Saumur Auction House

The Auction House building, in Saumur

The Auction House building is an elegant building of tuffeau, at the corner of Place du Petit-Thouars. The Saumur audio-guided tour stops here to evoke this fine architecture, a witness of the refinement of the Saumur built heritage.

A fine building of tuffeau stone

At the corner of Place du Petit-Thouars, at number 2 of the street of the same name, stands an elegant building of tuffeau, the white stone typical of the Loire valley that gave Saumur its fine luminous façades. This building, which houses the auction house, stands out by its careful architecture and its sculpted ornaments. Like many buildings of the city, it illustrates the richness of the Saumur built heritage and the know-how of the stonemasons of the region.

What to see

You admire the elegant tuffeau building, its careful façade and its sculpted ornaments, at the corner of Place du Petit-Thouars. This building illustrates the richness of the built heritage of Saumur in white stone. It is a stop for lovers of architecture, to be explored on foot.

Practical information

The Auction House building lies at the corner of Place du Petit-Thouars, in the heart of Saumur, reachable on foot. You mainly admire its façade from the street; access inside depends on its current uses. You discover it during a walk in the centre.

What is the tuffeau stone of Saumur?

The white stone typical of the Loire valley, which gave Saumur its fine luminous façades, like that of this building of Place du Petit-Thouars.

Where is the Auction House building?

At the corner of Place du Petit-Thouars, in the heart of Saumur.