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Saint-Vincent-de-Cosse · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise Saint-Vincent

Nestled in the Périgord Noir, this austere twelfth-century Romanesque church captivates with the purity of its narrow nave and the elegance of its barrel-vaulted apse, an unspoilt testament to the Saintongeais Romanesque style.

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Villebernier · Pays de la Loire

Eglise

Nestling in the heart of the Val d'Anjou, the church of Villebernier unfurls its 12th-century Romanesque volumes with a sobriety typical of the Loire region, magnified by a Gothic choir and remarkably coherent Baroque alterations.

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Gourin · Bretagne

Manoir et calvaire de Minguionnet

Nestling in deep Morbihan, Minguionnet Manor reveals the intimacy of a Breton noble dwelling from the 1460s, intact in its original layout, guarded by a monumental calvary at the entrance.

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Locquénolé · Bretagne

Eglise Saint-Guénolé

In the heart of Finistère, the church of Saint-Guénolé in Locquénolé combines 11th-century Romanesque capitals with a 17th-century Breton bell tower, bearing witness to a thousand-year-old faith sculpted in granite.

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Varennes-sur-Loire · Pays de la Loire

Eglise

A discreet stone sentinel in the heart of the Loire Valley, the church at Varennes-sur-Loire features a sober 12th-century Romanesque style enhanced by flamboyant chapels and a nave altered during the Renaissance - a medieval triptych of rare coherence.

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Distré · Pays de la Loire

Château de Pocé

Nestling in the Val d'Anjou, the medieval towers of Château de Pocé face the gentle hills of Maine-et-Loire. This discreet jewel, listed as a Historic Monument in 1862, is a symbol of Anjou castle architecture.

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Pressignac-Vicq · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise Notre-Dame de la Nativité

At Pressignac-Vicq, the église Notre-Dame de la Nativité intrigues with its two mismatched bell towers — one fortified with a wall walk, the other crowned with a dome — witnesses to a millennium of Périgord history.

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Plouaret · Bretagne

Eglise Notre-Dame

Dressée au cœur du Trégor breton, l'église Notre-Dame de Plouaret déploie son gothique flamboyant du XVIe siècle avec un clocher à l'histoire mouvementée, marqué par la foudre et la renaissance de la pierre.

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Bourg · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Porte du Port

A medieval sentinel towering over the quays of the Gironde, the Porte du Port is the last vestige of the 13th-century ramparts that protected Bourg, a city of ten legendary sieges.

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Bourbriac · Bretagne

Chapelle Notre-Dame de Darnouët

Nichée dans la campagne costarmoricaine, la chapelle Notre-Dame de Darnouët dévoile un fenestrage gothique du XIVe siècle et une porte Renaissance aux pinacles fleuronnés d'une délicatesse rare.

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Monterblanc · Bretagne

Hangar n° 2

An emblematic vestige of Breton military aviation, Hangar 2 at Monterblanc embodies the industrial aeronautical architecture of the 1930s and 1940s, a silent witness to the troubled times of the Second World War.

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Lartigue · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Ancienne métairie d'Hourtan

In the heart of the Landes region, the Hourtan airial is a jewel of Gascon rural architecture: a 17th-century block house nestling in a pine glade, surrounded by its farm outbuildings, a living testimony to life in the Landes countryside.

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Sigoulès · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise Saint-Michel de Lestignac et cimetière

Nestled in the Bergeracois, the église Saint-Michel de Lestignac reveals a Flamboyant Gothic doorway of rare delicacy, with its toric archivolts and its ogee arch with sculpted crockets, a sober and touching testament to medieval Périgord.

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Trébédan · Bretagne

Manoir de la Ville-Colas

Discret joyau du XVIe siècle niché dans les bocages bretons, le manoir de la Ville-Colas dialogue à travers la route avec le château du Chalonge, formant l'un des ensembles seigneuriaux les plus cohérents des Côtes-d'Armor.

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Vannes · Bretagne

Anciens remparts

A thousand-year-old ring of stone in the heart of Brittany, the ramparts of Vannes raise their medieval towers above formal gardens - a unique setting where Roman history meets the Breton soul.

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Kersaint-Plabennec · Bretagne

Tumulus de Goarem-an-Dorguenn

The Goarem-an-Dorguenn burial mound is a rare reminder of the Armorican Bronze Age, sheltering the funerary secrets of a prehistoric aristocracy beneath its grassy slopes.

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Périgueux · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Hôtel Gamenson ou Logis Saint-Front

At the heart of old Périgueux, the hôtel Gamenson reveals a Renaissance courtyard of rare elegance: a polygonal tower, a corbelled turret, and a well with columns of a thoroughly Italianate grace.

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Meyrargues · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Château

Perched on a rocky outcrop overlooking the Durance valley, the Château de Meyrargues boasts medieval towers and Renaissance features set in a wild and luminous Provence.

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Yvignac-la-Tour (anciennement Yvignac) · Bretagne

Ancienne commanderie du Temple de la Nouée

Vestige templier perdu dans les bocages bretons, la commanderie de la Nouée incarne l'empreinte discrète mais tenace des moines-soldats du Temple sur le territoire armoricain du XIIe siècle.

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Moustoir-Ac · Bretagne

Menhir dit Men-Bras-de-Kermar-Ker

Standing for over 5,000 years in the Morbihan bocage, the Men-Bras-de-Kermar-Ker menhir is one of the most imposing stone witnesses to Brittany's megalithic heritage, classified as a Historic Monument in 1924.

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Carnac · Bretagne

Fontaine Saint-Cornély

Nestling in the heart of Carnac, the Fontaine Saint-Cornély features a Doric arcade topped by an obelisk, a rare example of 17th-century Breton sacred art combining classical sobriety and popular fervour.

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Saint-Thuriau · Bretagne

Chapelle Notre-Dame de Joie de Cohazé

Nestling in the Breton countryside, this 16th-century chapel boasts exceptional stained glass windows and a carved frame of rare delicacy, silent witnesses to a thousand-year-old popular faith.

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Saint-Marcory · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise Saint-Marcory

At the heart of the Périgord, the église Saint-Marcory reveals a unique fortified chevet: its defensive parapet with loopholes, a striking mediaeval remnant, bears witness to the tribulations of the Hundred Years' War.

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Marseille · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Maison dite Maison Diamantée, actuellement musée du Vieux Marseille

One of Marseille's Renaissance jewels, the Maison Diamantée's astonishing façade is entirely embellished with diamond-shaped bosses - a 16th-century masterpiece that today houses the Musée du Vieux-Marseille.

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