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

Phare classé MH
44490 Le Croisic

The lighthouse of the plateau du Four, 23 meters high, is a 19th century maritime lighthouse located off the Croisic, in Pays de la Loire, automated in 1983 and classified as a historical monument.

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.

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.

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
44670 La Chapelle-Glain

The Château de la Motte-Glain, a Louis XII style building and a Gothic finish, dominates the Chapelle-Glain in the Loire-Atlantique, on the historical border between Brittany and Anjou. Built in the late 15th century by Pierre de Rohan-Gié, it combines medieval heritage and incomplete Renaissance.

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.

Eglise romane et gothique
85500 Les Herbiers

The Abbey of Notre-Dame de la Graintiere, founded in the 12th century at Les Herbiers, is an emblematic Romanesque vestige of Vendée, marked by a turbulent monastic history.

Halle
44190 Clisson

The Halles de Clisson, built in the 14th century, is an emblematic historical monument located in Clisson, Loire-Atlantique, characterized by its wooden structure and its central role in medieval shopping life.