In the town of Blois has several attractions associated with Denis Papin - scientist and inventor, born here in 1647. His parents were poor people, who paid his son trained medical science at the University of Angers. However, Denis Papin did not become a doctor, but rather to study mathematics and physics and invented many useful things. Unfortunately, the talent of the inventor did not bring him wealth, and he died in London, being poor and lonely man. Even the exact date of his death is unknown - according to some sources, 1712 th, on the other - in 1714.

The list of inventions Denis Papin includes a steam engine and a device known in the modern world as a pressure cooker, glass melting furnace, steam wagon to go and several mechanisms for lifting water. His cooker scientist to imagine the scientific Royal Society.

In Blois, you can see the house built in the XV century in which he lived Denis Papin. It is located on the Rue Pierre de Blois and is a historical monument since 1928. The house consists of two parts connected by wooden galleries on the second floor. Wooden parts of the facade decorated with carved figures of acrobats, and monsters.

In honor of the inventor also named one of the streets of the city (which is pedestrian) and installed a stone monument. The figure of the scientist is on top of a large staircase, which is also referred to informally stairs Papen. This staircase, built in the XIX century, connects the street Denis Papin with Rue de Palais. At the bottom of the stairs, in the middle of the stairs, is a round bed surrounded by a wrought-iron fence.