Selection of the most beautiful monuments in the Loiret

Moulin à vent
45270 Chapelon

The Gaillardin Mill, in Chapelon (Loiret), is a 18th-18th-century pivoting mill, classified as a Historic Monument, with an intact wooden mechanism and a conical masonry base.

Moulin à vent
45600 Guilly

The windmill of Bel-Air, built in the 17th century and redesigned in the 19th century, is a typical pivot mill of the Beauce, located in Guilly in the Centre-Val de Loire region.

Eglise romane et gothique
45190 Beaugency

The church of Notre-Dame de Beaugency, an abbey of the 12th, 17th and 19th centuries, stands in the Loiret in the Centre-Val de Loire, classified as a historical monument since 1862.

Halle
45170 Aschères-le-Marché

The hall of Aschères-le-Marché, an 18th-century wooden block, stands in the Loiret. Former medieval grain market, it retains a traditional structure and re-used stained glass windows.

Moulin à vent
45410 Artenay

The Muets windmill, located in Artenay (Loiret), is a 19th-century circular stone tower classified as a Historic Monument. Its mechanism remains despite the disappearance of the wings.

Eglise romane
45730 Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire

Saint-Benoît de Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire Abbey, founded in the 7th century, is an emblematic Benedictine abbey located in the Loiret, in the Centre-Val de Loire region. Its Romanesque and Gothic architecture, including its 11th century tower-porch, makes it a jewel of French religious and cultural heritage, classified as historical monuments and listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Loire Valley.

Eglise gothique
45210 Ferrières-en-Gâtinais

Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul de Ferrières Abbey, a former Benedictine abbey founded in the 7th century, is a medieval jewel located in Ferrières-en-Gâtinais in the Centre-Val de Loire, marked by reconstructions in the 15th and 17th centuries after successive destructions.

Route Jacques-Coeur
45500 Autry-le-Châtel

The castle-museum of Gien, built in the 15th century in Gien (Loiret), is a jewel of the First French Renaissance. Former fortress transformed into a hunting museum, it dominates the Loire and embodies the history of Val-de-Loire.