7 Sights in Blois, France (with Map and Images)
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Explore interesting sights in Blois, France. Click on a marker on the map to view details about it. Underneath is an overview of the sights with images. A total of 7 sights are available in Blois, France.
Sightseeing Tours in BloisActivities in Blois1. House of Magic
La Maison de la Magie Robert-Houdin is a museum which faces the Royal Château de Blois. It is located in the Loir-et-Cher département in the Loire Valley, in France, in the center of the city of Blois. As a museum of France and bearing the official label of "Musée de France", it is the only public museum in Europe which incorporates in one place collections of magic and a site for permanent performing arts. The creation of such a site is directly linked to the personality of Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin, a famous French illusionist born in Blois in 1805.
Wikipedia: La Maison de la Magie Robert-Houdin (EN), Website
2. Royal Castle of Blois
The Royal Château of Blois is a château located in the city center of Blois, Loir-et-Cher, in the Loire Valley, France. In addition to having been the residence of the Counts of Blois and some French Kings, Joan of Arc also went there by 1429 to be blessed by the Archbishop of Reims before departing with her army to drive against the English, who conquered Orléans the previous year.
3. Escalier Denis Papin
The Denis-Papin staircase, located in the city of Blois, is a monumental stone staircase that connects the upper town to the Puits-Châtel district, established on the banks of the Loire. From the top of this staircase, there is a panoramic view of the Jacques-Gabriel bridge, the Loire Valley and the old town. The view of the staircase from the bridge over the Loire is also remarkable.
4. Église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul
The Saint-Vincent-de-Paul church is a Catholic religious building located in Blois, France. Former Saint-Louis chapel of the Jesuit college of Blois, it was built in the 17th century but only became a parish church in the 19th century, under the term of Saint-Vincent-de-Paul.
5. La Halle aux Grains
The Halle aux Grains is a historical monument located on Place Jean-Jaurès, in Blois (Loir-et-Cher). Under the name "Palais des Congrès et de la Culture", it is home to the Scène nationale de Blois. It also hosts congresses and exhibitions.
6. Musée des Beaux-Arts de Blois
The Musée des Beaux-Arts de Blois, located in the Louis XII wing of the city's famous castle, presents collections of painting, sculpture and decorative arts dating from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries. It was established in 1850.
7. Roseraie des jardins de l’Évêché
The rose garden of the terraces of the Bishopric is a one-hectare rose garden located on the lower terrace of the garden of the Bishopric of Blois, in the Loir-et-Cher, in the center of metropolitan France.
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