Selection of the most beautiful monuments in Essonne

Eglise gothique
91150 Etampes

The Collège Saint-Martin d'Étampes, built in the 12th and 13th centuries, is a primitive Gothic gem located in Île-de-France. This religious monument, marked by its radiant bedside and bent bell tower, embodies medieval architectural innovation in the city of Etampes, Essonne.

Eglise gothique
91160 Longjumeau

The church of Saint-Martin de Longjumeau, a 13th and 15th century Gothic building, listed as a historic monument in 1910, stands in the heart of this Essonian city in Île-de-France, dedicated to Saint Martin, Apostle of the Gauls.

Halle
91660 au Mérévillois

The Halles de Méréville, built in the early 16th century in Mérevillois (Essonne), is a rare example of civil architecture of the first French Renaissance. This listed monument, with its oak frame and stone pillars, bears witness to the flourishing commercial activity granted by Louis XII in 1511.

Tour
91310 Montlhéry

The Montlhéry Tower, the vestige of a medieval castle of the Xth–XIVth centuries, dominates the Orge valley in Montlhéry (Essonne), Île-de-France. A strategic symbol of the Capetians, it peaks at 30 meters.

Château de style néo-classique et palladien
91380 Chilly-Mazarin

The Château de Chilly-Mazarin, built in the 17th century in Chilly-Mazarin, Île-de-France, is a former seigneurial estate transformed into a town hall, surrounded by moats and a French park.

Château de style Classique
91530 Le Val-Saint-Germain

The castle of the Marais, built in the 18th century at Val-Saint-Germain in Île-de-France, is an architectural masterpiece Louis XVI, surrounded by a historic park and classified as a Historic Monument since 1965.

Atelier d'artiste
91330 Yerres

The Caillebotte property in Yerres, 19th-century estate in Île-de-France, was the family residence of the painter Gustave Caillebotte, surrounded by an English park and ornamental factories, now open to the public.

Eglise moderne
91090 Évry

The Cathedral of the Resurrection of Évry, built in 1995, is a modern Catholic cathedral located in Évry-Courcouronnes (Essonne), the only such building in metropolitan France in the 20th century. Its cylindrical architecture, signed Mario Botta, makes it an emblematic monument.