List of historic sites in the Beauce

LOIGNY-LA-BATAILLE

Eglise de Loigny-la-Bataille

This 19th-century church is a tribute to the famous Franco-Prussian battle of 1870. Its crypt contains the relics of soliders, the tombs of the two French generals killed, and a magnificent painting of the battle by Lionel Royer.

NOTTONVILLE

Abbaye du bois de Nottonville

In the magnificent La Conie Valley, isolated in the middle of fields of wheat, the beautiful fortified Bendictine Abbey of Nottonville. The site is home to temporary exhibitions and cultural events.

TILLAY-LE-PENEUX

Château de Villeprévost

LOIGNY-LA-BATAILLE

Château de Goury

LE PUISET

Espace Les Seigneurs du Puiset

Dungeon, horsemen, traitors, battles, sieges, plots and treachery. Revisit the authentic history of the traiter lords of Le Puiset faced with the king's army... all the ingredients for an epic tale. Opening summer 2007.

ORGERES-EN-BEAUCE

Maison de la Beauce

YMONVILLE

Moulin de la Garenne

The last remaining example of the four mills of Ymonville, a windmill built in around 1839 and listed as a historic monument. A silent but eloquent testimony to the Beauce milling industry.

VARIZE

Ferme-château de Varize

OUARVILLE

Grand moulin de Ouarville

The biggest and most ancient of the last mwindills still turning in the Beauce sky, with its origins going back to the 13th century!

TERMINIERS

Château de Villepion