Gien is a French town in the Loiret department in the Center-Val de Loire region. The city is located on the Loire about 80 kilometers east of Orléans and 150 …
The Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc church overlooks the town of Gien. Only the bell tower resisted the bombings of June 1940. The church was rebuilt in the 1950s, in red brick, to harmonize …
The Gien viaduct measures more than 1,800 meters and crosses the Loire. When it was built in 1893, it was one of the three longest structures in the world. It …
The lake covers 180 hectares, making it the largest in the Sologne. Originally created in 1864 to supply the Sauldre canal with water. Now partly developed as a recreational area: …