11 Sights in Orléans, France (with Map and Images)

Rue Royale is one of the main streets of the city of Orleans, remarkable for its trading arcades and symmetrical pavilions dating from the 18th century. Rue Royale connects Place du Martroi and the George V. La Percée de la rue was granted in March 1752 by Louis XV, on the condition that the street facades were uniform. Under the French Revolution, it is temporarily renamed rue de l'Equitality. Almost half of his constructions were destroyed by the bombing and fire in June 1940, before a restoration after the war. Today, the street is served by line A of the tram via the Royale-Châtelet station.

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The George V Bridge is a road and tram bridge that crosses the Loire in Orléans, France. It is an arched masonry bridge spanning a distance of 325 m. Designed by Jean Hupeau, it was built between 1751 and 1760, at the request of Daniel-Charles Trudaine, administrator and civil engineer. It was renamed in honour of King George V at the beginning of the World War I out of respect of Britain's role.

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The Saint-Euverte church is a French church in the ninth century located east of Orleans, near the Loire and the René Thinat bridge in the Loiret department and the Center-Val de Loire region. It has been affected since its construction with the Catholic worship and dedicated to Saint Euverte, bishop of Orleans in the 4th century.

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The Episcopal Palace of Orleans, also locally called the old bishopric or Dupanloup hotel, is a classic French building located rue Félix Dupanloup in Orléans (Loiret). This building, which served until 1905 as a residence at the Bishops of Orleans, has welcomed the International University Center for Research since 2014.

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The Church of Saint-Aignan is a collegiate church in the Bourgogne quarter of Orléans on the north bank of the Loire, France. The church is dedicated to Anianus, a 5th-century bishop of Orléans, who, according to legend, persuaded Attila the Hun not to sack the city.

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The Parc Floral de la Source is a French garden situated to the south of the River Loire, in the La Source neighbourhood of the town of Orléans, in the département of Loiret. With more than 150,000 visitors in 2007, it is the most visited site in Loiret.

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The Pont de l'Europe is a French inclined bowstring arch bridge crossing the Loire River between Orléans, Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle in the north and Saint-Pryvé-Saint-Mesmin in the south, in the Loiret department and the Centre-Val de Loire region.

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The equestrian statue of Joan of Arc, Place du Martroi in Orléans, is a work by Denis Foyatier dating from 1855. It depicts Joan of Arc, heroine of the history of France, warlord and saint of the Catholic Church, sword in hand and riding a horse.

Wikipedia: Statue équestre de Jeanne d'Arc (place du Martroi, Orléans) (FR)

La Maison dit de Jeanne d'Arc in Orléans is a historic museum dedicated to Jeanne d'Arc, inaugurated in 1974, in a medieval -style town house reconstituted in 1965, from downtown Orleans, in the Loiret department in Center-Val de Loire region.

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The Jardin des Plantes d'Orléans is a 3.5-hectare botanical garden located on the outskirts of Orléans city centre, south of the Loire River, in the Loiret department and the Centre-Val de Loire region.

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The Church of Notre-Dame-de-Recouvrance is a 15th- and 16th-century church in Orléans, Loiret department in the Centre-Val de Loire region. Since its construction, it has been used for Catholic worship.

Wikipedia: Église Notre-Dame-de-Recouvrance d'Orléans (FR), Website