The Genius of the Loire:
Heritage & Terroirs

5045 protected monuments, 48 wine appellations, 54 UNESCO landscape entries — a data-grounded atlas of the Loire.

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Royal Archives

Three pillars of Loire heritage

Monuments Historiques

5045 edifices protected under the French Heritage Act from 1840 onward — castles, churches, abbeys, manors.

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Wines & Terroirs

48 appellations documented with Wine Enthusiast critic reviews — Sancerre, Vouvray, Chinon, Muscadet, and more.

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UNESCO Heritage

The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes — inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list in 2000 as a cultural landscape.

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Protected monuments by département

Source: Mérimée database

Indre-et-Loire 882
Maine-et-Loire 725
Loiret 457
Loir-et-Cher 439
Sarthe 433
Cher 405
Eure-et-Loir 389
Vendée 380
Loire-Atlantique 371
Indre 306

Data sources: Ministère de la Culture (data.gouv.fr), Wine Enthusiast, UNESCO World Heritage Centre.