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Laroque-des-Arcs · Occitanie

Ruines de la tour de péage

Standing on a vertiginous escarpment overlooking a meander of the River Lot, this medieval square tower was the sword of a river toll in the 13th century - a striking vestige of a forgotten Lot economy.

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Gouézec · Bretagne

Chapelle Notre-Dame des Trois-Fontaines

Nichée dans le Finistère profond, cette chapelle bretonne du XVe siècle conjugue calvaire Renaissance, vitraux anciens et fontaine sacrée dans un écrin de granit d'une poésie saisissante.

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Paule · Bretagne

Chapelle de Lansalaün de Notre-Dame de Folgoat

Nestling in the Breton countryside, this 16th-century chapel boasts a bell tower with an octagonal spire, a side aisle with exposed roof timbers and a votive fountain under a pointed gable - a discreet jewel in the crown of popular devotion in Argoat.

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Marseille · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Chapelle des Pénitents Noirs

In the heart of Old Marseilles, the Chapelle des Pénitents Noirs conceals behind a sober baroque façade an interior steeped in the history of the brotherhood, listed as a Historic Monument since 1931.

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Lignan-de-Bordeaux · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise Sainte-Eulalie

Erected in 1147, the église Sainte-Eulalie de Lignan-de-Bordeaux reveals an Aquitainian Romanesque gem with three apses adorned with historiated capitals populated by dragons and scenes of the Passion, a living testament to medieval Bordelais faith.

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Pommerit-le-Vicomte · Bretagne

Chapelle du Paradis et calvaire

Joyau breton intact du XVIe siècle, la chapelle du Paradis et son calvaire monumental révèlent à Pommerit-le-Vicomte la quintessence de l'art religieux des Côtes-d'Armor, avec son soubassement sculpté aux douze apôtres.

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Saint-Jean-Mirabel · Occitanie

Eglise

Nestling in the Lot department, the church of Saint-Jean-Mirabel boasts a Romanesque tympanum of rare delicacy, combining the Crucifixion and Baptism of Christ in a dialogue of stone dating back eight centuries.

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Saint-Armel · Bretagne

Eglise Saint-Armel

Consacrée en 1666, l'église Saint-Armel marie harmonieusement une nef gothique du XVe siècle à un chœur baroque en pierre blanche, témoignage rare de la transition architecturale en Ille-et-Vilaine.

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Istres · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Chapelle Saint-Sulpice

Nestling in the Provencal countryside of Istres, the chapel of Saint-Sulpice displays a thousand years of sacred architecture, from the sober Romanesque of the 11th century to the Gothic and Renaissance alterations that have turned it into a precious palimpsest of stone.

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Aubagne · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Monument aux morts de la guerre de 1914-1918, dit aussi Monument de la Victoire

Erected in Aubagne after the Great War, the Victory Monument embodies the collective memory of a Provençal town that suffered so much. Its solemn silhouette, listed as a Historic Monument in 2010, watches over the heart of the town.

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Arles · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Pont Van-Gogh et maison pontière

Immortalised by Van Gogh in 1888, this Provençal lift bridge and its bridge house form a living tableau on the Arles canal - a doubly protected monument and an absolute icon of French Impressionist heritage.

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Lormont · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise paroissiale du Saint-Esprit

Brutalist gem of the 1960s, the église du Saint-Esprit in Lormont reveals an interior sculpted from raw concrete, pierced by a shaft of zenithal light of a striking architectural poetry.

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Ploéven · Bretagne

Eglise Saint-Méen

In the heart of Finistère, the church of Saint-Méen in Ploéven unveils its 17th-century painted panelling and its placître adorned with a Breton calvary, witnesses to an age-old faith engraved in granite.

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Cézac · Occitanie

Eglise Saint-Clément

Nestling in the Lot department, the church of Saint-Clément in Cézac boasts a 15th-century rib-vaulted sanctuary, unusually delicate sculpted voussoirs and a low bell tower of bewitching medieval sobriety.

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Saint-Pierre-Quiberon · Bretagne

Ilôt ou rocher de Guernic

An enigmatic granite island off the coast of the Quiberon peninsula, the rock of Guernic, a vestige of Breton ancestral traditions, has been classified as a Historic Monument since 1930.

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Valognes · Normandie

Eglise Saint-Malo

Built in the heart of the "Versailles of Normandy", the church of Saint-Malo in Valognes boasts a sober Norman Gothic elegance. Listed as a historic monument since 1920, it bears witness to ten centuries of urban life in the Cotentin region.

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Chaulieu · Normandie

Château

A discreet Norman jewel dating from the 17th and 18th centuries, Château de Chaulieu captivates visitors with its understated elegance and its deep roots in the Mortainais bocage, a testimony to preserved provincial seigneurial architecture.

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Ploëzal · Bretagne

Manoir de Kermarker

Niché dans les bocages du Trégor, le manoir de Kermarker déploie l'élégance sobre du XVIIe siècle breton : granite taillé, lucarnes à frontons et colombier seigneurial dans un écrin de verdure sauvage.

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Vannes · Bretagne

Ancienne cohue

In the heart of the old town of Vannes, this former medieval town fascinates visitors with its Gothic doorway adorned with a mermaid with braided hair and an owl's head - a rare and bewitching 14th-century sculpture.

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Brissac-Quincé · Pays de la Loire

Eglise de Brissac

A jewel of the Anjou Renaissance, the church of Brissac-Quincé with its white tufa facades stands in the heart of the Anjou vineyards. It has been listed as a Historic Monument since 1978 for the elegance of its 16th-century architecture.

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Tréguier · Bretagne

Maison à pans de bois

À Tréguier, cette maison à pans de bois du XVIe siècle conjugue encorbellements sculptés et tour carrée en granit, vestige saisissant d'un commerce maritime breton encore palpable dans ses étals de pierre.

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Marseille · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Ancien hôtel Roux de Corse, actuellement lycée Montgrand

One of Marseille's Baroque jewels of the 18th century, the Hôtel Roux de Corse was a prefectural residence before becoming Marseille's first girls' high school - a story of power giving way to emancipation.

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Arles · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Ancien collège des Jésuites et ancien hôtel de Laval-Castellane, actuellement musée d'art chrétien et Museon Arlaten

In Arles, the former Jesuit college is home to the Museon Arlaten and the Museum of Christian Art, revealing ancient remains, a 17th-century Baroque chapel and ethnographic collections that are unique in Provence.

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Guingamp · Bretagne

Maison du 16e siècle

Au cœur de Guingamp, cette maison du XVIe siècle dévoile l'âme d'une cité bretonne prospère : colombages sculptés, encorbellements audacieux et décors Renaissance font de cette demeure un témoin rare de l'art urbain de la Renaissance bretonne.

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