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Trébeurden · Bretagne

Chapelle Notre-Dame de Penvern

Nestling in the coastal bocage of the Trégor region, the chapel of Notre-Dame de Penvern exudes the discreet charm of 16th-century Breton religious architecture, with its granite bonding and characteristically sober ornamentation.

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Sarlat-la-Canéda · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Maison à colombages

At the heart of the Vieux Sarlat, this half-timbered house from the 15th century embodies Périgord medieval architecture in all its splendour: sculpted wooden frames and bold corbelling set against ochre stone.

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Saint-Malo · Bretagne

Maison de Jacques Cartier, dite Les Portes Cartier

Manoir malouin du XVIe siècle où s'éteignit Jacques Cartier, découvreur du Canada. Entre cour et jardin, sa tourelle circulaire et sa chambre historique racontent l'épopée des grandes explorations françaises.

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Domme · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Grotte ornée dite du Mammouth

Buried beneath the cliffs of Domme, the grotte du Mammouth reveals its Palaeolithic secrets: rock engravings more than 15,000 years old, profoundly moving testimonies of nascent humanity at the heart of the Périgord Noir.

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Lanrivoaré · Bretagne

Calvaire

The calvary at Lanrivoaré was erected in Brittany's Léon region in the 18th century, and its sculpted scenes display the popular fervour typical of religious statuary in Finistère. A listed monument, it illustrates the persistence of the Breton sacred genius.

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Sarrazac · Occitanie

Église Saint-Geniès

Nestling in rural Quercy, Saint-Geniès church in Sarrazac boasts an entirely painted interior, a rare example of medieval mural painting in the Lot region, and has been listed as a Historic Monument since 1947.

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Beynac-et-Cazenac · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise de Beynac

Nestled in the heart of the medieval village of Beynac, this Romanesque church from the 12th century, remodelled in the 14th, displays its groin vaults and Gothic chapels within a setting of ochre stone overlooking the Dordogne.

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Languédias · Bretagne

Abbaye de Beaulieu

Nichée dans les bocages des Côtes-d'Armor, l'abbaye de Beaulieu à Languédias révèle l'austère élégance du monachisme breton du XVIIe siècle, avec ses volumes classiques et son atmosphère de recueillement préservée.

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Colombier · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise

Perched on a rocky outcrop in the Dordogne, this 12th-century Romanesque church combines a massive bell tower and wall with medieval vaults and a font carved from an authentic Roman column.

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Tonquédec · Bretagne

Ruines du château de Tonquédec

Standing on a rocky spur in the Léguer valley, the imposing ruins of Tonquédec castle are among the most spectacular in Brittany, with their nine medieval towers and intact concentric walls.

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Poullaouen · Bretagne

Eglise Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul

In the heart of Finistère, the church of Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul in Poullaouen is astonishing for its unusual bell tower, a heritage of Norman influence that is extremely rare in Brittany. This jewel has been listed since 1914.

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Beaufort-en-Vallée · Pays de la Loire

Eglise Notre-Dame

A Gothic jewel from Anjou in the heart of the Loire Valley, Notre-Dame de Beaufort-en-Vallée features 16th-century ribbed vaults beneath a neo-Gothic bell tower built in the 19th century, a striking synthesis of two ages of faith.

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Le Palais · Bretagne

Retranchement de Borbardoué

A stone sentinel standing on the shores of Belle-Île, the Borbardoué entrenchment embodies the defensive art of Vauban and his heirs: a diamond-shaped redoubt, two masonry entrenchments and a coastguard hut still keeping watch over the Atlantic.

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Cars · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise Saint-Pierre

At the heart of the wine-growing Médoc, the église Saint-Pierre de Cars spans seven centuries of Romanesque and Gothic architecture, from its barrel-vaulted chancel dating from the eleventh century to its bell tower crowned with a spire of polychrome tiles.

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Ploërmel · Bretagne

Ancien hôtel des Ducs de Bretagne

This medieval mansion in Ploërmel, built of wood and stone, bears witness to the splendour of Brittany's ducal era. It combines Renaissance panelling with a fortified façade, preserving the imprint of the sovereigns who stayed here.

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Beuzec-Cap-Sizun · Bretagne

Moulin à vent de Kérouan

The last working mill on the Crozon peninsula, this 18th-century jewel dominates the Kérouan moors, its original mechanisms intact, watching over the Atlantic for over two centuries.

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Vitrac · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Dolmen de Peyrelevade

Stood as a stone sentinel since the Neolithic era on the causses of the Périgord Noir, the dolmen de Peyrelevade reveals the extraordinary architectural mastery of the first farmers of the Dordogne, having been listed as a Monument historique as early as 1910.

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Dinan · Bretagne

Maison dite de la Mère Pourcel

In the heart of medieval Dinan, the sculpted corbels of the Maison de la Mère Pourcel date back to the 15th century and are an exceptional vestige of Breton timber-framed civil architecture.

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Soucelles · Pays de la Loire

Menhir dit Le Doigt de César

Sentinelle de pierre dressée depuis le Néolithique, le Doigt de César à Soucelles est l'un des menhirs les mieux conservés du Maine-et-Loire, mystérieux monolithe qui défie les millénaires au cœur de l'Anjou.

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Fontvieille · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Grotte-Dolmen des Fées de Cordes

At the gateway to the Camargue, this 5,000-year-old Chalcolithic dolmen hides beneath its limestone slabs a burial chamber that legend attributes to fairies. A gateway to prehistory in Provence, listed since 1894.

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Puiseaux · Centre-Val de Loire

Croix du 12e siècle

Emerging from the ground in Puiseaux almost nine centuries ago, this cemetery cross from the first quarter of the 12th century is one of the oldest examples of Romanesque sculpture in the Gâtinais region, and was listed as a Historic Monument in 1907.

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Orgon · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Chapelle Saint-Véran

Perchée sur un promontoire rocheux dominant la plaine de la Durance, la chapelle Saint-Véran d'Orgon offre un panorama saisissant sur la Provence intérieure et conserve un lien vivant avec la dévotion populaire médiévale.

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Treffrin · Bretagne

Pont gaulois dit de Sainte-Catherine (également sur commune de Plounévézel, dans le Finistère)

Vestige exceptionnel de l'ingénierie gauloise et médiévale, ce pont à trois arches triangulaires en pierre sèche enjambe le Trieux avec une grâce brute vieille de dix-sept siècles.

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Pluneret · Bretagne

Dolmen de Kervingu

A silent Neolithic vestige in the heart of Morbihan, the Kervingu dolmen erects its thousand-year-old granite orthostats in an unspoilt Breton landscape. A raw and striking testimony to the civilisation of the megalith builders.

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