The royal city of Loches brings together the main historical monuments of the city with the medieval dungeon of Loches, built at the beginning of the XIth century and which served as royal prison with the famous "girls" of Louis XI, as well as the royal lodging dominating the valley of the Indre.

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The city was built by the Glanic people as oppidum, then renamed Glanum after the defeat against the Romans.
Abandoned in the 3rd century, it was rediscovered late and now offers an impressive testimony to antiquity, just like Pompeii.