Montbazon Old Town, Montbazon

Montbazon's old town sits at the foot of a rocky promontory crowned by the oldest stone keep in France, built by Foulques Nerra in 991. The compact historic center clusters around Place André Delaunay and Rue des Moulins, where 15th and 16th-century half-timbered houses line a street leading to the Porte des Moulins — the only surviving medieval gate from 1471. A narrow lane called Ruelle des Anges passes under a timber-framed building from the 1500s before opening onto the main square.