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

Abbaye
44840 Les Sorinières

The abbey of Villeneuve, a former Cistercian abbey founded in 1201, is located in the Sorinières region of Loire-Atlantique, in a historic Breton and Ligerian setting marked by its ducal funeral role.

Abbaye
44520 La Meilleraye-de-Bretagne

Notre-Dame de Melleray Abbey, a former Cistercian abbey founded in 1145, is located in La Meilleraye-de-Bretagne in Loire-Atlantique. Transformed into a Trappist monastery in the 19th century, it combines medieval architecture and religious heritage.

Château Médiéval et Renaissance
49320 Brissac-Quincé

Brissac Castle, a medieval building transformed into a Renaissance residence, dominates the Aubance Valley in Brissac-Quincé (Maine-et-Loire). With its 7 levels and 204 pieces, it embodies the history of the Dukes of Brissac since the 11th century.

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.

Remparts gallo-romains
44000 Nantes

The Gallo-Roman enclosure of Nantes, built in the third century around Portus Namnetum, protected 16 hectares of the ancient city. Its remains, including the Saint Peter Gate, bear witness to a major fortification of the Roman Gaul.

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.

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.

Moulin à vent
44260 Savenay

The passélais mill, a 16th-century windmill located in Savenay, Loire-Atlantique, is a rare example of a restored mill of wasp size and still in working order today.