Selection of the most beautiful monuments in the Val-de-Loire Centre

Château de style Louis XII
41000 Blois

The Château Royal de Blois, a 16th-17th century Renaissance jewel, dominates the Loire in Blois in the Centre-Val de Loire. Residence of the kings of France, it combines Gothic, Renaissance and classical styles in a unique courtyard.

Atelier d'artiste
28000 Chartres

The Lorin workshops, founded in 1863 in Chartres, are the oldest still active stained glass workshops, specialized in the creation and restoration of stained glass windows, located in a building registered with historical monuments.

Porte-de-ville
28800 Bonneval

The Gates of Bonneval, fortified remains of the 13th century, mark the entrance of this ancient medieval city of Eure-et-Loir, nicknamed the 'little Venice of the Beauce' for its canals fed by the Loir.

Beffroi
18300 Sancerre

The belfry of Sancerre, an ancient 16th-century municipal symbol, is a listed historical monument located in the Cher, now part of the Church of St John.

Route Jacques-Coeur
18200 Meillant

The castle of Meillant, a former 13th century castle transformed in the 15th and 16th centuries, stands in Meillant in the Cher, in the region Centre-Val de Loire. Its architecture combines flamboyant Gothic styles and Louis XII.

Aqueduc
28300 Berchères-Saint-Germain

The former Pontgouin aqueduct, built in the 17th century near Berchères-Saint-Germain, was part of the Eure Canal designed by Vauban to supply Versailles with water. This unfinished project testifies to Louis XIV's hydraulic ambition.

Château fort
18320 Menetou-Couture

Menetou-Couture Castle, built in the 15th century in the Cher, is a 38-metre military dungeon surrounded by a century-old park, classified as a Historic Monument since 1917.

Château de style Renaissance
37190 Azay-le-Rideau

The Château d'Azay-le-Rideau, a 16th century Renaissance jewel located in Azay-le-Rideau in Indre-et-Loire, is an architectural masterpiece built for Gilles Berthelot, treasurer of François I, and deeply restored in the 19th century.