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Notre-Dame-de-la-Riche Church (église Notre-Dame-la-Riche) is a Roman Catholic church building on Rue Georges-Courteline in the old town district of Tours. The town of La Riche is named after it.

Saint-Clément Church (église Saint-Clément de Tours) was a parish church in the old town of Tours, France, not far from the Basilica of Saint Martin. It was located on what is now the northern part of place Gaston-Paillhou, with its north wall aligned with the façades along the south side of rue des Halles. It was built from 1462 to replace an earlier chapel promoted to a parish church. The French Revolutionaries stopped religious services there and in 1792 it was sold to the city as a grain market. It was demolished in 1883 as it had fallen into such a poor state that restoring it would be too expensive.

The Clock Tower is, alongside the Charlemagne Tower, a remnant of the former basilica dedicated to Saint Martin of Tours. It is located in the Old Town district of Tours, France, at 86 rue des Halles. The tower had been registered on the French national heritage list in 1840. During the French Revolution, a clock has been set up on the top. Since this period, its initial name, Treasury Tower (French: Tour du Trésor), was changed to Clock Tower (French: Tour de l'Horloge).

The Charlemagne Tower is, along with the Clock Tower (French: Tour de l'Horloge), a remnant of the former basilica dedicated to Saint Martin of Tours. It is located in Rue des Halles, in the old town district. The tower had been registered on the French national heritage list on 13 September 1958. As the legend goes, the tower name comes from Luitgard, Charlemagne's fourth wife, who died in Tours on 4 June 800, during the emperor's stay in the city. Tradition holds that the emperor had her buried beneath or near the building. Nevertheless, opinions are divided regarding the exact location of the sepulchre, which has never been formally identified.

The Basilica of St. Martin is a Roman Catholic basilica dedicated to Saint Martin of Tours, over whose tomb it was built. It is located in Tours, France.The first basilica was established here in the 5th century (consecrated in 471) on the site of an earlier chapel. It was at first served by a community of monks under an abbot, the Abbot of St Martin, who between 796 and 804 was Alcuin, the adviser of Charlemagne. Shortly before this the monastic establishment was changed to a collegiate church manned by a community of canons, but the office and title of abbot persisted.The mediaeval basilica was completely demolished during the French Revolution. The present church was built between 1886 and 1924 by French architect Victor Laloux in a neo-Byzantine style, on part of the site of the original basilica which was repurchased by the Church. It was dedicated on July 4, 1925.

The Hôtel Goüin is a hôtel particulier in Tours, France.

Tours Métropole Val de Loire is the métropole, an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Tours. It is located in the Indre-et-Loire department, in the Centre-Val de Loire region, central France. It was created in March 2017, replacing the previous Communauté urbaine Tour(S) Plus. Its area is 389.2 km2. Its population was 294,220 in 2018, of which 136,463 in Tours proper.

Touraine (US: ; French: [tuʁɛn]) is one of the traditional provinces of France. Its capital was Tours. During the political reorganization of French territory in 1790, Touraine was divided between the departments of Indre-et-Loire, Loir-et-Cher, Indre and Vienne.

The arrondissement of Tours is an arrondissement of France in the Indre-et-Loire department in the Centre-Val de Loire region. It has 54 communes. Its population is 384,117 (2016), and its area is 1,087.6 km2 (419.9 sq mi).

The Wilson Bridge, built between 1765 and 1778, is the oldest bridge in Tours. It features 15 arches and extends 434 meters (1,424 feet) across the Loire. Officially named the Wilson Bridge, it is commonly referred to by locals as the Pont de Pierre (Stone Bridge). It connects the south end of the Place Choiseul at the foot of the Avenue de la Tranchée to the north end of Place Anatole-France in front of Rue Nationale. The bridge is listed as a historic monument. It replaced the deteriorating Pont d'Eudes from the 11th century located further east, allowing its decommissioning and eventual replacement by the Passerelle Saint-Symphorien.

The Saint-Julien Abbey in Tours, France, is an ancient Benedictine abbey dating back to the 16th century. Today's buildings date from the 10th to the 16th century, and have all been classified or listed as historic monuments.

The Tours Municipal Library (French: Bibliothèque municipale de Tours) is a historic building registered as a monument historique in France, designed by architects Pierre Patout, Jean Dorian, and Charles Dorian. Located at 2 bis, Avenue André-Malraux, it is near Place Anatole-France, the Wilson Bridge, and Rue Nationale, along the banks of the Loire River. The building now serves as the "Central Library" within the Tours library network, which includes seven libraries, a mediabus, and four documentation centers.