Selection of the most beautiful monuments in Essonne

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.

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.

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.

Château fort
91150 Étampes

The Guinette Tower, the last vestige of the Royal Castle of Etampes, is a 12th century clover-shaped dungeon, located on a plateau overlooking the city. This emblematic monument of the Essonne bears witness to medieval military architecture.

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.

Château fort
91880 Bouville

The castle of Farcheville, a 13th-17th century medieval fortress in Bouville (Essonne), is a rare example of a fortified enclosure in Île-de-France, surrounded by moat and marked by major restorations in the 19th and 20th centuries.

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.

Eglise romane et gothique
91150 Etampes

The Collège Notre-Dame-du-Fort d'Étampes, founded in the 11th century by Robert le Pieux, is a Romanesque and Gothic church located in Île-de-France. Ranked a historical monument in 1840, it combines religious architecture and 13th century defensive elements.