Historic Sites & Monuments

The Farcot Museum retraces the life of the legatee, Eugène Farcot, who wanted to bring museum culture to his native town, Sainville, where he was born in 1830. The layout of the collections is designed in the manner of a cabinet of curiosities as ...

A prestigious heritage site, listed at a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and one of the gems of 12th and 13th century art, the Notre-Dame Cathedral of Chartres has always been testimony to the enthusiasm of pilgrims and visitors. Open, guided or ...

A magnificent 12th-century church in traditional stone, displaying traces of Romanesque, Gothic and Classical architectural style without ever sacrificing its harmony. Remarkable frescoes, structure, lectern and altarpiece. Keys available from the ...

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 ...

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

Steelworking site founded in 1670 by the Bourbon-Condé family, active for two centuries and still home to the last remaining examples of 17th-century steelworking furnaces. Site includes the forge master's house (built 17th-18th centuries), dam, ...