Selection of the most beautiful monuments in Loire-Atlantique

Castle
44150 Ancenis

The Château d'Ancenis is a 10th century Breton castle located in Ancenis, Loire-Atlantique, overlooking the banks of the Loire. Ranked a historical monument, it illustrates medieval defensive architecture.

Romanesque Chapel
44270 Machecoul-Saint-Même

The former chapel Sainte-Marie-Madeleine de Quinquenevent, 12th century Romanesque building in Machecoul-Saint-Même (Land of the Loire), is a unique nave priory with a vaulted crypt, classified as a historical monument in 1997.

Romanesque Chapel
44330 Le Pallet

The chapel Sainte-Anne du Pallet, built in the 12th century, is a medieval vestige located in Le Pallet in the Loire-Atlantique, formerly linked to a extinct parish church.

Gothic Chapel
44450 Saint-Julien-de-Concelles

Saint-Barthélemy Chapel, built in the 15th century in Saint-Julien-de-Concelles in Pays de la Loire, is a Roman Catholic historical monument built on Gallo-Roman remains, classified in 1925.

Gothic Chapel
44740 Batz-sur-Mer

The Notre-Dame-du-Mûrier chapel, a 15th-century Gothic flamboyant building in Batz-sur-Mer (Loire-Atlantique), is an ancient Catholic chapel today in ruins, classified as a historical monument since 1862.

Romanesque Chapel
44190 Clisson

The Chapel of the Templars of Clisson, built in the 12th and 13th centuries, is an ancient Romanesque church located in Clisson (Loire-Atlantique), linked to the Order of the Temple and then to the Hospitallers. Its ruins bear witness to a medieval commandery.

Gothic Church
44000 Nantes

Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul de Nantes Cathedral, a Gothic building dating from the 15th and 19th centuries, dominates the city with 63 metres. An architectural masterpiece marked by fires and restorations, it embodies the religious and political history of Brittany.

Abbey
44520 La Meilleraye-de-Bretagne

Notre-Dame de Melleray Abbey, a former Cistercian abbey founded in 1145, is located in La Meilleraye-de-Bretagne in Loire-Atlantique. Transformed into a Trappist monastery in the 19th century, it combines medieval architecture and religious heritage.