pont du Diable de Saint-Marcellin-en-Forez, built in the 12th and 14th centuries, is an emblematic medieval bridge located in the Loire, in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, crossing the Mare at the place called Verines.

Gothic Church
42800 Sainte-Croix-en-Jarez

The Chartreuse de Sainte-Croix-en-Jarez, founded in 1281, is a former Cartreux monastery transformed into a village in the Loire, in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. This medieval site, marked by a 17th century Baroque architecture, is now classified as Historic Monuments.

Gothic Church
42100 Saint-Etienne

The Grand'Église Saint-Étienne, the Gothic building of the 15th-17th centuries in Saint-Étienne (Loire), combines the Forezian style with the turbulent history, marked by the Wars of Religion and the Revolution.

Modern Church
42700 Firminy

The church Saint-Pierre de Firminy, designed by Le Corbusier in the 1960s, is a crude concrete building located in the Loire, emblematic of modern religious architecture of the twentieth century.

Romanesque Church
42610 Saint-Romain-le-Puy

The Prioral Church of Saint-Romain-le-Puy, built between the 10th and 14th centuries, dominates the plain of Forez from a volcanic piton. This historic monument, classified in 1862, combines Romanesque architecture and Gallo-Roman remains in the Loire.