St George Gateway

Town Hall

Vendome's Town HallOriginally built as a college, it is a complex around a courtyard of four Originally built as a college, it is a complex around a courtyard of four decorative brick and stone buildings with steep slate roofs. decorative brick and stone buildings with steep slate roofs. Honoré de Balzac was one of the illustrious pupils who studied there.Honoré de Balzac was one of the illustrious pupils who studied there.

The abbey-church of the Holy Trinity

Abbot’s lodging

St Jacque Chapel

Convent of the Cordeliers

Water gate

The Rochambeau area consists of a number of military buildings (stables, housing, etc.). Created as early as 1821 to accommodate a cavalry regiment at full strength.

Islette Tower

Church of St Madeleine

Parc Ronsard

Statue of the Fallen Rider

Parc de Ronsard

Statue of the Fallen Rider

Hôtel du Bellay, dit "le Saillant " (today Tourism Office )

St Martin’s Belfry

Statue of Marshal Rochambeau

Maison Fisseau(built in 1948)

Ruins of the Vendôme Castle

Railway Station

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Adriana

French Waltz Medley

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Vendôme, historical town and capital of Loir-et-Cher département, Centre région, north-central France. It lies southwest of Paris and 20 miles (30 km) northwest of Blois. Vendôme stands on the Loir River, which divides and intersects the town. The town was extensively damaged during World War II but was thereafter largely restored.Places of interest: On the south, it is overlooked by an eminence on which stand ruins of the Castle of the counts of Vendôme. The Abbey-church of the Holy Trinity has a fine façade in the florid Gothic style. Abbey buildings of various periods lie round the church. The Church of La Madeleine (15th century) is surmounted by a stone spire, an indifferent imitation of that of the abbey. The Tower of Saint-Martin (16th century) represents the vanished church of that name.Other remarkable monuments are: the old gate, the Porte Saint-Georges; its river front is composed of two large crenellated and machicolated towers, connected by a pavilion, and the ancient hospital of Saint-Jacques that afterwards became a college of the Oratorians, then a lycée for boys and that is now occupied by the town administration offices. The charming chapel, in the most florid Gothic style, is preserved. In the garden surrounding, is located the tourism office in an ancient building called l'Orangerie (facing the public library). The town has a well-known archaeological and scientific society, and possesses a library with more than three hundred manuscripts, and a museum, mostly archaeological, in front of which stands a statue of the poet Pierre de Ronsard. There is also a statue of Marshal Rochambeau, born at Vendôme in 1725. Some interesting houses of the 15th and 16th centuries survive. The colourful Parc Ronsard beside the Town Hall, named after another local writer, is notable not only for its flower beds but a huge plane tree planted in 1759 and an ancient wash-house. The park is one of several well-kept gardens and parks in the town, all maintained without the use of pesticides.