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Angers · Pays de la Loire
Nestling in the old Anjou suburb, the Papillaie chapel is a soberly elegant 13th-century Gothic building, a rare example of medieval piety in Anjou, and a listed historic monument.
Montreuil-Bellay · Pays de la Loire
Seul camp d'internement de Tsiganes conservé en France, Montreuil-Bellay livre un témoignage bouleversant sur une persécution oubliée. Un lieu de mémoire classé Monument Historique, unique en son genre.
Quimper · Bretagne
Joyau de l'architecture classique quimpéroise, cet ancien couvent des Dames de la Retraite abrite depuis la Révolution la gendarmerie du Finistère, conservant un escalier du XVIIe siècle et une clôture à grilles d'une remarquable élégance.
Gévezé · Bretagne
Set in the heart of inland Brittany, Château de Beauvais displays its Louis XIII elegance in a setting of Breton granite, with its two flanking round towers and exceptionally intact Regency woodwork.
Sarzeau · Bretagne
A stone sentinel that has stood guard over the Rhuys peninsula since Neolithic times, the Menhir de la Truie has stood guard over the land around Sarzeau for over 5,000 years. It will be listed as a Historic Monument in 2023.
La Gonterie-Boulouneix · Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Buried in the wooded cliffs of the Périgord, the Brouillaud and Sondougne shelters reveal the silent traces of two humanities: Neanderthals and Homo sapiens have successively carved their passage here for over 70,000 years.
Brissac-Quincé · Pays de la Loire
A discreet Romanesque sentinel in the Val d'Anjou, Saint-Alman de Quincé boasts an intact 11th-century plan and precious vestiges of medieval painting, forgotten witnesses to a thousand years of rural spirituality.
Canisy · Normandie
On the edge of the Normandy bocage, Château de Canisy unfurls four centuries of architecture over 300 hectares, between English-style landscaped grounds designed by Achille Duchêne and a model farmhouse worthy of a Romantic engraving.
Morieux · Bretagne
Joyau roman du pays de Saint-Brieuc, l'église Saint-Gobrien de Morieux dévoile des peintures murales vieilles de huit siècles et une nef préservée depuis l'an mil, témoignage intact de la foi bretonne médiévale.
Miré · Pays de la Loire
Nestling in the Anjou bocage, Château de Vaux stands with its medieval towers in the heart of Miré. This 15th-century manor-fortress combines austere defences and flamboyant Gothic refinement in an unspoilt green setting.
Bordeaux · Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Neoclassical jewel on the right bank of Bordeaux, the gare de la Bastide (1851–1853) is one of the oldest railway stations in France, with its Doric columns and monumental U-shaped wings overlooking the Garonne.
Maxou · Occitanie
A forgotten medieval sentinel of the Quercy region, the Château de Roussillon stands on the heights of Maxou, the age-old guardian of the northern approaches to Cahors, with its keep intact right down to the machicolations.
Plogonnec · Bretagne
In the heart of Finistère, the chapel of Saint-Thélau in Plogonnec boasts a bell tower with a staircase turret, a jewel of 15th-century Cornish architecture, enhanced by a Baroque sacristy with gilded cherubs.
La Chapelle-Gonaguet · Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Nestled in the heart of the Périgord Blanc, the église Saint-Michel de La Chapelle-Gonaguet reveals an authentic rural Romanesque style, with its characteristic wall belfry and its refined volumes inherited from the medieval builders of the Sarladais.
Cabrerets · Occitanie
Clinging vertiginously to the limestone cliffs of the Lot, the Château du Diable de Cabrerets has defied gravity since the Middle Ages - a wild and fascinating ruin, the silent guardian of the Célé gorges.
Saint-Sauveur-Lendelin · Normandie
Nestling in the Normandy bocage, the Manoir du Grand Taute boasts an exceptional 16th-century wine press, with its granite apple tower and long-clutch press - living testimony to the cider-making civilisation of the Manche region.
Gouberville · Normandie
In the heart of the Normandy bocage, the church of Gouberville combines late Romanesque austerity with 13th-century Gothic sobriety, before being remodelled in the 18th century - a stone jewel case linked to the memory of the famous Sieur de Gouberville.
Rocamadour · Occitanie
A stone sentinel at the gateway to Rocamadour, the two-storey Malbec or Salmon gateway and its stairway turret are an intact vestige of the Lot's medieval defensive power.
Bouniagues · Nouvelle-Aquitaine
A former medieval manor house converted into a presbytery in Bouniagues, where corbelled towers and a coat of arms with fantastic bears tell the fascinating story of the Saint-Ours family.
Nanteuil-Auriac-de-Bourzac · Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Jewel of Romanesque architecture in the Périgord Vert, the église Saint-Jacques de Nanteuil-Auriac-de-Bourzac blends a mediaeval cupola with Renaissance decoration in a rare architectural dialogue, bearing witness to eight centuries of faith and stone.
Belz · Bretagne
A Neolithic vestige nestling in the Auray region, the Moulin-des-Oies dolmen in the heart of Morbihan reveals the building power of a 5,000-year-old civilisation. A discreet and striking monument, listed as a Historic Monument in 2023.
Saint-Rémy-de-Provence · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Au cœur de la Provence, le Plateau des Antiques révèle deux joyaux de l'Antiquité romaine : un arc de triomphe et un mausolée exceptionnel, témoins silencieux d'une cité grecque puis romaine disparue.
Arles · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
A jewel of Arles' Baroque civil architecture, the Hôtel de Barrême's ashlar facades in the heart of the old town bear refined witness to the splendour of the great Provencal families of the 17th century.
Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys · Bretagne
Sentinelle de pierre dressée à Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys, la Pierre Jaune de Kercambre est un menhir néolithique classé, dont la teinte ocre singulière et la silhouette altière dominent le paysage sauvage du golfe du Morbihan.