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Port-Louis · Bretagne

Maison

A Gothic vestige in the heart of old Port-Louis, this 1616 granite house features a spiral staircase tower of rare elegance, a striking reminder of the persistence of medieval traditions in 17th-century Brittany.

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Boulazac · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Château du Lieu-Dieu

Formerly the château de la Baconie, renamed Lieu-Dieu in 1387 during a sacred episode of the Hundred Years' War, this Périgordian medieval manor retains its round towers, moat and an exceptional seventeenth-century octagonal dovecote.

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Plonévez-Porzay · Bretagne

Manoir de Moëllien

Joyau Renaissance breton du XVIe siècle, le manoir de Moëllien séduit par sa porte à colonnes doriques et son fronton triangulaire d'une élégance rare, témoignage exceptionnel de l'art de bâtir dans le Finistère.

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Bénodet · Bretagne

Eglise, dite église du Port ou église Saint-Thomas

Nestling in the heart of the port of Bénodet, this Breton church boasts a 13th-century choir with radiating vaults and a 15th-century chapel of rare Gothic elegance, silent witnesses to the maritime soul of Finistère.

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Lannebert · Bretagne

Chapelle Notre-Dame de Liscornot

Nichée dans le bocage breton de Lannebert, la chapelle Notre-Dame de Liscornot renferme une âme médiévale ressuscitée au XVIIIe siècle. Un joyau discret des Côtes-d'Armor, inscrit aux Monuments Historiques.

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Picauville · Normandie

Eglise

In the heart of the Cotentin region, Picauville church boasts eight centuries of Norman architecture: a 13th-century Romanesque nave, 15th-century flamboyant chapels and a sober 17th-century classical bell tower, listed as a Historic Monument in 1961.

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Carnac · Bretagne

Menhir dit Er-Roh

Dressé dans la plaine carnacéenne depuis plus de 5 000 ans, le menhir Er-Roh est l'un des témoins de pierre les plus solitaires et les plus saisissants du mégalithisme breton — une sentinelle du Néolithique classée Monument Historique dès 1929.

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Coutances · Normandie

Eglise Saint-Nicolas

In the heart of Coutances, Saint-Nicolas church displays four centuries of Norman stone, from the flamboyant Gothic to the Renaissance, offering a subtle dialogue between medieval verticality and remarkably fine sculpted decoration.

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Saint-Brieuc · Bretagne

Maison du 17e siècle

In the heart of Saint-Brieuc, this 17th-century house epitomises Breton civil architecture in all its granite rigour, with its characteristic corbels and mullioned windows that have defied the centuries.

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Bordeaux · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Jardin public

Nestled in greenery in the heart of Bordeaux, the Jardin public reveals its English-style pathways, its romantic ponds and its muséum d'histoire naturelle beneath the canopy of two-hundred-year-old trees.

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Cherbourg-en-Cotentin · Normandie

Ancien Hôtel Atlantique

A poignant vestige of the great transatlantic emigration, the Hôtel Atlantique in Cherbourg is the only health complex in Europe dedicated to migrants at the beginning of the 20th century, still standing and listed as a Historic Monument.

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Lavardin · Centre-Val de Loire

Maison gothique

A civil Gothic gem from the late 13th century, this house in Lavardin features exceptionally fine sculpted capitals and geminated bays with remarkable infills, a rare example of medieval domestic architecture in the Loire Valley.

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Le Lion-d'Angers · Pays de la Loire

Ensemble mégalithique

Au cœur du Maine-et-Loire, l'ensemble mégalithique du Lion-d'Angers dévoile des vestiges néolithiques saisissants : dolmens et menhirs dressés il y a plus de 5 000 ans, témoins silencieux d'une civilisation bâtisseuse aux rites encore mystérieux.

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Linières-Bouton · Pays de la Loire

Eglise

Nestling in the heart of the Maine-et-Loire region, the church at Linières-Bouton is a soberly elegant example of Angevin Romanesque architecture, with its 12th-century Romanesque volumes interacting with 18th-century Baroque alterations listed as Historic Monuments.

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Lamballe · Bretagne

Maison

Au cœur de Lamballe, cette maison ancienne classée Monument Historique dévoile l'authenticité de l'architecture civile bretonne médiévale, avec ses pans de bois sculptés et ses encorbellements caractéristiques des cités d'Armor.

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Mordelles · Bretagne

Château de la Villedubois

Discret joyau du pays rennais, le château de la Villedubois mêle pans de bois, terre crue et chapelle Louis XIV dans un ensemble rare qui traverse quatre siècles d'histoire nobiliaire et protestante.

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Vitré · Bretagne

Eglise Notre-Dame

A flamboyant jewel in the heart of Vitré, Notre-Dame church boasts a south-facing façade with seven gables that is unique in Brittany, punctuated by pinnacles and crowned by an exterior pulpit of rare elegance.

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Louerre · Pays de la Loire

Eglise

Nestling in the heart of the village of Louerre, this medieval church combines Angevin Gothic and Classical alterations through seven centuries of history, bearing witness to the tenacious faith of the rural communities of Maine-et-Loire.

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Périgueux · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Immeuble

At the heart of Périgueux, this 16th-century Renaissance building reveals the town's mercantile prosperity: façades with moulded windows, pilasters and sculpted decorations bearing witness to the refinement of the Périgourdin Renaissance.

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Avrillé · Pays de la Loire

Château de la Perrière

An elegant 17th-century château in Anjou, La Perrière unfurls its U-shaped floor plan and Louis XVI panelling with classic grace, crowned by a panelled chapel of rare intimacy.

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Le Palais · Bretagne

Fort du Gros Rocher

A granite watchman on the cliffs of Belle-Île, the Gros Rocher Fort combines a 17th-century Vauban battery with crenellated ramparts from the Second Empire, camouflaged under the Breton moorland.

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Hennebont · Bretagne

Passerelle

Joyau discret des remparts d'Hennebont, cette passerelle-escalier du XVIIe siècle relie les fortifications à la cité basse avec une élégance sobre, couronnée de balustres en pierre caractéristiques.

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Bourges · Centre-Val de Loire

Ermitage dit " de l'Incarnation " ou de " Notre-Dame de Grâce " de l'ancien monastère de Notre-Dame et Saint-Joseph du Mont-Carmel

The last vestige of the three Carmelite hermitages in Bourges, this 1625 chapel embodies the contemplative spirituality of Saint Teresa of Avila, nestling against the town's ancient medieval walls.

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Saint-Clément-des-Levées · Pays de la Loire

Eglise

Discreet but endearing, the church of Saint-Clément-des-Levées epitomises the religious revival of the 19th century in the Val d'Anjou, with its characteristic bell tower-porch and its meticulous volumes typical of Anjou's neo-Gothic architecture.

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