1220 – Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres, France
After the first cathedral of any great substance burnt down in 1020, a glorious new Romanesque basilica, which included a massive crypt,
After the first cathedral of any great substance burnt down in 1020, a glorious new Romanesque basilica, which included a massive crypt,
The magnificent St Gatien Cathedral was built between the 12th and 16th centuries in a medieval and later renaissance gothic. On the site of Roman Caesarodunum,
This 13th century church was built on the site of an earlier building – a church dating from the 6th century.
Originally constructed at the end of the 14th century, the only remaining vestige of that era is the square tower on the south facade,
The royal Château de Chambord is the largest castle in the Loire Valley, but was built to serve only as a hunting lodge for King François I,
Chenonceau is probably the most famous chateau in the Loire valley. Built over the river Cher, the chateau is surrounded by water.
The Chateau of Amboise, built by order of Charles VIII, Louis XII and François I between the 15th and 16th centuries was one of the first truly “royal”
Now containing the Sociétë Archéologique de Touraine, the Hótel Goüin is a fine Renaissance style mansion in the oldest part of the city.
Constructed between 1624 and 1630, to designs by the sculptor-architect of Blois, Jacques Bougier, who was trained in the atelier of Salomon de Brosse,
The Palais de Justice is one of two important buildings on the semicircular Place Jean Jaurès – the other is the Hôtel de Ville designed by Victor Laloux.