Selection of the most beautiful monuments in Loire-Atlantique

Medieval and Renaissance Castle
44000 Nantes

The Château des Ducs de Bretagne, built in the 15th and 16th centuries in Nantes in the Pays de la Loire, is a ducal fortress that became a royal residence, an emblem of the Breton and French historical heritage. Ranked a historic monument in 1840, it now houses the Nantes History Museum.

Castle
44670 La Chapelle-Glain

The Château de la Motte-Glain, a Louis XII style building and a Gothic finish, dominates the Chapelle-Glain in the Loire-Atlantique, on the historical border between Brittany and Anjou. Built in the late 15th century by Pierre de Rohan-Gié, it combines medieval heritage and incomplete Renaissance.

Medieval and Renaissance Castle
44130 Blain

The château de la Groulais, a medieval fortress of the 14th and 15th centuries in Blain (Land of the Loire), was a strategic bastion of the Duchy of Brittany, marked by the conflicts between Clisson, Rohan and the crown of France.

Castle
44780 Missillac

The Château de la Bretsche, located in Missillac in the Loire-Atlantique, is a 15th century building rebuilt in the 19th century, mixing neo-Gothic and neo-Renaissance styles, surrounded by a 200-hectare park.

Castle
44750 Campbon

The castle of Campbon, built in the 11th and 13th centuries, is a former castle located in Campbon in the Loire-Atlantique, today reduced to remains of ramparts and a circular tower called Tower of Hell.

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.