Selection of the most beautiful monuments in the Loire

Pont du Diable
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.

Eglise romane
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.

Château Médiéval et Renaissance
42920 Chalmazel-Jeansagnière

Chalmazel Castle, a medieval fortress of the 13th and 16th centuries, dominates the Lignon Valley in Chalmazel-Jeansagnière, in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Built as a stronghold of Forez, it combines defensive architecture and seigneurial heritage.

Eglise romane
42190 Charlieu

Charlieu Abbey, a former Benedictine abbey of the 9th century, located in Charlieu in the Loire, is famous for its Romanesque sculptures and Clunisian history. Its remains, including the narthex and tympanos, bear witness to a rich medieval past.

Château de style Gothique
42590 Saint-Priest-la-Roche

The château de la Roche, built in the 13th century on a rocky piton in Saint-Priest-la-Roche (Loire), dominates the Loire and was in turn medieval fortress, neo-Gothic residence and immersive cultural site now accessible on an island.

Eglise gothique
42380 Saint-Bonnet-le-Château

The Collège Saint-Bonnet, a 15th-century Gothic building in Saint-Bonnet-le-Château (Loire), dominates the city with its medieval murals and rich religious heritage, classified as a Historic Monument in 1922.

Eglise gothique
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.

Eglise moderne
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.