Historic Sites & Monuments

Maison de la Beauce offers an original insight into the Beauce region. In a contemporary, spacious area, interactive terminals, models, audiovisual accounts, and various collections tell the story of the region, the local countrypeople and the ...

In the former barn of the chapter of Chartres, the centre organises exhibitions, courses, and workshops on ancient and contemporary stained glass , visits and art classes.

Enter the "secret gardens" of the Sun King. Discover the furnished home of Madame de Maintenon, whose eternal youth charmed Louis XIV the all-powerful.

Broken pieces of crockery form an extraordinary example of naive art: the Maison Picassiette. Between a total work of art and decoration, the artist's imagination extends to every available space: walls, floors, ceilings, courtyards, gardens etc.

Through stylised worlds and original, immersive sets, visitors are plunged into France’s court, challenged with lively historians’ debates, taken back to the sources of Roman mythology and surprised by France’s feasting, fighting, itinerant ...

The fortified complex was built in the 12th century by Hugh II of Châteauneuf, lord of Thymerais, as an outpost of the Capetian royal estate to defend against the Duchy of Normandy.