Historic Sites & Monuments

The château de la Rivière is a very elegant early 17th century design and little has been altered in four centuries. The main body of the Château was built in 1628, the outbuildings in 1629. The architecture is simple and very graceful, using ...

Amidst the flowers and plants, some 300 m² of mosaics adorn terraces, pools, pillars, walls, pots…Surprising and enchanting.

Swann Park on the banks of the Loir, designed by Proust's uncle, is a place charged with romance and atmosphere. Based on the informal style garden, it made a profound mark on the author.

Saint-Orien church contains the 'Dance of Death', a unique group of wall paintings, the most complete in Europe, dating back to the 15th century. Completely restored, it is crowned with the 'Legend of the three living and the three dead', the ...

A lighthouse in the sea of wheat fields in Zola's Beauce region! The last stone windmill in Eure-et-Loir is still in working order! You can see it from 8km away, with its rotating roofing which functions using a 14-metre long tail and a wingspan of ...

A precious specimen of the manor house rebuilt under Louis XIII, Château de Blanville, surrounded by a park, has conserved all the simplicity, distinction and balance of that great century.