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Guingamp · Bretagne

Ancienne prison

Joyau méconnu de l'architecture carcérale française, l'ancienne prison de Guingamp fut l'une des premières prisons cellulaires des Côtes-d'Armor, bâtie selon le modèle pennsylvanien inspiré des réformes pénitentiaires du XIXe siècle.

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Saint-Ferme · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Ancienne abbaye

At the borders of the Entre-Deux-Mers, this medieval Benedictine abbey blends spirituality and defensive architecture: its groin-vaulted halls, its prison and its court of justice make it a striking testament to the Wars of Religion.

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Figeac · Occitanie

Maison natale de Champollion, actuellement musée Champollion

In a medieval alleyway in Figeac, Champollion's birthplace houses a fascinating museum dedicated to the man who unravelled the mystery of Egyptian hieroglyphics. A journey between two civilisations, in the heart of the Lot.

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Grand-Champ · Bretagne

Croix de chemin

Standing at the crossroads of the roads in Grand-Champ, this Breton granite cross bears witness to thousands of years of popular faith. It has been listed as a Historic Monument since 1927 for the finesse of its sculpted decoration.

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Saint-Nic · Bretagne

Chapelle Saint-Côme et ses abords

In the heart of Brittany's Finistère region, the chapel of Saint-Côme de Saint-Nic boasts a sculpted 17th-century framework of rare elegance, flanked by a Renaissance calvary and a bell tower with a spire that defies the skies of Armorique.

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Castets-en-Dorthe · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Château du Hamel

On the outskirts of Bordeaux, the château du Hamel combines a medieval keep from the 14th century — with its exceedingly rare heptagonal vaulted chamber with ribbed vaulting — and the classical elegance of a main building rebuilt in 1697.

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

Hôtel d'Espagnet ou Maurel de Pontevès

The baroque jewel of the Cours Mirabeau, the Hôtel d'Espagnet - Maurel de Pontevès, with its sculpted Atlantes and majestic façade, is a dazzling symbol of Aix's noblesse de robe during the Grand Siècle.

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Sarlat-la-Canéda · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Ancienne Maison du Présidial

At the heart of Sarlat, the former Maison du Présidial raises its classical 17th-century façade facing the medieval city. The seat of an exceptional royal jurisdiction, this building embodies the rigour of Ancien Régime justice in the Périgord noir.

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Eygalières · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Eglise Saint-Laurent (ancienne)

Perched on the rocky heights of Eygalières, this former 12th-century Romanesque church, remodelled in the 17th century, boasts a distinctive bell tower and a nave bathed in Provençal light.

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Port-Sainte-Foy-et-Ponchapt · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Cinq mosaïques gallo-romaines

At the heart of the Périgord, five early Christian mosaics from the 4th century emerge from a thousand-year-old Gallo-Roman villa: a treasure of tesserae where intricate geometry and flower-filled baskets defy the passage of time.

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Brissarthe · Pays de la Loire

Eglise et presbytère

On the borders of Maine and Anjou, the church of Brissarthe has stood guard since the 11th century over the very place where Robert the Strong - ancestor of the Capetians - fell to the Normans in 866.

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Quiberon · Bretagne

Roches à cupules de la Pointe-de-Guéritte

Engraved in Breton granite at the Pointe de Guéritte, these Neolithic cupules bear witness to a mysterious spirituality dating back 5,000 years, facing the wild Atlantic of the Quiberon peninsula.

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Corlay · Bretagne

Restes du château

Sentinelle médiévale des Côtes-d'Armor, les vestiges du château de Corlay dressent leurs ruines du XVe siècle sur un éperon rocheux dominant le centre Bretagne, témoins silencieux d'une puissance féodale aujourd'hui inscrite aux Monuments Historiques.

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Marseille · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Fontaine Estrangin

An elegant monumental fountain dating from the last quarter of the 19th century, the Fontaine Estrangin embodies the civic splendour of republican Marseille, with its sculpted basins and neoclassical décor inherited from the Mediterranean Belle Époque.

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Fontvieille · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Grotte-Dolmen de la Source

At the gateway to the Camargue, this Chalcolithic cave-dolmen, hidden in the Alpilles of Fontvieille, reveals 5,000 years of funerary history. A prehistoric sanctuary, listed since 1889, with a bewitching sobriety.

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Brézé · Pays de la Loire

Château de Brezé

A medieval fortress with troglodytic underground passages that are unique in Europe, Château de Brézé plunges its foundations into the Anjou tufa rock to reveal an underground world as vast as the château itself.

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Lambesc · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Hôtel Pagy de Valbonne (ancien)

In the heart of Lambesc, this former Provençal Renaissance town house combines stony sobriety with emerging Baroque elegance, bearing witness to the discreet splendour of the noblesse de robe of Aix-en-Provence in the 16th and 17th centuries.

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Boqueho · Bretagne

Croix des Botmiliau

Érigée au XVIIe siècle dans le Goëlo breton, la Croix des Botmiliau à Boqueho est un joyau de la statuaire religieuse bretonne, aux scènes christiques finement ciselées dans le granite local.

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Gradignan · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Ancien hôpital de Cayac

At the gates of Bordeaux, the former hospital of Cayac has stood watch since the 13th century along the route to Compostelle. Its remarkably well-preserved Romanesque-Gothic church façade bears witness to the medieval hospitality shown towards pilgrims.

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Saint-Coulomb · Bretagne

Logis de la Mettrie-aux-Houëts

Malouinière d'exception du premier quart du XVIIIe siècle, La Mettrie-aux-Houëts déploie grille monumentale, jardins à la française et chapelle datée 1725 dans un ensemble d'une rare intégrité architecturale.

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Gourdon · Occitanie

Eglise de Prouillhac

Nestling in the hamlet of Prouilhac, this medieval church in the Quercy region boasts a 14th-century bell tower and seigneurial chapels adorned with cross vaults, testimony to the aristocracy of the Lot.

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Daignac · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Château de Curton

A medieval sentinel on the slopes of the Entre-Deux-Mers region, Château de Curton's limestone towers stand in the heart of the Bordeaux vineyards, an austere yet powerful reminder of Gascony's feudal past.

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Montreuil-Bellay · Pays de la Loire

Eglise paroissiale (ancienne chapelle du château)

A flamboyant Gothic jewel from the 15th century, the former Seigneurial Chapel of Montreuil-Bellay reveals an interior of rare elegance, a testament to the aristocratic piety of Anjou and the splendour of the adjoining château.

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Moréac · Bretagne

Eglise Saint-Cyr

In the heart of the Morbihan region, the church of Saint-Cyr in Moréac is home to a majestic 18th-century granite cross, a masterpiece of Breton sculpture that displays all the fervour of the Breton Calvary.

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