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

Hôtel de Carcès

In the heart of the Mazarin district, the Hôtel de Carcès displays the grace of 17th-century Provencal Baroque architecture, with its ordered façade and stuccoed drawing rooms worthy of the great houses of Aix.

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Plouharnel · Bretagne

Alignements du Vieux-Moulin

Built in Plouharnel over 5,000 years ago, the alignments of the Vieux-Moulin are one of the Morbihan's least-known megalithic structures, forming part of the constellation of standing stones at Carnac.

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Saint-Rémy-la-Varenne · Pays de la Loire

Chapelle Saint-Jean

Nichée au cœur du Val d'Anjou, la chapelle Saint-Jean de Saint-Rémy-la-Varenne est un joyau roman modeste et touchant, inscrit aux Monuments Historiques, dont le chevet sculpté témoigne de la piété médiévale ligérienne.

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Brantôme · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Dolmen dit de La Pierre Levée

Sentinel of stone standing at the gates of Brantôme, this Neolithic dolmen, listed as early as 1889, reveals a majestic capstone resting upon its orthostats, a raw and striking remnant of a humanity five millennia old.

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Trégunc · Bretagne

Menhir

A stone sentinel reaching for the sky since Neolithic times, the menhir at Trégunc embodies the monumental mastery of Breton builders. A thousand-year-old silence steeped in mystery in the heart of South Finistère.

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Malestroit · Bretagne

Maison datée de 1640

Au cœur de Malestroit, cette maison à pans de bois datée de 1640 incarne l'élégance discrète de l'architecture civile bretonne du Grand Siècle, avec ses encorbellements sculptés et ses décors en pierre de taille.

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Gardegan-et-Tourtirac · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise Saint-Martin

Nestled in the Bordeaux vineyards, the Romanesque jewel of Saint-Martin de Gardegan, dating from the 12th century, enchants visitors with its sculpted portal crowned with arcatures and its porch-belfry displaying the restrained elegance characteristic of the Aquitaine region.

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Mauroux · Occitanie

Ruines de la ville d'Orgueil

Perched on a limestone spur in the Quercy Blanc region, the ruins of Orgueil reveal the striking remains of an abandoned medieval village, frozen in silence for centuries.

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Quettehou · Normandie

Eglise Saint-Vigor

Standing on the heights of the Cotentin peninsula, the church of Saint-Vigor in Quettehou reveals a sober Norman granite sculpted over the centuries, with its medieval bell tower-porch overlooking the bay of the Seine.

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Domme · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Remparts

Perched on a vertiginous promontory in the valley of the Dordogne, the ramparts of Domme embody seven centuries of resistance: three fortified gates, two massive towers with portcullises, and a royal enclosure hewn from Périgord limestone.

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Le Palais · Bretagne

Corps de garde de Fort Larron

A crenellated stone sentinel over Belle-Île-en-Mer, the Fort Larron guardhouse (1859) embodies Napoleon's defensive art in a wild and unspoilt Atlantic setting.

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Eguilles · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Château

Érigé sous le règne de Louis XIV, le château d'Éguilles domine fièrement la Provence du Pays d'Aix, mêlant rigueur classique et sensibilité méridionale dans un écrin de garrigues et de lumière dorée.

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Brantôme-en-Périgord · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Ancienne abbaye

Nestling in a meander of the River Dronne, Brantôme Abbey combines troglodytic caves, a medieval cloister and a baroque abbey dwelling - a jewel of the Périgord region, listed since 1840.

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Quiberon · Bretagne

Menhir de Goulvarc'h

A stone sentinel erected in Quiberon since the Neolithic period, the Goulvarc'h menhir has watched over the Breton peninsula for over 5,000 years. A solitary and striking vestige of the megalithic soul of Morbihan.

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Angers · Pays de la Loire

Ancien hôtel de Thévalle

In the heart of Angers, the Hôtel de Thévalle combines flamboyant Gothic and late Renaissance styles, with its elegant straight staircase and corner pavilion designed by Jean Delespine, a discreet jewel in the art of building in Angers.

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Saint-Mayeux · Bretagne

Eglise Saint-Mayeux

Au cœur du Kreiz Breizh, l'église Saint-Mayeux dresse son clocher du XVIIe siècle, héritage de l'abbaye cistercienne de Bon-Repos, face à une croix de cimetière du XVIe siècle d'une sobre élégance bretonne.

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Saint-Georges-sur-Loire · Pays de la Loire

Château de Serrant

A Renaissance jewel nestling in the mists of the Loire, Serrant unfurls its round towers and dark slate over three centuries of architectural passion. One of the best preserved and most intimately inhabited châteaux in France.

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Spézet · Bretagne

Alignements de menhirs dits Bois du Duc

Standing in the heart of Finistère, the menhirs of the Bois du Duc in Spézet bear witness to a remarkable Neolithic occupation: a preserved Breton alignment, listed as a Historic Monument since 1923.

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Septèmes-les-Vallons · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Cheminée-colonne dite « Grande Cheminée du Plomb »

The Grande Cheminée du Plomb, the industrial watchtower of Septèmes-les-Vallons, rises up from its colossal shaft in the heart of Provence. A striking vestige of the metallurgical era, it was listed as a Historic Monument in 2024.

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Terrasson-Lavilledieu · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Monument aux morts de la guerre 1914-1918

In Terrasson-Lavilledieu, a deeply moving war memorial depicts not glorious heroes, but a broken family: an amputee father, a peasant mother, and a little girl carrying the hope of a world to be rebuilt.

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Le Ham · Normandie

Eglise

In the heart of the Normandy Cotentin region, Le Ham church reveals a sober and powerful Romanesque style, where the local granite sculpts a medieval architecture of rare authenticity, classified as a Historic Monument since 1927.

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Nohant-Vic · Centre-Val de Loire

Château de Nohant

The George Sand estate - often referred to simply as the George Sand house or Château de Nohant - is an 18th-century château in Nohant-Vic, around thirty kilometres from Châteauroux.

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

Immeuble dit Maison de Lère

A Renaissance gem nestling in the hilltop village of Les Baux-de-Provence, the Maison de Lère boasts sculpted façades of Alpilles limestone, an aristocratic reminder of a town at the height of its medieval glory.

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Saint-Géry · Occitanie

Site archéologique de la grotte de la Bigourdane

Nestling in the Lot gorges, the Bigourdane cave reveals the silent traces of the first inhabitants of Quercy: an underground Palaeolithic sanctuary listed as a national heritage site in 1994.