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Chênehutte-Trèves-Cunault · Pays de la Loire

Eglise Notre-Dame de Cunault

The Romanesque jewel of the Loire Valley, the church at Cunault boasts a strikingly high nave with three naves, adorned with 223 sculpted capitals that are among the finest in Anjou Romanesque art.

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Le Mont-Saint-Michel · Normandie

Maison du Moyen Age, appelée aussi chapelle Saint-Sébastien

Nestling in the Grande-Rue alleyway on Mont-Saint-Michel, this medieval house once housed a chapel dedicated to Saint Sébastien - a rare example of 15th-century pilgrimage housing in the heart of the sacred islet.

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Rocamadour · Occitanie

Chapelle Saint-Michel

Clinging to the sheer cliff face of Rocamadour, the chapel of Saint-Michel is home to sublime 12th-century Romanesque frescoes and overlooks the Alzou chasm in a setting of rare spiritual intensity.

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Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Grotte

At the gates of Les Eyzies, this decorated cave from the Middle Bronze Age yields rock art remains of rare sobriety, a silent testimony to a prehistoric humanity that was already fashioning the Périgordian limestone into a sanctuary.

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Le Mont-Saint-Michel · Normandie

Enceinte des Fanils

In the heart of Mont-Saint-Michel, the Fanils enclosure reveals the medieval defensive power of a site that is unique in the world, combining military architecture and monastic austerity on its granite rock.

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Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Grotte d'Abzac

Nestled in the limestone cliffs of Les Eyzies, the grotte d'Abzac contains remains from the Upper Palaeolithic, silent testimonies of a prehistoric humanity that sculpted and inhabited these walls more than 15,000 years ago.

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Arles · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Ancienne église Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul de Mouleyrès

A Palaeochristian vestige in the heart of the Alyscamps, this church, founded in the 5th century, has a rare trefoil plan and bears witness to fifteen centuries of Arles spirituality.

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Valojoulx · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Gisement de la Combe

On the edge of the Périgord Noir, the Combe site reveals exceptionally rich Palaeolithic remains, silent witnesses to tens of thousands of years of human occupation in the Vézère valley.

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Cahors · Occitanie

Pont Valentré

A medieval jewel standing on the River Lot, Cahors' Pont Valentré has defied the centuries with its three crenellated towers and fortress-like silhouette - one of the best-preserved fortified bridges in Europe.

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Fontevraud-l'Abbaye · Pays de la Loire

Chapelle Notre-Dame de Pitié

Nestling in the heart of Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, this 16th-century Renaissance chapel dedicated to Notre-Dame de Pitié is a jewel of devotional architecture that has been listed as a Historic Monument since 1965.

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Carsac-Aillac · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Gisement préhistorique du Pech de la Boissière

Perched on a rocky spur overlooking the valley of the Dordogne, the Pech de la Boissière reveals the secrets of Upper Palaeolithic men, silent witnesses of a Périgordian prehistory of exceptional richness.

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Languidic · Bretagne

Alignements du Grand Resto et de Kersolan

Dressés à l'aube du Néolithique, les alignements du Grand Resto et de Kersolan sculptent le bocage languidicois de leurs rangées de menhirs, témoins silencieux d'une civilisation bâtisseuse de pierre vieille de cinq millénaires.

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Le Mont-Saint-Michel · Normandie

Maison du Pigeon Blanc

Nestling in the Grande Rue du Mont-Saint-Michel, the Maison du Pigeon Blanc is one of the most authentic medieval residences on the island, listed as a Historic Monument since 1928 for its corbelled architecture of rare integrity.

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Locmariaquer · Bretagne

Dolmen des Pierres-Plates

Tucked away on the sacred Locmariaquer peninsula, the Pierres-Plates dolmen is one of the longest decorated megalithic corridors in Brittany, a veritable gallery of Neolithic art engraved over 5,000 years ago.

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Le Mont-Saint-Michel · Normandie

Jardins du Dauphin

Nestling against the ramparts of Mont-Saint-Michel, the Jardins du Dauphin offer a green setting suspended between sky and sea, a rare testimony to medieval gardening culture in the heart of a legendary rock.

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Le Mont-Saint-Michel · Normandie

Local abritant le bureau de Tabac situé sous l'escalier de la porte du Roi

Nestling under the staircase of the King's Gate at Mont-Saint-Michel, this tiny medieval house once housed a tobacconist's shop and embodies the Norman art of architectural ingenuity. It was listed as a Historic Monument in 1929.

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Saint-Thégonnec · Bretagne

Eglise Notre-Dame

Au cœur du Finistère, l'enclos paroissial de Saint-Thégonnec s'impose comme le plus achevé de Bretagne : son arc de triomphe de 1587 ouvre sur un théâtre de pierre où se joue toute la ferveur de la Contre-Réforme.

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Carnac · Bretagne

Six menhirs de l'enceinte du Ménec

Au cœur de l'alignement du Ménec, six menhirs dressés depuis plus de 6 000 ans ferment l'enceinte de l'un des ensembles mégalithiques les plus énigmatiques du monde. Carnac, terre de pierre et de mystère.

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Rocamadour · Occitanie

Eglise du hameau de l'Hospitalet

Nestling in the hamlet of l'Hospitalet overlooking Rocamadour, this 12th-century Romanesque church reveals a fascinating dialogue between medieval vaults and Gothic alterations, bearing witness to centuries of faith on the Via Podiensis.

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Arles · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Immeubles

In the heart of ancient Arles, these 16th-century buildings combine Provençal sobriety with Renaissance elegance: ashlar facades, mullioned windows and sculpted portals bear witness to a bygone art of urban living.

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Carnac · Bretagne

Quatre-vingt-deux menhirs alignés

Quatre-vingt-deux menhirs dressés en rangs silencieux sur la lande bretonne : l'un des alignements mégalithiques les plus intacts de Carnac, vestige spectaculaire d'une civilisation néolithique encore mystérieuse.

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Sourzac · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Grotte de Las Agnelas ou de Gabillou

Engraved treasure of the Périgord, the grotte de Gabillou conceals a Palaeolithic bestiary of exceptional density: more than 200 animal and human figures incised into the rock some 15,000 years ago.

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Le Mont-Saint-Michel · Normandie

Jardins Sainte-Catherine

Nestling against the ramparts of Mont-Saint-Michel, the Sainte-Catherine Gardens offer a medieval setting of greenery suspended between sky and sea, listed as a Historic Monument since 1937.

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Locronan · Bretagne

Place de l'Eglise

Joyau médiéval breton préservé à l'identique, la place de l'Église de Locronan s'impose comme l'un des ensembles architecturaux en granit les plus cohérents et les plus émouvants de toute la Bretagne.

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