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Guingamp · Bretagne

Château des Salles

On the outskirts of Guingamp, the Château des Salles, with its Renaissance facades and corner turrets, spans several centuries of Breton history, between warlords and provincial nobility.

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Urville · Normandie

Eglise Saint-Julien

In the heart of the Cotentin region, Saint-Julien d'Urville church combines Romanesque sobriety and Gothic elevation, with two medieval porches and an exceptional collection of 18th-century wood panelling.

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Arles · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Tour d'Amphoux

A stone sentinel that has stood guard over Arles since the Middle Ages, the Tour d'Amphoux keeps watch over the ancient city. Its robust military architecture bears witness to medieval tensions in Romanesque Provence.

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Plédéliac · Bretagne

Château de la Hunaudaye

Forteresse médiévale surgissant des brumes bretonnes, la Hunaudaye dresse ses cinq tours en ruine au cœur des Côtes-d'Armor — l'un des châteaux gothiques les mieux conservés de Bretagne.

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Saint-Etienne-du-Gué-de-l'Isle · Bretagne

Eglise Saint-Etienne

Nestling in the heart of the Côtes-d'Armor region, the 16th-century church of Saint-Étienne stands out for its sober Breton granite and its flamboyant windows, an intact testimony to Breton rural piety during the Renaissance.

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Lunan · Occitanie

Eglise

Nestling in the Lot, the church at Lunan gracefully combines a 12th-century Romanesque choir with a Gothic nave, the legacy of a Carolingian concession to the illustrious abbey of Conques.

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Porspoder · Bretagne

Dolmen et menhir de Kerivoret

In the heart of Finistère, the Kerivoret dolmen and menhir stand in Neolithic silhouette against the winds of the Iroise. An exceptional megalithic duo, guardians of five millennia of Breton history.

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Saint-Céré · Occitanie

Eglise des Récollets

A former 17th-century Franciscan chapel in Saint-Céré, the Church of the Récollets is fascinating for its Baroque interior with Italian influences: coffered ceiling, altarpiece and altarpiece sculpted by a monk from the convent.

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Marseille · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Evêché (ancien), puis hôtel de police

The former palace of the bishops of Marseille, built in the heart of the city of Marseille in the 17th century, this noble Baroque edifice bears witness to the episcopal pomp of the Counter-Reformation period, before its unexpected civil destiny.

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Carnac · Bretagne

Tumulus à trois dolmens de Mané-Kérioned

The megalithic jewel of Carnac, this tumulus houses three dolmens with chambers engraved with enigmatic symbols - some of the richest rock art of the Breton Neolithic.

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Fréhel · Bretagne

Fort de la Latte

Perché sur un éperon rocheux battu par les vents de la Manche, le Fort de la Latte est une forteresse médiévale d'exception, isolée du continent par deux crevasses naturelles et façonnée par quatorze siècles d'histoire militaire bretonne.

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Île-d'Arz · Bretagne

Eglise de la Nativité ou Notre-Dame

A Romanesque gem in the heart of the Gulf of Morbihan, the Church of the Nativity on Île-d'Arz combines sculpted 12th-century capitals and a Renaissance choir in an exceptional island setting.

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Paulin · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens

Nestled in the heart of the Périgord, the église Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens de Paulin reveals a dome on pendentives inherited from Saintonge Romanesque art and a polygonal apse of rare Gothic elegance.

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Mérigny · Centre-Val de Loire

Ancien prieuré de Puychevrier

Nestled deep in the Berry region, the former priory of Puychevrier reveals the austere soul of the Grandmont Order: a Romanesque chapel with a pointed barrel vault, a vanished cloister and cloistered buildings that have been remarkably well-preserved since the 12th century.

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Plusquellec · Bretagne

Croix du 17e siècle

Standing in the Plusquellec cemetery, this monumental 17th-century cross embodies the very soul of inland Brittany: kersanton stone and Breton granite, sculpted calvary, listed as a Historic Monument since 1926.

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Île-aux-Moines · Bretagne

Dolmen de Pen-Hap

A Neolithic vestige lurking in the Gulf of Morbihan, the Pen-Hap dolmen erects its granite orthostats on the Île-aux-Moines. A 5,000-year-old stone sanctuary, listed as a Historic Monument, between sea and moorland.

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Ploubezre · Bretagne

Restes du château de Coatfrec

A striking vestige of a 15th-century Breton castle, Coatfrec stands in romantic ruins in the Trégor region. Rebuilt in 1462 and dismantled during the wars of the League in 1592, it epitomises the rise and fall of the Breton nobility.

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Sainte-Foy-la-Grande · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Maison d'angle

At the heart of Sainte-Foy-la-Grande, this fifteenth-century timber-framed house captivates with its remarkably fine carved mouldings, an intact testament to medieval civic architecture in the Gironde.

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

Bastide Les Brégues d'Or

Elegant eighteenth-century Provençal bastide on the outskirts of Aix-en-Provence, Les Brégues d'Or embodies the aristocratic art of living of the Aix noblesse de robe, with its understated and refined architecture nestled in a verdant setting.

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Plougoulm · Bretagne

Moulin de Ramblouc'h

Dressé sur les rives du Guillec en Léon, ce moulin à eau du XVIe siècle en granit de taille incarne l'architecture meuniè finistérienne dans toute sa pureté, avec ses contreforts massifs et ses meules préservées.

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Préchac · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Château de la Trave

A striking remnant of a fourteenth-century Gascon medieval fortress, the château de la Trave raises its enigmatic ruins in the Landes de Bordeaux, a silent witness to the wars that ravaged Aquitaine.

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Dinan · Bretagne

Eglise Saint-Malo

Joyau gothique de Dinan, l'église Saint-Malo déploie ses voûtes flamboyantes au cœur de la vieille ville bretonne. Son orgue victorien signé Alfred Oldknow, rarissime en France, lui confère une âme musicale unique.

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Marseille · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Château de La Reynarde

On the outskirts of Marseille, La Reynarde boasts the discreet elegance of an 18th-century Provencal bastide, nestling in landscaped grounds where medieval history and the southern art of living combine to create a striking picture.

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Saint-Geniès · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Chapelle du cimetière dite chapelle du Cheylat

Jewel of the Périgord Noir, this chapel dating from 1329 contains an exceptional cycle of medieval wall paintings: a star-vaulted ceiling, saints, the Passion of Christ and martyrs of a striking freshness.

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