Museums & art galleries
Historical sites and monuments
Tour Saint-Antoine
LOCHES
Place de la Marne
37600 LOCHES
02 47 59 48 21
http://www.ville-loches.com
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Museum - Interpreting centre
Musée Minerve
YZEURES-SUR-CREUSE
Place F. Mitterrand
37290 YZEURES-SUR-CREUSE
02 47 94 26 54
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Remains of a votive pillar dedicated to Jupiter: carved blocks and an attempt at reconstruction. Remains of a temple. Merovingian sarcophagi.
Museum - Interpreting centre, Historical sites and monuments
Museum of Descartes
DESCARTES
21 rue Descartes
37160 DESCARTES
02 47 91 42 00
https://museedescartes.wixsite.com/museedescartes
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This exceptional place highlights 3 brilliant men who left their marks on the town: René Descartes, philosopher, who was born in this house; René Boylesve, member of the Académie Française, and Gustave Trouvé, an avant-garde inventor.
Museum - Interpreting centre
The Chancery
LOCHES
8 rue du Château
37600 LOCHES
02 47 59 48 21
http://www.ville-loches.fr
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In the heart of the medieval city, welcome to the Chancery. Centred on the theme 'Town of Art and History', the ground floor of this building has 5 decorated rooms which tell the story of Loches.
Museum - Interpreting centre, Historical sites and monuments
Galerie Kimpel Lézé
LOCHES
4 Place de l'Hôtel de Ville
37600 LOCHES
02 47 59 43 16
http://www.bijou-deriviere.com
Historical sites and monuments
La Chapelle de Tous-les-Saints
PREUILLY-SUR-CLAISE
Route du Grand-Pressigny
37290 PREUILLY-SUR-CLAISE
06 83 46 14 87
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Seigneurial Manor and Monastery of la Corroirie
MONTRESOR
Route de Loches (à 4, 5 km de Montrésor)
37460 MONTRESOR
06 80 43 38 75
https://www.corroirie.com
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On the road between Loches and Montrésor, La Corroirie was a feudal seat, seigneury and monastery of the monks of La Chartreuse du Liget until the Revolution. XIth-century windmill, XIIIth-century Plantagenet church, XVth-century fortified door. A remarkable architectural ensemble.
Historical sites and monuments
Eglise Saint-Gervais Saint-Protais
LE GRAND-PRESSIGNY
Place Savoie Villars
37350 LE GRAND-PRESSIGNY
02 47 94 90 37
http://www.diocesedetours.catholique.fr
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Museum - Interpreting centre
La Maison du Carnaval
MANTHELAN
55 rue nationale
37240 MANTHELAN
06 82 78 66 70
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Jean Fouquet House
NOUANS-LES-FONTAINES
5 Rue Jehan Fouquet
37460 NOUANS-LES-FONTAINES
02 47 92 62 09
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Discovery of the different aspects of paintings through glass framed reproductions. Audio slide presentation of the historic works of Fouquet. The life and work of the painter presented on the walls in the form of scrolls.
Historical sites and monuments
Church of Ferrière
FERRIERE-LARCON
8 rue des Perrets
37350 FERRIERE-LARCON
02 47 59 65 72
http://www.ferriere-larcon.com
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The church (10th, 12th and 13th centuries) dedicated to Saint Mandé and Saint Jean is one of the most interesting and captivating churches in Touraine. Imposing and majestic character, dimensions and bold architecture make up this hall-church with three naves.
Museum - Interpreting centre
Musée de la Préhistoire
BOSSAY-SUR-CLAISE
4 rue du bois rouge
37290 BOSSAY-SUR-CLAISE
02 47 94 54 72
http://www.bossay-sur-claise.net/a-p-a-b/
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