Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France

Description

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.

Inscription details

Field	Value
WHS ID	868
Inscribed	1998
Category	Cultural
Criteria	(ii)(iv)
State party	France
Transboundary	No
French name	Chemins de Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle en France

Protected monuments

Monument	Commune	Protected
Abbaye Saint-Martin de Plaimpied	Plaimpied-Givaudins	1840
Maison dite de Jean d'Alibert	Orléans	1862
Maison à pans de bois	Vierzon	1971
Château de la Baronnière	La Chapelle-Saint-Florent	1993
Motte médiévale de Nids	Tournoisis	1991
Château de Passay de Sillé-le-Philippe	Sillé-le-Philippe	1993
Dolmen et polissoir de Sorel-Moussel	Sorel-Moussel	1951
Dolmen dit des Gorces ou de Montgarneau	Parnac	1889
Immeuble de Orléans	Orléans	1945
Manoir du Châtelier de Frazé	Frazé	1975
Château de Candé de Candé-sur-Beuvron	Candé-sur-Beuvron	1948
Eglise Saint-Martin de Sargé-sur-Braye	Sargé-sur-Braye	1958
Château Gaillard de Amboise	Amboise	2023
Prieuré Saint-Vincent	Dun-le-Poëlier	1984
Maisons à pans de bois	Bourges	1965

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

Source: UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Updated: April 14, 2026.