Historic Sites & Monuments

Situated on the borders of Beauce and Le Perche in a 15-hectare park, the Renaissance Château de Montigny-le-Gannelon's silhouette is a feature of the heights of the Loir Valley. It is kept warm with its furnished and lived-in properties.

Nogent-le-Roi, the area's administrative capital, was built in the heart of the Eure valley. All its history is marked by its geographical situation. Discover the half-timbered houses, the Saint-Sulpice church, the chateaux and the deer park...

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 ...

Megalithic site currently undergoing a dig, with the But de Gargantua menhir and the Petit and Berceau dolmens.

Former priory connected to the abbey of Thiron-Gardais, constructed in the 12th century and restored during the Renaissance and again in the nineteenth century.

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 ...