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Château de Chenonceau spanning the River Cher on its arches

Tours, Centre-Val de Loire

Château de Chenonceau

Renaissance castle spanning the Cher River

From €17.50

A large, multi-story stone and stucco building with a prominent round stone tower, red brick chimneys, and modern wire sculptures in the foreground, identified as the Château de Tours (specifically the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tours).

Tours, Centre-Val de Loire

Château de Tours

Historic castle featuring Jeu de Paume photography exhibi...
An architectural restoration drawing showing detailed Gothic tracery, pinnacles, and rose windows of a cathedral facade, with text reading "CATHÉDRALE DE TOURS - RESTAURATION."

Tours, Centre-Val de Loire

Cathédrale Saint-Gatien

16th-century organs and 13th-century rose windows

Free

A symmetrical, light-colored stone building with a central pediment, multiple rows of tall windows, and manicured round hedges on a lawn in the foreground, with a Gothic-style cathedral spire visible behind it.

Tours, Centre-Val de Loire

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tours

18th-century palace housing masterpieces by Rembrandt and...

From €4.20

The image shows the interior nave and apse of a large church with Roman-Byzantine architecture, featuring massive granite columns, rounded arches, a central dome with mosaics, and an altar area with purple liturgical cloth; signage in the foregrou

Tours, Centre-Val de Loire

Basilique Saint-Martin

Roman-Byzantine basilica built over St. Martin's tomb

Free

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