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

City gate
37600 Loches

The Gate of the Cordeliers is a 15th century fortified gate integrated with the medieval enclosure of Loches, in Indre-et-Loire, controlling the ancient road of Spain.

Clock Tower
37530 Amboise

The Amboise Clock Tower, a 15th century medieval belfry, dominates the Amass Gate in this town of Indre-et-Loire. Built on a 13th century enclosure, it combines defensive architecture and civic function.

Halle
37230 Luynes

The old hall of Luynes, built in the 15th century in the historic heart of this town of Indre-et-Loire, is a rare example of a medieval wooden hall, always active for its weekly market.

Gothic Church
45210 Ferrières-en-Gâtinais

Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul de Ferrières Abbey, a former Benedictine abbey founded in the 7th century, is a medieval jewel located in Ferrières-en-Gâtinais in the Centre-Val de Loire, marked by reconstructions in the 15th and 17th centuries after successive destructions.

Romanesque Church
45730 Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire

Saint-Benoît de Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire Abbey, founded in the 7th century, is an emblematic Benedictine abbey located in the Loiret, in the Centre-Val de Loire region. Its Romanesque and Gothic architecture, including its 11th century tower-porch, makes it a jewel of French religious and cultural heritage, classified as historical monuments and listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Loire Valley.

Gallo-Roman jackets
45490 Sceaux-du-Gâtinais

Aquis Segeste, Gallo-Roman site of Sceaux-du-Gâtinais (Loiret), is a vast source sanctuary of the Upper Empire, including thermal baths, theatre and residential areas. Ranked a Historic Monument in 1986, it bears witness to a cult linked to the goddess Segeta and healing waters, active from the 1st to the 4th century.

Gothic Church
45000 Orléans

The Cathedral of Sainte-Croix d'Orléans, a Gothic building dating back to the 13th and 14th centuries, was rebuilt in the 17th and 18th centuries, and is the episcopal seat of the diocese of Orléans in the Centre-Val de Loire, which has been a historic monument since 1862.

Jacques-Coeur Road
45500 Autry-le-Châtel

The castle-museum of Gien, built in the 15th century in Gien (Loiret), is a jewel of the First French Renaissance. Former fortress transformed into a hunting museum, it dominates the Loire and embodies the history of Val-de-Loire.