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Les Baux-de-Provence · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Borne milliaire

Sentinelle de pierre dressée sur la via Aurelia, cette borne milliaire romaine des Baux-de-Provence est un témoin rare de la romanisation de la Provence, classée monument historique depuis 1927.

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Saumur · Pays de la Loire

Eglise de Saint-Hilaire

Nestling in the heart of Saumur, the church of Saint-Hilaire boasts eight centuries of religious architecture, from sober 11th-century Romanesque to Gothic Angevin vaults, and has been a listed historic monument since 1969.

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Morsalines · Normandie

Eglise

In Morsalines, this parish church in La Manche is intriguing for its fortified 17th-century bell tower, a vestige of the troubles that shook the Cotentin region, and its nave and chancel, which were soberly rebuilt in the following century.

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Ploéven · Bretagne

Stèle protohistorique dite Le Fuseau ou La Quenouille de Sainte-Barbe

Dressée dans le paysage finistérien comme un doigt de pierre tendu vers le ciel, cette stèle protohistorique aux silhouettes de fuseau et de quenouille fascine par ses 3 000 ans d'histoire et sa dédicace à Sainte Barbe.

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Saint-Maixant · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise Saint-Maixant

Nestling in the heart of the Entre-deux-Mers region, Saint-Maixant church is a beautifully restrained example of 12th-century Saintonge Romanesque architecture, with a sculpted portal, gabled bell tower and blonde stonework gilded by the centuries.

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Chartres-de-Bretagne · Bretagne

Château de Fontenay

Just outside Rennes, the chapel of Château de Fontenay reveals a thousand years of Breton architecture: a 14th-century radiating window, pre-Romanesque masonry and the remains of one of the most powerful medieval seigneuries in the Rennes region.

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Sérignac · Occitanie

Eglise

Nestling against its château in the Lot department, this 17th-century church has a charming classical sobriety: a semi-circular portal flanked by Ionic pilasters and an elegantly proportioned three-part nave.

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La Chapelle-Neuve · Bretagne

Chapelle et calvaire de Locmaria

In the heart of inland Brittany, the Locmaria chapel boasts a Gothic Latin cross floor plan and a calvary with an octagonal shaft dating from the 16th century, both of which are jewels of Breton rural piety and have been classified as Historic Monuments.

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Brest · Bretagne

Château, actuellement préfecture maritime

A granite sentinel that has stood at the mouth of the Penfeld since ancient times, Brest Castle combines medieval towers and Vauban bastions to form the oldest working fortress in France.

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Concorès · Occitanie

Château de Clermont, à Linars

A medieval sentinel of the Quercy region, the Château de Clermont rises its four round towers above Concorès. Between authentic ruins and restorations, it embodies five centuries of architectural resilience.

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Saint-Gilles-Pligeaux · Bretagne

Tumulus de Colleredo

Sentinelle de pierre dressée dans les landes bretonnes depuis l'Âge du bronze, le tumulus de Colleredo à Saint-Gilles-Pligeaux offre un voyage saisissant aux confins de la préhistoire armoricaine.

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Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Domaine du château d'Avignon

At the gateway to the wild Camargue, Château d'Avignon combines Provençal elegance with fin-de-siècle modernity: a sumptuous estate fashioned by the heir to the famous Noilly-Prat house.

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Badefols-d'Ans · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Château de Badefols-d'Ans

Perched on a spur on the hillsides of the Périgord Vert, the château de Badefols-d'Ans has overlooked a vast verdant plain since the 14th century, blending medieval architecture with the elegance of the Grand Siècle.

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

Faculté de Droit

An 18th-century Baroque jewel in the heart of Aix-en-Provence, the former Faculté de Droit (Law Faculty) boasts a majestic classical façade and ornate ceremonial rooms, bearing witness to centuries of Provençal university tradition.

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Gourhel · Bretagne

Manoir de la Cour

Niché au cœur du Morbihan, le Manoir de la Cour à Gourhel distille le charme authentique de la Renaissance bretonne : pierres bicolores, arcades en plein cintre et porte millésimée 1573, sauvé in extremis de la disparition.

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Brengues · Occitanie

Restes du château des Anglais

Clinging like an eagle to the limestone cliffs of the Célé, the Château des Anglais de Brengues is one of the most spectacular medieval troglodyte hideaways in Quercy. A vertiginous history suspended between sky and river.

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Louresse-Rochemenier · Pays de la Loire

Eglise de Varenne (ancienne)

Vestige médiéval discret du Saumurois, l'ancienne église de Varenne dévoile au cœur du village troglodytique de Rochemenier une architecture gothique angevine du XIVe siècle d'une sobre élégance.

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Trets · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Eglise

Au cœur de Trets, cette église classée Monument Historique depuis 1945 dévoile l'âme romane et gothique de la Provence intérieure, avec un clocher-tour qui domine fièrement le vieux bourg médiéval.

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Saint-Rémy-de-Provence · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Ensemble formé par l'ancien monastère Saint-Paul de Mausole et la maison de santé Saint-Paul

Niché dans les Alpilles, Saint-Paul de Mausole mêle prieuré roman du XIIe siècle et maison de santé où Van Gogh séjourna en 1889-1890, peignant plus de 150 œuvres dans ses jardins apaisants.

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Reilhac · Occitanie

Eglise

On the edge of the Quercy region, this 12th-century Romanesque church preserves fascinating traces of medieval fortifications, a rare testimony to an armed faith in the face of the troubles of history.

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Espagnac-Sainte-Eulalie · Occitanie

Site archéologique de la grotte de Sainte-Eulalie

In the Célé gorges, this Palaeolithic cave contains 28 animal figures and 31 abstract signs engraved over 15,000 years ago - one of the most precious rock sanctuaries in the Quercy region.

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Bayac · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Château

Watching over the Périgord since the 14th century, the château de Bayac combines an imposing round tower topped with a pepper-pot roof, a wall walk supported by massive corbels, and an elegant Mansart-style main building — five centuries of architecture united in a single glance.

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Montreuil-Bellay · Pays de la Loire

Hôtel (ancien)

A private mansion in Montreuil-Bellay, a silent witness to four centuries of Anjou architecture, from the 16th to the 19th century. Its stratified facades reveal the discreet elegance of the middle-class homes of the Loire Valley.

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La Tour-Blanche · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Ruines du château de Jovelle

Perched on a rocky spur in the Périgord Blanc, the ruins of Jovelle exude a striking medieval atmosphere: crenellated ramparts, a lofty keep, and a Romanesque chapel where the footsteps of the Prince Noir and Charles VII still seem to echo.

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