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Moutiers · Bretagne

Eglise Saint-Martin

Prototype des églises bretilliennes, Saint-Martin de Moutiers déploie ses bas-côtés à pignonnets gothiques, ses gargouilles zoomorphes et sa sobre façade classique de 1773 dans un écrin de pierre de pays.

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Marseille · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Colonne du Dévouement ou colonne de la Peste

Erected in memory of the victims of the Great Plague of 1720, the Column of Devotion is one of the most moving reminders of Marseille's response to the greatest health disaster in its history.

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Figeac · Occitanie

Remparts de la ville

Stone sentinels in the heart of the Quercy region, the ramparts of Figeac stand with their three square medieval towers as the last remnants of a vanished 14th-century wall. A striking piece of urban history.

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Saint-Marcel · Bretagne

Six dolmens

Au cœur du Morbihan, six dolmens néolithiques veillent en silence sur la campagne bretonne. Ces sépultures collectives, érigées il y a plus de 5 000 ans, témoignent d'une civilisation mégalithique d'une sophistication étonnante.

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Saumur · Pays de la Loire

Château de Saumur

Perched on a rocky outcrop overlooking the Loire, the Château de Saumur has had its peppered roofs since the 14th century. The Gothic jewel of the Dukes of Anjou, it inspired the September illumination in the Très Riches Heures of the Duc de Berry.

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Le Minihic-sur-Rance · Bretagne

Chapelle Sainte-Anne

Nichée dans le domaine du manoir de Saint-Buc, cette chapelle bretonne du XVIIe siècle séduit par son clocheton à dôme et sa sobre façade en plein cintre, témoins discrets d'une foi seigneuriale préservée.

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Arles · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Léproserie Saint-Lazare

A unique medieval vestige in Provence, the Saint-Lazare leprosarium in Arles dates back to 1183 and bears witness to the organisation of charitable medicine in the Middle Ages, between the Renaissance court and the memory of the outcasts.

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Aix-en-Provence · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Hôtel de Taillas

In the heart of old Aix, the Hôtel de Taillas displays the sober elegance of 18th-century Provencal Baroque, with its ashlar façade, sculpted portal and interior layout typical of the great parliamentary residences of Aix.

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Beaumont · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise Saint-Laurent et Saint-Front

Planted like a fortress of God in the heart of the Périgord, the église Saint-Laurent-et-Saint-Front de Beaumont combines Norman Gothic and military architecture with a boldness rarely seen in the South-West.

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Reims · Grand Est

Cathédrale de Reims

A jewel of the Radiant Gothic style, Notre-Dame de Reims cathedral has seen the coronation of twenty-five kings of France. Its 2,303 sculptures and polychrome façade make it one of the absolute masterpieces of European medieval architecture.

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La Bachellerie · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Chartreuse des Fraux

Nestling in a valley in the Périgord region, the Chartreuse des Fraux boasts an elegant U-shaped layout dating from the late 18th century, with a sober main building and pavilions topped with slate roofs - a French art of living etched in stone.

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Pleine-Selve · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise Sainte-Madeleine

Vestige of Romanesque architecture of a rare sobriety in Gironde, the église Sainte-Madeleine de Pleine-Selve has preserved since the 12th century its transept crossing and its flat chevet, silent witnesses to a history marked by war and reconstruction.

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Saint-Samson-sur-Rance · Bretagne

Manoir du Châtelier-Guitrel

Perched on a rocky spur overlooking the Rance estuary, the Châtelier-Guitrel manor house boasts a sculpted Renaissance façade and a polygonal staircase tower of rare Breton elegance.

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Vers · Occitanie

Eglise Notre-Dame-de-Vêles

Perched in the heart of the Quercy region, this 13th-century Romanesque church boasts a rare cupola and a massive bell tower with historiated capitals. A discreet jewel of medieval faith, listed as a Historic Monument since 1913.

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Cabrerets · Occitanie

Site archéologique de la grotte du Cantal

On the edge of the Lot department, the Cantal cave at Cabrerets reveals a Palaeolithic sanctuary of rare intensity: walls adorned with engraved and painted animal figures, silent witnesses to a humanity over 15,000 years old.

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Saint-Félix-de-Reillac-et-Mortemart · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise Saint-Jean et presbytère de Mortemart

Au cœur du Périgord noir, l'église Saint-Jean de Mortemart dévoile un sobre roman médiéval d'une rare intégrité : clocher-arcade à fronton, arc diaphragme et chapelles gothiques nichées dans un hameau hors du temps.

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Douarnenez · Bretagne

Chapelle Saint-Jean de Tréboul

Au cœur de Tréboul, cette chapelle bretonne mêle un clocher gothique flamboyant du XVIe siècle à une nef du XVIIIe siècle. Son calvaire de granit, vestige médiéval rescapé de la Révolution, en fait un joyau du patrimoine finistérien.

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Champagnac-de-Belair · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise Saint-Christophe

Nestled in the heart of the Périgord Vert, the église Saint-Christophe de Champagnac-de-Belair reveals a Gothic nave with elegant ogival arches, a Flamboyant doorway adorned with curly-kale carvings, and hollow flying buttresses forming a unique passageway to the north.

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Rennes · Bretagne

Ancienne manécanterie Saint-Pierre, ou Maison Saint-Pierre

Joyau civil du Rennes baroque, cette ancienne manécanterie du XVIIe siècle mêle sobriété bretonne et raffinement classique. Un témoignage rare de l'architecture canoniale au cœur de la ville.

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Cherbourg-en-Cotentin · Normandie

Fort de Chavagnac, ouvrage constitutif de la rade de Cherbourg

A granite sentinel rising from the waves of the English Channel, Fort Chavagnac has watched over Cherbourg harbour since the 19th century, an exceptional example of Napoleon's military art at sea.

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Saumur · Pays de la Loire

Château de Beaulieu

An elegant classical residence dating from the 17th and 18th centuries, Château de Beaulieu's white tufa facades are set in the heart of the Loire Valley, combining classical sobriety and interior refinement in a green setting in the Saumur region.

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Eguilles · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Oppidum celto-ligure

Perched on a rocky spur overlooking the Crau plain, the Celto-Ligurian oppidum of Éguilles reveals three centuries of pre-Roman occupation in Provence, with its Cyclopean ramparts and the remains of settlements characteristic of the Salyenne civilisation.

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Bourbriac · Bretagne

Croix de chemin en granit

Au cœur du Trégor breton, cette croix de chemin en granit du XVe ou XVIe siècle porte un Christ taillé avec une grâce primitive et une inscription énigmatique gravée dans la pierre — un témoignage rare de la piété populaire bretonne.

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Plédran · Bretagne

Allée couverte dite La Roche Cadio

A Neolithic vestige buried deep in the Breton bocage, La Roche Cadio is a covered walkway listed as a Historic Monument that bears witness to a funerary spirituality dating back over 5,000 years.