OUR WHITE LADY
Church with carved friezes on the exterior facades and a stained glass ...Read more
HOLY CROSS CATHEDRAL
Orléans' Sainte-Croix cathedral offers a walk to the top of the towers to ...Read more
ST. GEORGE'S CATHEDRAL
Cathedral of Saint-Gatien in Tours, with a choir with a beautiful example ...Read more
CAROLINGIAN ORATORY
Carolingian oratory built in 806, with a remarkable 9th-century Byzantine ...Read more
PRIORY OF NOTRE-DAME DE CUNAULT
Today, the priory church in Cunault is a luminous, majestic church ...Read more
SAINTE-JEANNE-D'ARC CHURCH
The church was rebuilt under the direction of architect Paul Gelis.Read more
CHURCH OF SAINTE-MADELEINE
Read moreCharacterized by its flat chevet, this church is under the patronage of Sainte Madeleine, represented seven times in this remarkable stained glass program. The majority was carried out by the Lobin workshop of Tours - between 1860 and 1878. This ensemble presents a large unit of style. The number of glass panes and stained glass windows is quite considerable and, of course, everyone has a history. Visit this church with the President of the Association of Friends of the Church of Sainte-Madeleine: specialist in religious heritage, he makes this walk between alcoves and chapels absolutely exciting! He décryptera every window, including the one so called "Japanese", which is deemed to be unparalleled so far, but also mural paintings, including an ex-voto reminiscent of an epidemic of plague. In one of the chapels, a burial urn contains the heart of the painter Anne-Louis Girodet (to whom the city also devoted a museum, currently in work), while the great christ is the model carved by Triqueti, for his christ of the Invalides. The spire of the bell was restored by a pupil of Violet the Duke. The church has undergone an important internal and external work campaign to bring it back to its ancient splendour.
SAN MARTIN BASILICA
The Basilica of Saint-Martin is today a 19th century basilica, designed by ...Read more
NOTRE-DAME-DES-ARDILLIERS ROYAL CHAPEL
Chapel declared Royal Chapel after the discovery of a stone pietà next to ...Read more
ST. LOUIS CATHEDRAL
The relics of Saint Solenne are deposited in Saint-Louis Cathedral, where a ...Read more
ST. MAURITIUS CATHEDRAL
Saint-Maurice Cathedral in the Angevin Gothic style, with an imposing high ...Read more
ABBEY CHURCH OF THE TRINITY
Church whose stained glass window of the Virgin in Majesty dating from the ...Read more
7 STEEPLES HIKES
A hike to Chinon, to visit a magnificent Romanesque church retracing the ...Read more
THE CHURCH OF ST. NICHOLAS
Church located at the foot of the royal castle, benefiting from an ...Read more
CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF NANTILLY
Church built in Romanesque style, with a Gothic aisle ordered by Louis XI ...Read more
ABBATIALE NOTRE-DAME
What remains of this church is the choir, with its extremely rare ...Read more
NOTRE DAME BASILICA
The flamboyant Gothic basilica where Charles VII was buried, hosts a ...Read more
SHRINE OF ST. RAGUNDA
Chapel that was once a pagan place, whose water from the well in the rock ...Read more
SAINT-GENEST CHURCH
Read moreThis romanesque church of the eleventh century was built from stone from an older building. This characteristic gives the church a unique and rather original look. Treasure of Romanesque art, the church opens in the west by a belfry-doorway from square shape, it is one of the major singularities of the building. The other glory of Saint-Genest, its wall paintings date from the 12c, the 13th and 14th centuries. Le Christ in Majesty is undoubtedly a single work. The priory of Saint-Genest houses the town hall Lavardin today.
ST. JULIAN CHURCH
Read moreThe belltower-porch which dates back to the 11th century is the oldest part of this church, part of which was knocked down by a hurricane in the 13th century. Originally romanesque basilica, Saint-Julien is then rebuilt in the Gothic style. The two small chapels on either side of the chancel date from the 16th century. After the Revolution, Saint-Julien is abandoned and fall in ruins. It will be restored in the 19th century under the leadership of Prosper Mérimée, inspector of Historical Monuments. In 1859, you will find its primary purpose. If it is sinking so compared to the adjacent streets, it is because it was built before the walls of the Loire are raised, due to the risk of flood. During the Second World War, in an extremely exposed area however, the church has miraculously escaped the bombing in which destroyed the district mainly.
Today, concerts are often organised in this pretty building.