In Antiquity, the site of the present-day prefecture was the site of the forum. In around 800, canons from Sainte-Croix Cathedral transferred the church on the site to nuns ...

The mendicant order of the Minims, founded in the 15th century by Saint François de Paule, built a convent on this site at the start of the 17th century. ...

This church, the oldest in Orléans, dates from the 12th century. Situated at the heart of the student neighbourhood, in the Middle Ages, it was a very popular parish ...

The construction of this church, built near one of the town's ports, against and outside the 14th century ramparts, was entrusted to Jean Mynier, the master of masonry ...

Aignan was one of the first bishops of Orléans. History recounts that in 451, he saved the town from the siege of Attila, King of the Huns. At the start of the 6th century, ...

The first reference to a church at this site dates from 930. In 1187, it was called Saint-Pierre-Ensentelée. During the Hundred Years War, it was destroyed in order to clear ...

The product of the desire for a Reform of Christianity initiated by theologists such as Martin Luther and Jean Calvin, in France, Protestantism was structured ...

This Renaissance townhouse is attributed to the architect Jacques I Androuet Ducerceau. It was built for Philippe Cabu, a lawyer in Châtelet. Its facade overlooking ...

Situated at the heart of the medieval town, the Hôtel des Créneaux was the first town hall for the municipality of Orléans. After the French Revolution, it became ...

In 1524, Euverte Hatte, a rich trader, had this townhouse built which, today, bears his name. This example of Renaissance architecture, the oldest from ...

Built between 1543 and 1545 by Pierre Biart and Philippe Bénard, the Hôtel Hector de Sanxerre has passed through the years without any major upheavals. Only its ground floor, ...

Between 1536 and 1540, Guillaume Toutin, manservant to the future King Henri II, had this townhouse built against the 14th century ramparts, on the site ...

In the 8th century, canons, members of the Episcopal Council, were obliged to live next to the Bishop. In order to accommodate them in the area around the cathedral, ...

The Saint-Paul neighbourhood used to be part of Avenum situated west of the original ramparts and testified to since the 9th century. ...

The first city wall known in Orléans dates from 4AD. Rectangular in shape it enclosed a surface area of 25 hectares for a perimeter of slightly over 2 kilometres. ...