Castles & Monuments

Centre Val de Loire

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A Chinese factory in the Amboise forest, the Chanteloup Pagoda

Amboise – Indre-et-Loire
37-Indre-et-Loire
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Le Château de Langeais,

Château de Langeais, two-sided and impossible to photograph!

Langeais - Indre-et-Loire
37-Indre-et-Loire
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Le Château de Luynes

Luynes Castle, administratively inaccessible

Luynes - Indre-et-Loire
37-Indre-et-Loire
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La Forteresse de Chinon

Chinon : the invisible fortress

Chinon - Indre-et-Loire
37-Indre-et-Loire
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Le Clos Lucé

Le Clos Lucé, welcome to a genius' home

Amboise - Indre-et-Loire
37-Indre-et-Loire
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Le Château d’Azay-le-Rideau

Château d'Azay le Rideau, a jewel on the water

Azay-le-Rideau - Indre-et-Loire
37-Indre-et-Loire
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Le château d’Ussé

Ussé Castle, Sleeping Beauty Castle!

Rigny-Ussé - Indre-et-Loire
37-Indre-et-Loire
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Château de Cinq-Mars-La-Pile

Cinq-Mars-La-Pile, une petite ville, une pile, un château et des légendes

Cinq-Mars-La-Pile - Indre-et-Loire
37-Indre-et-Loire
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Chenonceau seen from the Cher by electric boat... and in a wheelchair

Chenonceau – Indre-et-Loire
37-Indre-et-Loire
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Le château de Saint-Mars la Pile

Cinq-Mars-La-Pile… venez donc dormir au château !

Cinq-Mars-La-Pile - Indre-et-Loire
37-Indre-et-Loire
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A castle, and 27,910 owners with 115 countries of origin!

Indre-et-Loire
37-Indre-et-Loire
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Balzac in Saché, convict and bon vivant

Saché – Indre-et-Loire
37-Indre-et-Loire
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Parc mini châteaux  Amboise

More than 40 castles of the Loire Valley on 2 hectares

Amboise – Indre-et-Loire
37-Indre-et-Loire
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Le Château de Montpoupon

The Venery Museum at the Château de Montpoupon

Céré-la-Ronde – Indre-et-Loire
37-Indre-et-Loire
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Le château de Villandry

The superb vegetable garden of the Château de Villandry

Villandry - Indre-et-Loire
37-Indre-et-Loire
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Château de Palluau-Frontenac

Palluau-Frontenac, the rare frescos of the chapel

Palluau-sur-Indre - Indre
36-Indre
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Le musée Bertrand

Napoleon at the Bertrand Museum

Châteauroux - Indre
36-Indre
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Domaine de Poulaines

Wonderful arboretum...

Poulaines - Indre
36-Indre
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Château de Valençay

The devil collector!

Valençay – Indre
36-Indre
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Maison de George Sand

George Sand, a must!

Nohant–Vic - Indre
36-Indre
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Azay-le-Ferron, château, parcs et jardins…

Azay-le-Ferron, castle, parks and gardens...

Azay-le-Ferron - Indre
36-Indre
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Château Naillac

A castle, birds, and men...

Le Blanc - Indre
36-Indre
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Le Château du Courbat

Such a beautiful city hall...

Le Pechereau - Indre
36-Indre
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Berry insolite

The " Berry insolite " is out ! It's heavy stuff!

Indre
36-Indre
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Argent-sur-Sauldre  - entrée du château

The museum of old trades

Argent-sur-Sauldre – Cher
18-Cher
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Aubigny-sur-Nère

Aubigny-sur-Nère, the Scotsman!

Aubigny-sur-Nère - Cher
18-Cher
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Pôle de la Porcelaine

Castle museum, porcelain center, and gardens of the Duke

Mehun-sur-Yèvre - Cher
18-Cher
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Ainay le Vieil

Ainay le Vieil, castle, gardens and museum...

Ainay-le-Vieil - Cher
18-Cher
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Château de Pesselières

Romantic and secret

Jalognes - Cher
18-Cher
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Musée des fours banaux

A common oven, common ovens?

Vierzon - Cher
18-Cher
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Château du Plaix - Musée des Arts et Traditions Paysannes Les Thiaulins de Lignières

Traditions, popular arts, and celebration!

Saint-Hilaire en Lignières - Cher
18-Cher
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Galerie Capazza

Unusual gallery...

Nançay - Cher
18-Cher
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La route Jacques Cœur

The Jacques Cœur road

Bourges - Cher
18-Cher
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Château De Maupas

1000 plates in the staircase...

Morogues - Cher
18-Cher
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Festival du Boucard Haut-Berry

250 concerts since 1966

Le Noyer - Cher
18-Cher
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Château La Grand’Cour

Serenity in the fortress shell

Mornay-Berry - Cher
18-Cher
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Photos : Berry insolite

The " Berry insolite " is out ! It's heavy stuff!

