Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France

Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France is a UNESCO World Heritage cultural, inscribed in 1998 (WHS 868).

Criteria & Perimeter

Inscription criteria

(ii)(iv)

Summary

Santiago de Compostela was the supreme goal for countless thousands of pious pilgrims who converged there from all over Europe throughout the Middle Ages. To reach Spain pilgrims had to pass through France, and the group of important historical monuments included in this inscription marks out the four routes by which they did so.

Monuments in the Zone

Selection of protected monuments

Hôtel Tissier de la Motte — Angers
Tour d'enceinte de Amboise — Amboise
Pont de Sénard sur la Maine — Saint-Hilaire-de-Loulay
Manoir des Ligneries de Charentilly — Charentilly
Château du Muguet de Breteau — Breteau
Théâtre Graslin de Nantes — Nantes
Eglise collégiale Saint-Austrégésile — Saint-Outrille
Manoir du Châtelier de Frazé — Frazé
Maison à lucarnes de type compagnonnique — Orléans
Restes de l'ancien château de Mémillon — Saint-Maur-sur-le-Loir
Chapelle du Crucifix de Le Croisic — Le Croisic
Crypte Saint-Avit de Orléans — Orléans
Eglise Saint-Etienne de Sury-en-Vaux — Sury-en-Vaux
Château de Bagneux de Bournan — Bournan
Eglise Saint-Hugues de Avord — Avord

Appellations of the Landscape

Most-reviewed Loire appellations

Appellation	Avg score	Reviews	Color
Sancerre	89.3	554	White
Muscadet Sèvre et Maine	88.6	237	White
Pouilly-Fumé	89.6	153	White
Vouvray	88.4	153	White
Touraine	86.3	85	White
Chinon	88.7	72	Red
Menetou-Salon	87.3	69	White
Crémant de Loire	87.5	54	Sparkling
Val de Loire	85.6	41	White
Saumur	88.4	40	White
Anjou	87.6	36	White
Rosé d'Anjou	84	35	Rosé

Data source: UNESCO World Heritage Centre (data.culture.gouv.fr). Last updated: April 14, 2026.