Explorer Bourges

Bourges Cathedral, dedicated to Saint Stephen, is a Gothic cathedral begun in 1195 and largely built by the mid-13th century, with no transept, a double ambulatory and five portals on its west front. Inside are 13th-century stained-glass windows and a 15th-century astronomical clock, and it has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1992.

The Palais Jacques Cœur is a town mansion in Bourges built between 1443 and about 1453 for Jacques Cœur, merchant and treasurer to King Charles VII. Set against the Gallo-Roman city wall and built in the Flamboyant Gothic style, it has a carved street façade, an inner courtyard with arcaded galleries, spiral staircase towers and a chapel.