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

Château Médiéval et Renaissance
44130 Blain

The château de la Groulais, a medieval fortress of the 14th and 15th centuries in Blain (Land of the Loire), was a strategic bastion of the Duchy of Brittany, marked by the conflicts between Clisson, Rohan and the crown of France.

Moulin à vent
44350 Guérande

The Cremeur Mill, known as the Devil's Mill, is a 15th century windmill located in Guérande (Loire-Atlantique), classified as a historical monument since 1901. This Breton footpiece illustrates the traditional architecture of the region's mills.

Dolmens
44410 Saint-Lyphard

The dolmens of Kerbourg, located in Saint-Lyphard in the Loire-Atlantique, are megalithic burials of the Neolithic, classified historical monuments since 1951. These buildings, including a well-preserved corridor dolmen, bear witness to ancient funeral practices.

Château Médiéval et Renaissance
49260 Montreuil-Bellay

The Château de Montreuil-Bellay, built in the 11th century in Montreuil-Bellay, Anjou, is a medieval fortress rebuilt in the 13th, 14th and 17th centuries, reflecting the military and seigneurial architecture of the Pays de la Loire.

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.

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
44750 Campbon

The castle of Campbon, built in the 11th and 13th centuries, is a former castle located in Campbon in the Loire-Atlantique, today reduced to remains of ramparts and a circular tower called Tower of Hell.

Caves
49700 Dénezé-sous-Doué

The cellars of the Mousseaux, an underground shelter of the 16th century in Denezé-sous-Doué (Pays de la Loire), house hundreds of naive and satirical sculptures carved in the tuffeau, classified as a historical monument since 1969.