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Palais de Justice


Built in the 1840s, Tours' neoclassical courthouse has an imposing colonnade facing place Jean Jaurès.


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1. Hôtel de Ville

0.06 MILES

Built from 1896 to 1904, Tours' monumental city hall was designed to project both republican values and municipal prestige.

2. Basilique St-Martin

0.29 MILES

In the Middle Ages, Tours was an important pilgrimage city thanks to the relics of soldier-turned-evangelist St Martin (c 317–97). In the 5th century a…

5. Église St-Julien

0.36 MILES

Most of this Gothic church, once part of a Benedictine abbey, dates from the mid-1200s.

6. Hôtel Gouïn

0.37 MILES

Hidden behind an Italianate façade, this gorgeous early-Renaissance residence – visible through a stone gate – was built for a wealthy merchant around…

7. Musée du Compagnonnage

0.39 MILES

This extraordinary museum – an absolute gem! – spotlights France's renowned compagnonnages, guild organisations of skilled craftspeople who have created…

8. Musée des Beaux-Arts

0.43 MILES

This superb fine-arts museum, in a gorgeous 18th-century archbishop’s palace, features paintings, sculpture, furniture and objets d'art from the 14th to…