Selection of the most beautiful monuments in Loir-et-Cher

Renaissance building
41000 Blois

The Alluye Hotel, built in the early 16th century in Blois, is a Renaissance-style mansion, mixing Gothic and Italian influences. Former residence of Florimond Robertet, it illustrates Louis XII architecture in the Loire Valley.

Templar Commandery
41170 Couëtron-au-Perche

The Commanderie des Templiers d'Arville, founded in the 12th century in Couëtron-au-Perche (Loir-et-Cher), is a former medieval Templar and then hospital complex, marked by buildings from the 14th to the 18th centuries, testifying to its seigneurial and agricultural role in the Centre-Val de Loire.

Louis XII style castle
41000 Blois

The Château Royal de Blois, a 16th-17th century Renaissance jewel, dominates the Loire in Blois in the Centre-Val de Loire. Residence of the kings of France, it combines Gothic, Renaissance and classical styles in a unique courtyard.

Castle
41230 Lassay-sur-Croisne

The château du Moulin, built between 1480 and 1501 in Lassay-sur-Croisne (Loir-et-Cher), is a seigneurial brick mansion with medieval looks, surrounded by moat, mixing defensive and residential style of the nascent Renaissance.

Renaissance style castle
41370 Talcy

Talcy Castle, a 13th-15th-century Renaissance building in Talcy (Loir-et-Cher), combines defensive architecture with remarkable gardens, classified as a Historic Monument since 1908.

Castle
41400 Montrichard

The Château de Montrichard, a former castle in ruins of the eleventh century, dominates the town of Montrichard en Loir-et-Cher, monitoring the passage of the Cher and the route Blois-Loches.

Castle
41800 Lavardin

The Château de Lavardin, a medieval ruin of the 12th and 15th centuries, dominates the village of Lavardin (Loir-et-Cher) in the Centre-Val de Loire. Former fortress of the Counts of Vendôme, it was dismantled in 1591 after the Wars of Religion.

Medieval and Renaissance Castle
41120 au Controis-en-Sologne

The castle of Fougères-sur-Bièvre, built between the 11th and 16th century, is a medieval fortress transformed into a seigneurial residence, located in the Loir-et-Cher, in the Centre-Val de Loire, in the heart of the historical village of Contres-en-Sologne.