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Audio Guide Troyes
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Troyes is a medieval city in the Champagne region whose timber-framed streets survived where others did not, giving it one of the densest concentrations of Gothic churches and Renaissance mansions in France. The city's unusual cork-shaped footprint, a legacy of its Roman origins, is best appreciated from above, and its Cathedral of Saint Peter and Saint Paul holds some 1,500 square metres of medieval stained glass, one of the largest such collections in the country.
24+ researched places in the app
Yes. Parroo is a self-guided audio guide for Troyes: 24 researched places, from Cathedral of Saint Peter and Saint Paul to Saint-Urbain Basilica and Church of Saint Madeleine, each with a short summary, a full article, and a roughly three-minute audio story in German, English, and French. Buy once, no subscription, no booking. Start whenever you like.
Audio sample: Cathedral of Saint Peter and Saint Paul
Troyes
Places researched in this city
A selection of the 24 places we've researched in this city. The full set is in the Parroo app.
- Gothic cathedrals
- Renaissance mansions
- Medieval alleys
- Stained glass
- Public sculpture
- Historic markets
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Cathedral of Saint Peter and Saint Paul
Construction of this Gothic cathedral began around 1199 and stretched across several centuries, accumulating roughly 1,500 square metres of stained glass that still fill the nave with colour today. It hosted the Council of Troyes in 1128 and witnessed pivotal moments in French medieval history.
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Saint-Urbain Basilica
Pope Urban IV founded this basilica in 1262 on the exact spot where his father ran a cobbler's stall, turning a childhood memory into one of the finest examples of Gothic Rayonnant architecture in France. Nicknamed the Parthenon of Champagne, it was still unfinished when it was consecrated in 1389, more than a century after construction began.
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Church of Saint Madeleine
Troyes' oldest church, documented since 1157, shelters a stone rood screen carved by Jean Gailde that is described as lacework in stone, an almost impossible feat of late Gothic craftsmanship rarely found intact anywhere in France. The Romanesque nave and Flamboyant Gothic choir sit side by side, two centuries of building visible in a single glance.
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Saint John at the Market Church
In 1420, inside this church, King Henry V of England married Catherine of Valois in a ceremony that reshaped the French succession and was written into the Treaty of Troyes. The choir, rebuilt after the great fire of 1524, soars to 21 metres and is filled with 16th-century stained glass in the Flamboyant Gothic style.
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Cité du Vitrail
A 15-million-euro restoration of the Hôtel-Dieu-le-Comte, a hospital founded in 1157, reopened in 2022 as a museum dedicated entirely to the art of stained glass, and it spans 3,000 square metres across the former wards. A 15-metre-high chandelier of mouth-blown glass greets visitors at the entrance, setting the tone for what follows.
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Alley of the Cats
This narrow medieval passage, known as Ruelle Maillard in the 15th century, got its current name officially recognised in 1783 for the simplest of reasons: the houses lean so close together that a cat could jump from one rooftop to the other without touching the ground. Iron gates were ordered at both ends in 1789 to control who passed through at night.
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House of Tools and Workers' Thought
Built around 1550 by Jean de Mauroy on land cleared by the great fire of 1524, the Renaissance Hotel de Mauroy houses 12,000 historic hand tools and 35,000 volumes on craft and labour, a collection its admirers call the Louvre of the Worker. The building was restored by the Compagnons du Devoir, the same guild tradition the museum celebrates.
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24 researched places, from the Cathedral of Saint Peter and Saint Paul and the Cité du Vitrail to lesser-known spots like the Alley of the Cats. Each one has a short summary, a full article, and a ~3-minute audio story.
Yes. Every place has a ~3-minute audio story, written from the perspective of a guide standing next to you and produced with premium narration, not the article read aloud.
German, English, and French. Pick whichever you'd rather read or listen in.
No booking, no signup. It's a self-guided walk you start whenever you like. You do need a connection for now to stream the audio and load articles; offline support is something we're still building.
A one-time €4.99 for the whole city, no subscription and no recurring cost. You buy Troyes once and keep access to all 24 places with text and audio.
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Updated: 2026-09-25