Touraine

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.

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 Hôtel Goüin is a hôtel particulier in Tours, France.

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.

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.

On May 23, 2023, an individual attacked the LGBT center in Tours, France, with an explosive device containing acid and aluminum. The attack resulted in no casualties as the people inside the center managed to move away from the device. An investigation for attempted murder has been opened. On June 1, 2023, the prime suspect, a 17-year-old integralist Catholic, was arrested.

The Archdiocese of Tours (Latin: Archidioecesis Turonensis; French: Archidiocèse de Tours) is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France. The archdiocese has roots that go back to the 3rd century, while the formal erection of the diocese dates from the 5th century. The ecclesiastical province of Tours corresponds with the late Roman province of Tertia Lugdunensis. During Breton independence the see of Dol briefly exercised metropolitical functions (mainly tenth century). In 1859 the Breton dioceses except that of Nantes were constituted into a province of Rennes. Tours kept its historic suffragans of Le Mans, Angers together with Nantes and a newly constituted Diocese of Laval. In 2002 Tours lost all connection with its historic province, all its previous suffragans depending henceforth on an expanded province of Rennes (corresponding to the Brittany and Pays de la Loire administrative regions). Tours since 2002 has become the ecclesiastical metropolis of the Centre administrative region.

Île Aucard is an island on the Loire river, administratively belonging to the commune of Tours, France.

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 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).