Loire Valley & Central France - Discover France: Experience the Best of France - page 389

Top Sights

Cathédrale Ste-Croix D2

Musée des Beaux-Arts C2

Sights

1 Hôtel Groslot C1

2 Maison de Jeanne d'Arc A2

Eating

3 Chez Noé D3

4 Le Brin de Zinc B2

5 Le Dariole C2

Sights & Activities

MUSÉE DES BEAUX-ARTS
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Art Museum

( 02 38 79 21 55; 1 rue Fernand Rabier; adult/child incl audio guide €4/2.50;
10am-6pm Tue-Sun) Orléans' five-storeyed fine-arts museum is a treat, with an ex-
cellent selection of Italian, Flemish and Dutch paintings (including works by Correg-
gio, Velázquez and Bruegel), as well as a huge collection by such French artists as
Léon Cogniet (1794-1880) and Orléans-born Alexandre Antigna (1817-1878).

CATHÉDRALE STE-CROIX
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Cathedral

(place Ste-Croix; 9.15am-noon & 2.15-5.45pm) Towering above place Ste-Croix,
Orléans' Flamboyant Gothic cathedralwas originally built in the 13th century. Inside,
slender columns soar skywards towards the vaulted ceiling and 106m spire, com-
pleted in 1895, while a series of vividly coloured stained-glass windows relate the
life of St Joan, who was canonised in 1920.

HÔTEL GROSLOT Historic Mansion