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

Tumulus
44600 Saint-Nazaire

The tumulus of Dissignac, a megalithic funeral monument of the Neolithic (4700-4500 BC), is located in Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Atlantique. Ranked a historic monument since 1889, it is one of the oldest megalithic buildings in the region, with two burial chambers and three concentric enclosures.

Passage
44000 Nantes

The passage Pommeraye, 19th-century shopping gallery in Nantes (Land of the Loire), is a unique architectural masterpiece in Europe with its three levels and monumental staircase, classified as a historical monument since 1976.

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.

Château de style Renaissance
49150 Baugé-en-Anjou

Baugé Castle, built in the 15th century in Baugé-en-Anjou (Land of the Loire), is a medieval hunting lodge built for King René, Duke of Anjou, in the heart of a historic city.

Chapelle gothique
44740 Batz-sur-Mer

The Notre-Dame-du-Mûrier chapel, a 15th-century Gothic flamboyant building in Batz-sur-Mer (Loire-Atlantique), is an ancient Catholic chapel today in ruins, classified as a historical monument since 1862.

Dolmens
44210 Pornic

The Dolmen de la Joselière, a neolithic megalith located in Pornic, Loire-Atlantique, is a 14-metre square cairn with a transept grave, classified as a historical monument since 1978.

Château Médiéval et Renaissance
44000 Nantes

The Château des Ducs de Bretagne, built in the 15th and 16th centuries in Nantes in the Pays de la Loire, is a ducal fortress that became a royal residence, an emblem of the Breton and French historical heritage. Ranked a historic monument in 1840, it now houses the Nantes History Museum.

Pont
44190 Clisson

The Vallée Bridge, built between the 18th and 19th centuries in Clisson, is a masonry bridge crossing the Sèvre Nantaise, classified as a historic monument since 1922.