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Les Baux-de-Provence · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Four banal (ancien)

Vestige médiéval niché au cœur des Baux-de-Provence, cet ancien four banal classé depuis 1908 témoigne de la vie communautaire d'un village perché parmi les plus beaux de France.

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Chilleurs-aux-Bois · Centre-Val de Loire

Château de Chamerolles

A Renaissance gem nestling in the Beauce region of Orléans, Chamerolles unveils its round towers and its Musée du Parfum, the only one of its kind in France - a rare blend of military architecture and the courtly art of living.

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Morlaix · Bretagne

Remparts

The last vestige of Morlaix's medieval defences, this section of 15th-century wall, crowned with rare machicolations with quarter-round projections, bears silent witness to a once-fortified Breton town.

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Saint-Crépin-et-Carlucet · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise Sainte-Marie et Sainte-Anne, ancien prieuré et cimetière de Carlucet

Nestled in the Périgord Noir, this twelfth-century Romanesque priory combines a seven-sided apse of rare elegance, sculpted capitals, and a partially altered porch-tower, listed as a Monument Historique.

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Maël-Pestivien · Bretagne

Stèle protohistorique

Sentinelle de pierre dressée aux confins du Trégor, cette stèle protohistorique de Maël-Pestivien témoigne en silence d'un culte millénaire, classée monument historique pour la singularité de ses gravures et sa rare verticalité.

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Porspoder · Bretagne

Menhir de Calès

Sentinelle de granit dressée il y a plus de 5 000 ans sur la presqu'île de Kermorvan, le menhir de Calès veille sur les rivages finistériens avec une présence tellurique saisissante, classé Monument Historique depuis 1921.

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Roscoff · Bretagne

Eglise Notre-Dame de Croaz-Batz et enclos

The flamboyant Gothic jewel of Roscoff, the church of Notre-Dame de Croaz-Batz, with its Renaissance lantern tower facing the sea, is a shining reminder of the wealth of 16th-century Breton shipowners.

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Saumur · Pays de la Loire

Fortifications du front Ouest

A stone sentinel at the gates of Saumur, the fortifications on the western front make up an exceptional medieval defensive system, built in the 14th and 15th centuries to protect the town from offensives from the Anjou region.

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Carsac-de-Gurson · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Ruines du château de Gurcon

Perched on a rocky spur in the Périgord, the ruins of Gurcon preserve the memory of a thousand-year-old fortress linked to Montaigne, the kings of England and the house of Foix.

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Morannes-sur-Sarthe-Daumeray · Pays de la Loire

Eglise Saint-Jacques

Nestling in the heart of the Sarthe valley, Saint-Jacques church in Morannes-sur-Sarthe-Daumeray features medieval stonework between a Romanesque nave and a squat bell tower, a vibrant testimony to the Middle Ages in Anjou, which will be listed as a Historic Monument in 2021.

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Huillé · Pays de la Loire

Château

On the edge of the Anjou region, Château de Huillé displays seven centuries of seigniorial architecture, from the medieval keep to classical remodelling, in a setting of unspoilt Anjou bocage.

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Saint-Jean-de-Blaignac · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Croix de cimetière

Erected in the 19th century in the cemetery of Saint-Jean-de-Blaignac, this funerary cross in golden stone bears witness to the religious fervour of rural Gironde. A listed monument, understated and moving.

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Saint-Brieuc · Bretagne

Grand Séminaire

Chef-d'œuvre Art déco breton signé Lefort (1924-1928), le Grand Séminaire de Saint-Brieuc mêle béton armé et granit dans un dialogue saisissant entre modernité et tradition celtique, couronné par les mosaïques flamboyantes d'Isidore Odorico.

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Saint-Coulomb · Bretagne

La Fosse Hingant

Malouinière du XVIIe siècle nichée près de Saint-Malo, la Fosse-Hingant mêle architecture classique bretonne et mémoire ardente de la chouannerie — théâtre de la légendaire conspiration de la Rouërie.

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Vallières-les-Grandes · Centre-Val de Loire

Château de la Thomasserie

An 18th-century hunting lodge surrounded by moats, Château de la Thomasserie boasts a vaulted painted ceiling that is unique in the Centre region: the chariot of Diana and its four seasons await you.

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Port-Louis · Bretagne

Fortifications de la ville : Bastion 17 dit Le Papegaut

A forgotten sentinel in Lorient harbour, the Bastion du Papegaut has watched over the bay of Loc Malo since the 17th century. Its name evokes a mysterious royal shooting privilege granted to the Blavet bourgeois militia.

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Faleyras · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Croix du cimetière

Discreet stone sentinel standing in the cemetery of Faleyras, this Girondine cross, listed as a Monument Historique, soberly embodies the rural piety of the medieval Bordelais and its remarkable mastery of limestone carving.

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Bourdeilles · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Maison du Sénéchal

At the heart of Bourdeilles, the Maison du Sénéchal reveals five centuries of Périgordian architecture: from the Gothic dwelling with stone crockets to the balustraded terrace overlooking former moats.

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Martel · Occitanie

Ancien cloître des Mirepoises

A Renaissance vestige nestling in the heart of Martel, the "city of seven towers", the former Mirepoises cloister reveals its arcaded galleries and gilded limestone in a striking monastic silence.

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Cherveix-Cubas · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise Saint-Martial-Laborie

Nestling in the Périgord region, this 12th-century Romanesque church conceals a rare egg-shaped dome and a sculpted Maltese cross, silent witnesses to a fascinating Templar past.

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Saint-Vincent-Rive-d'Olt · Occitanie

Eglise Saint-Vincent

Nestling in the heart of the village of Saint-Vincent-Rive-d'Olt, this 15th-16th-century Gothic church conceals a buried secret: two Palaeochristian sarcophagi discovered at its foot, bearing witness to a sacred tradition dating back thousands of years.

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Plouvorn · Bretagne

Château de Keruzoret

On the edge of Brittany's Léon region, Keruzoret combines a 16th-century Gothic manor house with a spectacular neo-Gothic transformation by Henri Parent - a rare synthesis of medieval authenticity and Second Empire ambition.

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La Chapelle-Faucher · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Prieuré de Notre-Dame de Puymartin

Formerly a hospitaller priory nestled in the Périgord Vert, Notre-Dame de Puymartin captivates with its mysterious mediaeval sculptures and its Romanesque church of refined austerity, a silent witness to eight centuries of history.

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Assier · Occitanie

Eglise Saint-Pierre

A Renaissance jewel in the Lot region, Saint-Pierre d'Assier church stands out for its secular frieze, the only one of its kind in the world: the entire perimeter of the building celebrates the military glory of Galiot de Genouillac, François I's grand master of artillery.