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

Rue Royale is one of the main streets of the city of Orleans, notable for its shopping arcades and symmetrical pavilions dating partly from the eighteenth century. Rue Royale connects Place du Martroi and the George V Bridge. The street breakthrough was granted in March 1752 by Louis XV, on the condition that the facades of the street be uniform. During the French Revolution, it was temporarily renamed rue de l'Égalité. Nearly half of its buildings were destroyed by the bombings and fires of June 1940, before a restoration after the war. Today, the street is served by tram line A 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 after the World War I out of respect of Britain's role in the war.

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The Church of Saint-Euverte is a French church of the ninth century located east of Orleans, near the Loire and the Pont René Thinat in the Loiret department and the Centre-Val de Loire region. Since its construction, it has been dedicated to Catholic worship and dedicated to Saint Euverte, bishop of Orleans in the fourth century.

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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 so-called Joan of Arc House in Orleans is a historical museum dedicated to Joan of Arc, inaugurated in 1974, in a medieval style townhouse reconstructed in 1965, in the city center of Orleans, in the Loiret department in 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 represents Joan of Arc, heroine of the history of France, warlord and saint of the Catholic Church, sword in hand and riding a horse.

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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 to the north and Saint-Pryvé-Saint-Mesmin to the south, in the Loiret department and the Centre-Val de Loire region.

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The Church of Notre-Dame-de-Recouvrance is a French church of the fifteenth and sixteenth century located in Orleans, in the Loiret department and the Centre-Val de Loire region. Since its construction, it has been assigned to Catholic worship.

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The Protestant Temple of Orléans is a Reformed Protestant parish located at 2 rue du Cloître Saint-Pierre Empont in Orléans, in the Loiret department in the Centre region of France. It is part of the United Protestant Church of France.

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

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