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

Watermill
53340 Chémeré-le-Roi

The Thévalles Mill, a 19th century historic monument, is a water mill located in Chemeré-le-Roi in Mayenne, unique in the West with its wood-bottom hybrid mechanism.

Lime ovens
53260 Parné-sur-Roc

The Parné-sur-Roc lime kilns, built in the 19th century in Mayenne, are an emblematic industrial complex including houses, workers' houses and ovens, which bear witness to the local limemaking activity.

Windmill
53290 Grez-en-Bouère

The Savier Mill of La Guénaudière, built in the 18th century in Grez-en-Bouère (Pays de la Loire), is a historical mill classified as a Historic Monument in 1984, emblematic of the rural heritage of Mayen.

City gate
53000 Laval

The Beuchesse gate, built in the 15th century in Laval (Pays de la Loire), is the only remaining door to the medieval ramparts of the city, marked by its defensive architecture and its link with the painter Henri Rousseau.

Gothic Church
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.

Abbey
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.

Gothic architecture Angelvin
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.

Castle
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.