Selection of the most beautiful monuments in Sarthe

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.

Bâtiment Renaissance
72000 Le Mans

The house of La Tourelle, also known as the house of Saint Paul, is a historic monument of Le Mans, in Sarthe, inscribed since 1926. Located opposite Saint-Julien Cathedral, it illustrates medieval civil architecture.

Eglise gothique
72100 Yvré-l'Évêque

The ancient abbey of the Epau, founded in the 13th century by Queen Berengère of Navarre, is a Cistercian abbey located in Yvré-l'Évêque, near Le Mans, Sarthe. This iconic monument combines Gothic architecture and royal history, marked by centuries of monastic life and major restorations in the 20th and 21st centuries.

Abbaye
72300 Solesmes

Saint-Pierre de Solesmes Abbey, founded in the 11th century, is an emblematic Benedictine abbey located in Solesmes en Sarthe, famous for its role in the restoration of Gregorian chant and monastic life in France in the 19th century.

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.

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.

Château
72130 Fresnay-sur-Sarthe

The castle of Fresnay-sur-Sarthe, a 14th and 15th century building, is a historical vestige located in the Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, on the banks of the Sarthe River.

Porte-de-ville
72400 La Ferté-Bernard

The Saint-Julien Gate, built around 1480 in La Ferté-Bernard (Sarthe), is a medieval fortified vestige marking the historic entrance of the city, combining defence and urban prestige.