Loiret

Centre-Val de Loire

Château de Chamerolles

A quadrangular Renaissance château surrounded by moats, the château de Chamerolles was built around 1520 on the site of a medieval stronghold, at the edge of the Orléans forest. Brick and Beauce stone create a decor typical of the Loire Valley.

Centre-Val de Loire

Château de Sully-sur-Loire

At the edge of the Sologne, a region in central France, the château de Sully-sur-Loire rises with its round towers on the riverbank, perfectly mirrored in its water-filled moat. It marks the eastern entrance to the Loire Valley, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Its name is tied to one of the great…

Centre-Val de Loire

Château de Meung sur Loire

For almost six centuries, Meung-sur-Loire was the residence of the bishops of Orléans: a fortress of 1209 visited by Joan of Arc and Louis XI, where the poet François Villon was jailed, then made into a little Versailles by an exiled bishop. On the town side, the château keeps its medieval face. On…