Museums & art galleries
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Galerie d'art François 1er
LOCHES
Place de l'Hôtel de ville
37600 LOCHES
02 47 91 19 50
http://www.ville-loches.fr
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Museum - Interpreting centre, Historical sites and monuments
L'Espace Muséal
DESCARTES
21 rue Descartes
37160 DESCARTES
02 47 91 42 00
https://museedescartes.wixsite.com/museedescartes
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Located in southern Touraine, on the border with Poitou, this unique museum is a great place to learn about the history and works of philosopher René Descartes (1596-1650), writer and academician René Boylesve (1867-1926), and electrical engineer Gustave Trouvé (1839-1902).
Museum - Interpreting centre, Historical sites and monuments
Halle des Cardeux
MONTRESOR
Place du Marché
37460 MONTRESOR
02 47 91 43 00
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Built in 1700, this covered market place with its mansard roof is named after the wool industry that brought wealth to the village until the Revolution. For many years, it was a market and trading hub for the region.
The upper floor is now home to an exhibition.
Historical sites and monuments
Grandmont Villiers Priory
VILLELOIN-COULANGE
Grandmont Villiers
37460 VILLELOIN-COULANGE
02 47 92 76 48
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Founded by Henry II of England in 1157 for the Hermits of Grandmont. This priory includes original 12th-century buildings: part of the nave of the church, and the former dormitory (east) and refectory (south) buildings.
Historical sites and monuments
Saint-Jean du Liget Chapel
SENNEVIERES
37600 SENNEVIERES
02 47 91 82 82
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A 12th-century circular chapel, restored and decorated with a cornice featuring sculpted modillions. Inside, a remarkable series of frescoes depicts the life of Christ and the Virgin Mary. Call the tourist office to reserve the key and gain access.
Museum - Interpreting centre, Historical sites and monuments
Saint Antoine Art Gallery
LOCHES
Place de Mazerolles
37600 LOCHES
02 47 59 48 21
http://www.ville-loches.fr
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In a gallery adjoining the Church of Saint-Antoine in Loches, visitors can discover two paintings purchased from Caravaggio, the late 16th early 17th-century Italian artist, by Philippe de Béthune. These remarkable works of art are displayed alongside a collection of sacred art objects.
Museum - Interpreting centre, Historical sites and monuments
Musée de la Poterne - Museum of art and folk traditions
PREUILLY-SUR-CLAISE
Carroir des prisons
37290 PREUILLY-SUR-CLAISE
02 47 94 50 04
http://www.preuillysurclaise.fr
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Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions. The abbatial church, a listed historical monument, was built in the 11th and 12th centuries and restored in the 15th. The museum is next door to the Château du Lion, former home of the first Barons of Touraine.
Museum - Interpreting centre, Historical sites and monuments
Gemmail
MONTRESOR
Halle des Cardeux
14 rue du Marché
37460 MONTRESOR
06 23 23 07 25
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Exhibition of Gemmail, 20th-century glass and light art that finds its niche between stained glass and painting. Visit the upper floor of the Halle des Cardeux to discover this exceptional art form, first developed in 1935 by Jean Crotti and admired by Cocteau, Picasso and others.
Historical sites and monuments
Saint Martin Church - Pietà by Jean Fouquet
NOUANS-LES-FONTAINES
37460 NOUANS-LES-FONTAINES
02 47 92 62 09
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Discover the Pietà of Jehan Fouquet, a 15th-century masterpiece adorning the main altar of a 12th-century church.
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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Sainte Eulalie Church
GENILLE
Place Agnès Sorel
37460 GENILLE
02 47 59 50 21
http://www.genille.fr
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This 11th and 16th-century church received the "Rubans du Patrimoine" prize in 2009 for its remarkable restoration. Beautiful stained-glass windows from the Lobin workshop. Nave ceiling made of polychrome painted wood. Rostrum, font in white marble (1494), paintings, classified historic monuments.
Historical sites and monuments
Saint-Ours Collegiate Church
LOCHES
Place Charles VII
37600 LOCHES
02 47 59 48 21
https://www.ville-loches.fr/collegiale-saint-ours-un-edifice-en-restauration-article-3-11-109.html
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An 11th- and 12th-century Romanesque collegiate church, notable for its polychrome portal dating from around 1150 and two octagonal domes known as “dubes.”