This square is lined with 15C gabled houses and at n° 8 there is a beautiful Renaissance mansion. Formerly it was the theatre of the "foires franches" established by François I.

In a 17C chapel, a look into the life of an Ursuline from Tours, Marie of the Incarnation who left for Canada on an evangelising mission.

Embellished by gardens, this square has the remains of a Gallo-Roman public building, medieval cemeteries, an old church's foundations and part of its nave.

Three Gothic-Renaissance galleries for this place where the canons' chapter met, and where higher theological teaching took place in the cathedral school in the Middle Ages, whence the name Psalette (Psalms).

The Raimbault Mansion , a beautiful Restoration building, holds a magnificent collection of gems which Jean Cocteau described as the "art of light". It consisted in gathering pieces of coloured glass, lit up from inside by an artificial ..

Contemporary art exhibitions are held here.

Located on the banks of the River Loire, the château retains its 13C Guise Tower, the Mars Pavilion, built under Louis XVI and a round tower of the13C. It houses the Tropical Aquarium and Tours Historical Records .

This 15C building houses the Tours Historical Workshop . Documents, models and audio-visual displays retrace the history of this city.

This is both a garden for the study of medicinal plants and an animal park. The 5ha-garden is the oldest in Tours.