Things to see in Tours
Tours is a city in France, with an urban population of about 236 thousand. Below are 20 notable places within about 3 km of the centre, ranked by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
1Tours Cathedral Place of worship
Tours Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church located in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France. It is the seat of the Archbishops of Tours, the metropolitan cathedral of the Tours ecclesiastical province and is dedicated to Saint Gatianus.
2Basilica of St. Martin, Tours Place of worship
The Basilica of Saint Martin is a Catholic basilica dedicated to Saint Martin of Tours, over whose tomb it was built. It is located in Tours, France.
3Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tours Art
The Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tours is located in the bishop's former palace, near the cathedral St. Gatien, where it has been since 1910.
4Marmoutier Abbey, Tours Place of worship
Marmoutier Abbey, also known as the Abbey of Marmoutier or Marmoutiers, was an early monastery outside Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France. In its later days it followed the Benedictine order as an influential monastery with many dependencies.
5château de Tours Art
The Château de Tours is a castle located in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France.
6Roman amphitheatre of Tours History
The Tours amphitheatre (also known as the Caesarodunum amphitheatre) is a Roman amphitheatre located in the historic city centre of Tours, France, immediately behind the well known Tours cathedral.
7Pont Wilson (Tours) Landmark
The Wilson Bridge, built between 1765 and 1778, is the oldest bridge in Tours. It features 15 arches and extends 434 meters (1,424 feet) across the Loire.
8Jardin botanique de Tours Park
The Jardin botanique de Tours (5 hectares) is a municipal botanical garden and arboretum located at 33, Boulevard Tonnellé, Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, France.
9Chapelle Saint-Libert de Tours Place of worship
The Chapel of Saint-Libert was a former Romanesque church dating from the 12th century. It was situated within the historic core of Tours, France.
10Tour Charlemagne Landmark
The Charlemagne Tower is, along with the Clock Tower, a remnant of the former basilica dedicated to Saint Martin of Tours. It is located in Rue des Halles, in the old town district.
11Tour de l'Horloge Landmark
The Clock Tower is, alongside the Charlemagne Tower, a remnant of the former basilica dedicated to Saint Martin of Tours. It is located in the Old Town district of Tours, France, at 86 rue des Halles.
12Abbaye Saint-Julien (Tours) Place of worship
The Saint-Julien Abbey in Tours, France, is an ancient Benedictine abbey dating back to the 6th century.
13Église Notre-Dame-la-Riche Place of worship
Notre-Dame-de-la-Riche Church (église Notre-Dame-la-Riche) is a Roman Catholic church building on Rue Georges-Courteline in the old town district of Tours.
14Enceinte bastionnée de Tours History
The bastioned wall of Tours was a rampart constructed between 1591 and 1685 around the modern city of Tours.
15Oratory of the Holy Face Place of worship
The Oratory of the Holy Face is a Roman Catholic oratory in Tours France. It was originally established on the Rue St. Etienne, in the former home of Venerable Leo Dupont who did much to promote devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus.
16Enceinte gallo-romaine de Tours History
The Gallo-Roman enclosure of Tours is a wall surrounding the city of Civitas Turonorum (the cathedral quarter of the current city of Tours) and was constructed during the Late Roman Empire.
17Thermes gallo-romains de Tours History
The Gallo-Roman baths of Tours were public bathhouses that, during the High Empire and for some until the end of the Roman Empire—none of them "survived" beyond that—were in operation in the ancient city of Caesarodunum, which would later become Tours.
18Gallo-Roman Temple of Tours Place of worship
The Gallo-Roman temple of Tours is an ancient religious building of the fanum type, dated to the late 1st century CE. It was located in the city center of the ancient settlement of Caesarodunum, which also corresponds to the heart of the contemporary city of Tours, in the Indre-et-Loire department.
19Enceinte Châteauneuf (Tours) History
The Châteauneuf enclosure, also known as the "Martinopole enclosure," is a fortification wall that surrounded the settlement of Châteauneuf-de-Saint-Martin, now integrated into the modern city of Tours, located in the Indre-et-Loire department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.
20église Saint-Clément de Tours Place of worship
Saint-Clément Church (église Saint-Clément de Tours) was a parish church in the old town of Tours, France, not far from the Basilica of Saint Martin.
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