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CANGEY 12th-century church. Superb 16th-century stained-glass windows (listed). Le Moulin de Lée standing stone, also known as "David's Stone", which is 4,000 to 5,000 years old. Footpaths. Castle including two 17th-century pavilions. Numerous houses with character. Tel (0) 247 30 08 43 (Town Hall)
CHARGE Musée de la Résistance et de la bataille de la Loire (a museum providing a national and local retrospective of the French Resistance Movement and the battle of 19th June 1940). No admission charge. Open all year with advanced booking. Weaponry display (no charge). Paintings by Guérize (18th century, Town Hall). 12th and 16th-century church. Wine cellars (tasting). Château de la roche et de Pray. Tel (0) 247 57 04 01 (Town Hall)
LIMERAY Church dedicated to St. Saturnin, dating from the 11th, 12th and 16th centuries, Romanesque bell tower, 15th to 17th-century statues, and stained glass from the Lobin workshop. Former Law Courts (14th century). Old houses. Château de Moncé (13th-century abbey) and Château du Plessis. 15th-century manor house in Avisé. Footpaths through extensive vineyards. Wine cellars. Fishing river. Tel (0) 247 30 11 14 (Town Hall)
LUSSAULT-SUR-LOIRE Small 18th-century church commissioned by Choiseul. Footpaths. Winegrowing village on the banks of the Loire. Montlouis and Touraine wines. Aquarium. Château de Pintray. Tel (0) 247 57 16 29 – Fax (0) 247 57 77 72 (Town Hall)
MONTREUIL-EN-TOURAINE 15th-century château. Church dating from the 15th to 19th centuries. Angling lake. Tel (0) 247 30 15 14 (Town Hall)
MOSNES 12th-century church. 15th-century house. Wine cellars (tasting). Long-distance footpaths. Château des Thomeaux. Wash-house beside the spring. Tel (0) 247 57 22 13
NAZELLES-NEGRON Bridge over the Cisse and view of the church. Superb 12th-century tithe barn. Branch offices of the Town Hall (former almoner's house), hillside, castle, River Cisse, Vaugadeland and Vaubrault valleys, La Bardouillère (hillside with cave dwellings). Château de Nazelles. Tel (0) 247 23 71 71 (Town Hall)
NEUILLE-LE-LIERRE 10th-century church dedicated to St. Peter. 19th-century Bellevue House which belonged to a leading wine trader. Chateau de Bourot (12th-18th centuries). Tel (0) 247 52 95 17 (Town Hall)
NOIZAY St. Prix' Church built in the first half of the 11th century and altered over the following centuries. House known as "Le Grand Coteau", a property purchased by Francis-Jean-Marcel Poulenc in 1927. Château de Noizay, built in the early 16th century. Tel (0) 247 52 11 06 (Town Hall)
POCE-SUR-CISSE Pocé, in the heart of the Ramberge and Cisse Valleys, has a privately-owned 15th-century château set in a magnificent park (listed) filled with rare trees. Open to the public. Walking, tennis courts, angling lake. Manoir de la Fourchette and Manoir de Ménard. Tel (0) 247 57 18 15 (Town Hall)
SAINT OUEN-LES-VIGNES 11th-century church (listed building). Listed esplanade called Allée des Tilleuls. Château (17th-18th centuries). Picnic area. Children's playground. Footpaths. Tel (0) 247 30 18 87 (Town Hall)
SAINT REGLE Château des Arpentis. Church rebuilt in the 19th century. Cave dwellings and wine cellars built into the rock face (at Mazeure and Breussolières). Numerous springs. Tel (0) 247 57 41 21 (Town Hall)
SOUVIGNY-DE-TOURAINE 12th-century church containing statues by ceramist Avisseau. 12th-century priory (Montoussan). GR3 long-distance waymarked footpath. Wash-house with spring. Tel (0) 247 57 27 06 (Town Hall)
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