Historic Sites & Monuments

Experience the splendour of the Enlightenment! 60-hectare formal park with remains. It was here that Saint Simon retired to write the majority of his memoirs.

Located in Illiers-Combray near Chartres, around a hundred metres from the “House of Aunt Léonie”, is Château of La Sinterrerie, where a young Marcel Proust’s sensibilities were born. This magnificent, secret estate inspired the writer’s ...

The famous family house of Aunty Léonie, with period furnishings intact, where the young Marcel Proust would spend his holidays. Full of the provincial charm which he would later draw on in his works.

Discover and understand the post mill, typical to the Beauce region, and made entirely from wood.

Tall towers, deep moats, a drawbridge… 7 centuries of French history at the Château de Villebon, a fairytale castle sure to enchant your kids.

Dive into the Cellars of History to relive a day in 1944. An immersive, fun, historic and incredible experience for families, friends and groups. Local history is then explained in the Salon Résistance, the Passage La Loupe bombardée and La vie ...