Selection of the most beautiful monuments in the Pays-de-la-Loire

Pont romain
44330 Mouzillon

The Roman bridge of Mouzillon, located in the Loire-Atlantique, is an ancient work that spans the Sanguèze, listed as historical monuments since 1925 in the Pays de la Loire region.

Chapelle romane
44190 Clisson

The Chapel of the Templars of Clisson, built in the 12th and 13th centuries, is an ancient Romanesque church located in Clisson (Loire-Atlantique), linked to the Order of the Temple and then to the Hospitallers. Its ruins bear witness to a medieval commandery.

Patrimoine carolingien
49000 Angers

The Saint-Martin d'Angers collegiate church, an ancient Carolingian church in the historic centre, illustrates fifteen centuries of architecture, from the 5th to the 15th century, with an emblematic Gothic angeline choir.

Chapelle romane
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.

Château fort
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.

Château fort
49190 Saint-Aubin-de-Luigné

The castle of the Haute-Guerche, a medieval fortress of the 13th to 16th centuries, stands in ruins in Saint-Aubin-de-Luigné (Maine-et-Loire), bearing witness to a pentagonal defensive architecture and a rich seigneurial past.

Eglise romane et gothique
49590 Fontevraud-l'Abbaye

The royal abbey of Fontevraud, founded in the 12th century in Fontevraud-l'Abbaye en Anjou, is an ancient Benedictine monastic city, famous for its necropolis of the Plantagenets and its exceptional medieval architecture, classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Château fort
49420 Pouancé

The castle of Pouancé, medieval fortress of the 12th–15th centuries, dominates the town of Pouancé in Maine-et-Loire (Land of the Loire). Ranked a historic monument in 1926, it was a key bastion of the Marches de Bretagne, rival of the castle of Angers by its strategic importance and its 3 hectares of fortified enclosure.