Historic Sites & Monuments

A jewel of French Renaissance architecture built by Philippe l'Orme, humanist and architect of Henri II. The castle of Diane of Poitiers, it is a masterpiece.

Located in 19th-century stables, the conservatory bears testimony to the work and social life of quarrymen in the last century. It also has temporary and themed exhibitions on bread.

It was from this chapel that the Children's Crusade set out in 1212, headed by shepherd boy Estienne de Cloyes. The legend says that 20,000 children left for the Holy Land and never returned...

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.

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.