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

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.

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.

Eglise romane et gothique
49000 Angers

The Cathedral of Saint-Maurice d'Angers, an angeline Gothic jewel of the 12th–13th centuries, combines Romanesque and Renaissance styles. Located in Pays de la Loire, it houses a polychrome carved portal and 13th century apocalyptic stained glass windows.

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.

Eglise gothique
44000 Nantes

Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul de Nantes Cathedral, a Gothic building dating from the 15th and 19th centuries, dominates the city with 63 metres. An architectural masterpiece marked by fires and restorations, it embodies the religious and political history of Brittany.

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.

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.

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.