It was in the 4th century, a time when Christianity was developing in the Pays de Loire, that the original cathedral was built. Nobody knows the exact location of this building. However, history ...

Jacques Groslot, the town's bailiff, had this house built in the Renaissance which, after the Revolution became the Hôtel de Ville (Town Hall). ...

Built by King Robert the Pious to house the relics of Saint Aignan, in terms of its layout, the crypt, consecrated in 1029, takes the form of an underground church. ...

19th century developments, particularly the construction of the first covered market places, led to many great changes in this neighbourhood. ...

The first Martroi was called Martroy aux Bleds or Place St Sulpice and was situated in the northern part of rue Jeanne d'Arc between rue Charles Sanglier and rue Ste Catherine. ...

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 ...