Cher
18-Cher
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Tintin at the castle, or the castle of Tintin?

Cheverny – Loir-et-Cher
41-Loir-et-Cher
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Le château d'Onzain

In the middle of the water and the city, a castle!

Onzain – Loir-et-cher
41-Loir-et-Cher
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château de Chambord - jardins à la française

Create your garden with Leonardo da Vinci

Chambord - Loir-et-Cher
41-Loir-et-Cher
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Le Château de la Ferté Saint-Aubin

Escape games at the castle

La Ferté Saint-Aubin - Loiret
45-Loiret
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Normandy

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Le logis seigneurial

Double epic, medieval and industrial, in a single castle

Crèvecœur–en-Auge - Calvados
14-Calvados
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Abbaye de Mortemer

The museum of ghosts and legends

Lisors - Eure
27-Eure
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Le Château de Martainville

The Museum of Norman traditions and arts

Martainville-Epreville - Seine-Maritime
76-Seine Maritime
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Loire Country

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Bluebeard Castle exists!

Tiffauges - Vendée
85-Vendée
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Le château de Brézé

A castle under the castle!

Brézé - Maine-et-Loire
49-Maine-et-Loire
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Le château d’Angers

The castle of Angers, from Saint-Louis to King René

Angers - Maine-et-Loire
49-Maine-et-Loire
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Montreuil-Bellay Castle, unusual and historical visit

Montreuil-Bellay - Maine-et-Loire
49-Maine-et-Loire
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The Ethno-Museum of the Château de Verrière

Saumur - Maine-et-Loire
49-Maine-et-Loire
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A castle, and 27,910 owners with 115 countries of origin!

Indre-et-Loire
49-Maine-et-Loire
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Baugé en Anjou

Baugé: dragon's blood and crayfish eyes

Baugé en Anjou - Maine-et-Loire
49-Maine-et-Loire
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Château de Saumur sous la neige

Saumur: children in the castle

Saumur - Maine-et-Loire
49-Maine-et-Loire
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Château de Montsoreau - Musée d’art contemporain

Contemporary art at the 15th century castle

Montsoreau - Maine-et-Loire
49-Maine-et-Loire
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Fontevraud l’abbaye

900 year old case for a museum of modern art

Fontevraud l’abbaye - Maine-et-Loire
49-Maine-et-Loire
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Musée-château de Villevêque

From the Middle Ages to the Renaissance at the Musée-Château

Rives-du-Loir-en-Anjou – Maine-et-Loire
49-Maine-et-Loire
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Le musée des coiffes et des traditions

An amazing museum!

Les-Ponts-de-Ce - Maine-et-Loire
49-Maine-et-Loire
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Au Bon Pasteur

The Good Shepherd, congregation, museum, and hostelry

Angers - Maine-et-Loire
49-Maine-et-Loire
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Le Château de Brissac

Brissac, the highest castle in France

Brissac - Maine-et-Loire
49-Maine-et-Loire
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Maison carolingienne

The son of Charlemagne in Doué La Fontaine

Doué La Fontaine - Maine-et-Loire
49-Maine-et-Loire
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Le Château de Serrant

Serrant : the backstage of the castle

Château de Serrant – Saint-Georges sur Loire
49-Maine-et-Loire
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Château du Patys

Meet Bazin and Folcoche in a castle museum

Segré-en-Anjou - Maine-et-Loire
49-Maine-et-Loire
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Le Manoir de Launay

1000 old tools at the manor of Launay

Villebernier – Launay – Maine-et-Loire
49-Maine-et-Loire
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Le château à Motte de la Haie Joulain

The motte castle: the Middle Ages reconstituted

Verrières-en-Anjou - Maine-et-Loire
49-Maine-et-Loire
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« Maine-et-Loire insolite »

"Unusual Maine-et-Loire

Maine-et-Loire
49-Maine-et-Loire
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Château de Parnay - Antoine Cristal

Walls in the vineyards...

Parnay - Maine-et-Loire
49-Maine-et-Loire
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Château du Plessis-Bourré

From Peau d'Ane to Fanfan la Tulipe

Écuillé - Maine-et-Loire
49-Maine-et-Loire
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"Le Voyage à Nantes"

Nantes – Loire-atlantique
44-Loire-Atlantique
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Clisson

Clisson the Breton Italian

Clisson - Loire-Atlantique
44-Loire-Atlantique
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« Loire-Atlantique insolite »

Loire-Atlantique in 125 discoveries!

Loire-Atlantique unusual
44-Loire-Atlantique
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Monastère de Bois Salair

From waterspouts to Serbian sisters' soap

Saint-Georges-Buttavent - Mayenne
53-Mayenne
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