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Le Vieux-Bourg · Bretagne

Menhir dit Pont-aux-Prêtres ou de la Ville-Juhel

Sentinelle de pierre dressée depuis le Néolithique, le menhir de la Ville-Juhel veille sur les bocages bretons du Vieux-Bourg, témoin monumental d'une spiritualité préhistorique encore palpable dans le granit des Côtes-d'Armor.

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

Ancien hôtel de Venel

In the heart of Aix-en-Provence, the Hôtel de Venel houses two exceptional painted ceilings from the Grand Siècle, unique examples of a family commission spanning the reign of Louis XIV.

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Locmariaquer · Bretagne

Dolmen à galerie dans la base d'un tumulus circulaire à Kerdaniel

Nestling on the Locmariaquer peninsula, this dolmen with its gallery hidden beneath an imposing circular tumulus bears witness to a rare Neolithic architectural mastery, where stone and ancestral memory have merged for nearly 6,000 years.

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Cizay-la-Madeleine · Pays de la Loire

Prieuré de Breuil-Bellay (ancien)

Niché dans le bocage angevin, ce prieuré roman du XIIe siècle révèle une architecture monastique sobre et puissante, témoin exceptionnel de la spiritualité bénédictine en Val de Loire. Classé Monument Historique depuis 1963.

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Savennières · Pays de la Loire

Eglise

Joyau roman de l'Anjou classé dès 1840, l'église de Savennières dresse ses murs de tuffeau sur les rives de la Loire, mêlant sobriété médiévale et lumière dorée du val angevin.

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Saint-Georges-des-Sept-Voies · Pays de la Loire

Eglise de Saint-Pierre-en-Vaux

Nestling in the Val d'Anjou, the church of Saint-Pierre-en-Vaux is a strikingly sober example of Angevin Romanesque architecture, enhanced in the 18th century, in which limestone interacts with the centuries in an unspoilt countryside setting.

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Saint-Genès-de-Fronsac · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise

Nestled in the heart of the Fronsac vineyard, this 12th-century Romanesque church displays its golden limestone stones between hillsides and the Dordogne, a sober and powerful testament to Saintongeais Romanesque art in the Gironde.

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Angers · Pays de la Loire

Ancienne abbaye Saint-Nicolas

Founded in the heart of Angers in the 11th century, Saint-Nicolas Abbey blends medieval austerity and Maurist elegance in a rare dialogue of stone, where each century has left its signature.

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Carnac · Bretagne

Dolmen de Cruz-Menquen

A Neolithic vestige of the Carnac peninsula, the Cruz-Menquen dolmen stands with its thousand-year-old orthostats in one of the densest megalithic areas in Europe, bearing witness to a funerary spirituality dating back 5,000 years.

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Périgueux · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Vestiges de la villa gallo-romaine, dite villa des Bouquets

Buried beneath Périgueux, the villa des Bouquets reveals the splendour of Gallo-Roman life in Périgord: polychrome mosaics, private baths and a hypocaust bear witness to a Romanised aristocracy at the height of its power.

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Daoulas · Bretagne

Ancienne abbaye

In the heart of Finistère, Daoulas Abbey boasts a strikingly pure 12th-century Romanesque nave and a Gothic porch adorned with medieval statues, an exceptional example of Breton architecture from the Léonarde region.

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Javerlhac-et-la-Chapelle-Saint-Robert · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Forge Neuve

A major remnant of the metallurgical industry of the Ancien Régime, the Forge Neuve de Javerlhac cast the cannons of the French royal Navy in the 18th century, setting its blast furnaces roaring over the waters of the Bandiat.

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Coutures · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise Saint-Saturnin

Nestled in the heart of the Périgord, the église Saint-Saturnin de Coutures reveals a sober Romanesque elegance typical of the Sarladais, with its wall belfry pierced with arcatures and its golden limestone masonry.

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Roscoff · Bretagne

Maison dite de Marie Stuart

À Roscoff, la maison dite de Marie Stuart déploie son portique Renaissance face à la mer. Mémoire vivante d'un débarquement royal en 1548, elle conjugue pierre bretonne et élégance du XVIe siècle.

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Puy-l'Evêque · Occitanie

Eglise Saint-Saturnin de Cazes

In the heart of the Quercy region, the church of Saint-Saturnin de Cazes boasts a rare cycle of Baroque murals and vaults rebuilt in the 18th century, bearing witness to a long history marked by the great wars of France.

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Carnac · Bretagne

Ensemble mégalithique de Mézerma

In the heart of the Carnac peninsula, the megalithic site of Mézerma unveils its Neolithic standing stones, silent witnesses to a building civilisation over 5,000 years old.

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Pouldreuzic · Bretagne

Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Penhors

The jewel of the Bigouden region, Notre-Dame-de-Penhors chapel has watched over the Breton coastline since the 13th century. Its medieval arcaded sanctuary and annual pardon make it one of the liveliest places of pilgrimage in Cornouaille.

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Pleucadeuc · Bretagne

Croix située sur le mur d'enclos de la chapelle Saint-Barthélémy

Standing against the enclosure wall of the chapel of Saint-Barthélémy in Pleucadeuc, this monumental 16th-century cross embodies Breton fervour in its purest expression of sculpted stone.

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Autoire · Occitanie

Manoir Laroque-Delprat

Nestling in the Autoire valley, this 16th-17th century manor house in the Lot region displays its pale causse stone between corner towers and mullioned windows, a precious reminder of the rural aristocracy of Quercy.

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Saint-Cyr-du-Bailleul · Normandie

Polissoir dit La Pierre-Saint-Martin

An exceptional Neolithic remnant from Normandy, this sandstone polisher bears witness to the painstaking work of prehistoric man, who used it to sharpen his stone tools over 5,000 years ago.

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Aubigné-sur-Layon · Pays de la Loire

Eglise

The Romanesque jewel of the Val d'Anjou, this thousand-year-old church boasts a sumptuous 13th-century Plantagenet vault and a Baroque painted decoration by Paolo Baronni, a veritable festival of colours dating from 1705-1709.

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Le Quiou · Bretagne

Château du Hac

Joyau gothique breton des années 1440, le château du Hac incarne avec une rare pureté l'architecture de la cour ducale de Bretagne, ses façades quasi intactes défiant les siècles dans un écrin de verdure costarmoricaine.

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Larroque-Toirac · Occitanie

Château

Perched on a limestone spur overlooking the Lot valley, the Château de Larroque-Toirac impresses with its intact medieval silhouette and Renaissance decor that survived the turmoil of the French Revolution.

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Plounérin · Bretagne

Chapelle Notre-Dame de Bon-Voyage et son oratoire

Aux portes de la Bretagne profonde, cette chapelle du XVIe siècle veille sur la route Paris-Brest depuis cinq cents ans, son oratoire à pyramide et son cadran solaire gravé dans la pierre témoignant d'une dévotion populaire intacte.

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