Selection of the most beautiful monuments in Sarthe

Remparts gallo-romains
72000 Le Mans

The Gallo-Roman enclosure of Le Mans, built between the third and fourth centuries, is a monumental bulwark of 1,300 meters long, famous for its polychrome geometric decorations unique in France. Located in the historic town of Le Mans (Land of the Loire), it symbolizes the urban and military power of late antiquity.

Vieux pont
72430 Asnières-sur-Vègre

The Old Bridge over the Vègre, built at the beginning of the 19th century in Asnières-sur-Vègre (Sarthe), is a marble and sandstone bridge rebuilt in 1806 by the entrepreneur Jacques Baumier, classified as a historical monument since 1984.

Château fort
72290 Ballon-Saint Mars

The castle of Ballon, dungeon and ruins of the 15th and 16th centuries, dominates the Saosnois in Ballon-Saint Mars (Sarthe). Medieval fortress transformed into a seigneurial residence, classified as a historical monument in 1923.

Château fort
72140 Sillé-le-Guillaume

The castle of Sillé-le-Guillaume, classified as a historical monument in 1914, is a medieval fortress transformed into a residence in the 16th and 17th centuries, located in the Sarthe, Pays de la Loire. Its architecture reflects the evolution of military techniques and seigneurial uses.

Prieuré
72260 Dangeul

The Priory of Mayanne, a former monastery founded in the 11th century in Dangeul (Sarthe), was renovated in the 15th and 16th centuries. Ranked a historic monument in 2013, it combines Romanesque chapel, medieval house and exceptional tithe barn.

Architecture gothique angevin
72000 Le Mans

Saint-Julien du Mans Cathedral, a Gothic and Romanesque masterpiece from the 11th–15th century, dominates the city of Le Mans in the Pays de la Loire. A medieval episcopal seat, it combines ancient stained glass, sculptures and a unique architecture in France.

Halle
72400 La Ferté-Bernard

The Halles de La Ferté-Bernard, built in the 2nd quarter of the 16th century, is an emblematic historical monument of this Sarthois city, formerly dedicated to the trade of canvases and grains.

Palais
72000 Le Mans

The Palais du Grabatoire, an ancient 16th-century canonial palace located in Le Mans in the Plantagenet City, is a historic monument inscribed since 1927, marked by remarkable urban architecture and unknown history.