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Le Vieux-Bourg · Bretagne

Menhir de Porzic

Sentinelle de pierre dressée depuis le Néolithique, le menhir de Porzic veille sur les collines du Vieux-Bourg. Monument classé, il incarne la spiritualité mystérieuse des premiers peuples armoricains.

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Tursac · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Gisement préhistorique de Liveyre

Nestled in the valley of the Vézère, the prehistoric site of Liveyre reveals at Tursac two ages of humanity: from the Upper Palaeolithic to the Final Bronze Age, a rare testament to prehistoric Périgord.

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Plouharnel · Bretagne

Cromlech de Crucuno

Quadrilatère mégalithique énigmatique de Crucuno, l'un des rares cromlechs rectangulaires d'Europe, orienté avec une précision astronomique remarquable au cœur de la Bretagne néolithique.

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Bordeaux · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Hôtel Labottière, ou Maison Tivoli

Neoclassical gem of Bordeaux, the hôtel Labottière reveals its sculpted pediment façade and its semicircular projecting centrepiece within a setting of formal French greenery — a discreet masterpiece of the 18th century.

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Bordeaux · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Passage

A discreet gem of eighteenth-century Bordeaux, this groin-vaulted passage conceals a merchant's residence with wrought-iron balustrades, the only example in the city of a street passing through a private building beneath a basket-handle arch.

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Carnac · Bretagne

Cinq menhirs alignés

Cinq menhirs dressés dans le silence de la lande carnacoise, témoins impassibles d'un rituel néolithique vieux de plus de 5 000 ans. Un alignement intime qui invite à une contemplation hors du temps.

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Le Mont-Saint-Michel · Normandie

Maison de la Truie qui File

In the heart of Mont-Saint-Michel, the Maison de la Truie qui File fascinates visitors with its unique sculpted medieval sign and its listed half-timbered façade, a rare reminder of the trade of yesteryear on the Grande Rue.

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Bordeaux · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Hôtel de Basquiat (l'ensemble)

A Louis XVI jewel of Bordeaux's Age of Enlightenment, the hôtel de Basquiat displays its balustraded façade and rounded porch along the cours, a refined testament to the parliamentary elegance of 18th-century Bordeaux.

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Saint-Émilion · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Catacombes

Carved into the limestone of Saint-Émilion, these medieval catacombs conceal funerary galleries and a mystical rotunda, inspired by the Saint-Sépulcre de Jérusalem. A unique underground journey in the Gironde.

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Montsoreau · Pays de la Loire

Moulin à vent de la Tranchée

A tufa stone sentinel overlooking the Loire, this 18th-century windmill from Anjou embodies the very soul of the Saumur vineyards, with its neat polygonal layout and troglodytic cellars dug into the heart of the hillside.

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Bordeaux · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Hôtel de Nesmond

In the heart of Bordeaux, the Hôtel de Nesmond combines the elegance of 18th-century classical architecture with a history closely linked to the great figure of Cardinal Donnet, Primate of Aquitaine.

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Saint-Vincent-le-Paluel · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Cabane en pierre sèche de Malevergne

A jewel of Périgord vernacular architecture, this dry-stone hut with its corbelled vault and conical crown embodies the rural soul of the Périgord Noir, a living vestige of the old wine-growing regions.

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Bordeaux · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise Sainte-Eulalie

At the heart of Bordeaux, Sainte-Eulalie unfolds eight centuries of history within a medieval Gothic setting complemented by a discreetly elegant neo-Gothic façade, a jewel in stone listed among the Monuments Historiques.

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Carnac · Bretagne

Tumulus à double dolmen d'Er-Rohellec

Au cœur du pays de Carnac, ce tumulus à double dolmen du Néolithique recèle deux chambres funéraires imbriquées, témoignage exceptionnel des rituels mégalithiques bretons vieux de plus de 5 000 ans.

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Saint-Emilion · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Château Grand Mayne

At the gateway to Saint-Émilion, Château Grand Mayne unfurls its 18th-century elegance among the vines of the Grand Cru Classé appellation, combining listed architectural heritage with an exceptional wine-growing tradition.

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Arles · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Ecole du Lau (ou Dulau)

In the heart of ancient Arles, the École du Lau unveils a medieval aristocratic residence of rare elegance, listed as a Historic Monument and a silent witness to several centuries of Provençal life.

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Bordeaux · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Porte Dijeaux (ou Dauphine)

Erected in 1748 at the instigation of the great intendant Tourny, the porte Dijeaux crowns three millennia of Bordelais history, from the ancient Roman road to the neoclassical trophies sculpted by Claude Francin.

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Vitrac · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Cabane en pierre sèche de Pech Lauzier

A jewel of vernacular construction in the Périgord, this dry-stone hut at Pech Lauzier astounds with its unique hull-shaped roof, found nowhere else in the world, transitioning from a square to a circle by means of a corbelled vault of breathtaking ingenuity.

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Saint-Emilion · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Maison, dite maison gothique

Jewel of Gothic architecture nestled in the heart of Saint-Émilion, this 15th-century residence displays its pointed arches and paired trefoil windows, an exceptional testament to medieval civic architecture in the Gironde.

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Saint-Cirq · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Grotte ornée de gravures prehistoriques, dite aussi Grotte du Sorcier

Deep in the heart of the Périgord, the Grotte du Sorcier contains Magdalenian engravings of remarkable power: horses, bison, and a mysterious human figure carved into the rock more than 13,000 years ago.

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Sarlat-la-Canéda · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Hôtel de Gisson

A Renaissance jewel of Sarlat, the hôtel de Gisson displays its hexagonal staircase tower and its flamboyant decoration at the heart of the medieval city, bearing witness to the prestige of the Périgord magistracy.

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Saint-Emilion · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Château Pindefleurs

On the outskirts of Saint-Émilion, this eighteenth-century chartreuse transformed at the turn of the twentieth century embodies the golden age of the Bordeaux vineyard, combining noble elegance with viticultural ambition.

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Saint-Christophe-des-Bardes · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise Saint-Christophe

At the heart of the Saint-Émilion vineyard, the église Saint-Christophe-des-Bardes reveals a Romanesque portal from the 12th century of rare sculptural elegance, crowned by a neo-Romanesque bell tower built in the 19th century by the diocesan architect Labbé.

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Parnay · Pays de la Loire

"Le clos de vigne dénommé le " Clos d'entre les Murs ""

In the heart of the Loire Valley, this historic vineyard embodies the genius of Antoine Cristal, the pioneer who saved the Loire vineyards from phylloxera by introducing the espalier system inherited from Thomery.

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