6 Sights in Blois, France (with Map and Images)

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.

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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.

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The Church of Saint-Vincent-de-Paul is a Roman Catholic church in Blois, France. Former Saint-Louis chapel of the Jesuit college of Blois, it was built in the seventeenth century but did not become a parish church until the nineteenth century, under the name of Saint-Vincent-de-Paul.

Wikipedia: Église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul de Blois (FR)

The grain market 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 conferences and exhibitions.

Wikipedia: Halle aux grains de Blois (FR)

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 century. It was established in 1850.

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The Denis-Papin staircase, located in the town of Blois, is a monumental stone staircase which connects the upper town to the district of the Châtel, established on the Loire. From the top of this staircase, we have a panoramic view of the Jacques-Gabriel bridge, the Loire valley and the old town. The perspective on the staircase offered from the bridge crossing La Loire is also remarkable.

Wikipedia: Escalier Denis-Papin (FR)