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Goulven · Bretagne

Maison du 16e siècle

Au cœur du Léon breton, cette maison du XVIe siècle à Goulven incarne l'architecture civile bretonne dans sa sobre élégance : encadrements en kersanton, linteaux sculptés et granite taillé d'une précision remarquable.

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Pédernec · Bretagne

Zone de terrain contenant des vestiges archéologiques

Buried beneath the moors of Pédernec, this listed archaeological site reveals the silent traces of thousands of years of human occupation in the heart of inland Brittany, the secret guardian of the Celtic soul of the Côtes-d'Armor.

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Saumur · Pays de la Loire

Eglise de la Visitation

Joyau discret du Saumurois, l'église de la Visitation mêle les élégances de la Renaissance ligérienne aux sobriétés de la Contre-Réforme du XVIIe siècle, dans un écrin de tuffeau blanc caractéristique de l'Anjou.

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Roudouallec · Bretagne

Menhir du Petit Moustoir

A stone sentinel since the Neolithic period, the Petit Moustoir menhir watches over the hills of Morbihan. Its slender silhouette, listed as a Historic Monument, embodies five millennia of Breton history.

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Le Lion-d'Angers · Pays de la Loire

Manoir Les Vents

Nestling in the Anjou bocage, Les Vents manor house features Gothic and Renaissance buildings dating from the 15th to 17th centuries - a tufa stone setting that has been listed as a Historic Monument since 1972.

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Rennes · Bretagne

Ancienne caserne du Bon Pasteur

At the crossroads of the religious and military history of Rennes, the former Bon Pasteur barracks reveals two centuries of metamorphosis: a convent for repentant girls in the 18th century, a revolutionary prison and then a royal barracks.

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Sarlat-la-Canéda · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Maison

At the heart of Sarlat-la-Canéda, this medieval dwelling in golden Périgord stone bears graceful witness to the art of building in Sarlat, listed as a Monument Historique since 1962.

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Grand-Champ · Bretagne

Cimetière

At the heart of the old Breton cemetery in Grand-Champ, a monumental 16th-century cross stands four metres high in sculpted granite: its scalloped shaft, bas-relief saints and flowered arms make it a jewel of Morbihan funerary art.

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Saint-Jean-de-Côle · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Ancien prieuré ou ancienne abbaye

In the heart of France's most beautiful village in the Périgord Vert region, this medieval priory boasts a late-Gothic cloister of rare elegance, crowned by a library with a 17th-century painted ceiling.

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Saint-Melaine-sur-Aubance · Pays de la Loire

Eglise

Nestling in the heart of the village of Anjou, the church of Saint-Melaine-sur-Aubance reveals a thousand years of history through its Romanesque volumes, Baroque alterations and soberly elegant bell tower-porch.

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

Eglise paroissiale

Built in the heart of the Val d'Anjou in the second quarter of the 19th century, the parish church of Saint-Mathurin-sur-Loire boasts sober neo-classical elegance on the banks of the Loire, and has been listed as a Historic Monument since 1991.

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Valeuil · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Château de Ramefort

Perched sheer on its rock between Brantôme and Bourdeilles, the château de Ramefort reveals a medieval keep crowned with a rare trilobed window and an entrance gatehouse that have withstood the centuries.

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Ploërmel · Bretagne

Ancien couvent des Carmélites

Fondé en 1627, l'ancien couvent des Carmélites de Ploërmel dévoile un cloître classique breton et une chapelle du XVIIIe siècle, témoins silencieux d'une vie religieuse brusquement interrompue par la Révolution.

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Fouesnant · Bretagne

Stèle protohistorique

Dressée dans le Finistère protohistorique, cette stèle de Fouesnant, classée Monument Historique depuis 1968, témoigne d'un art funéraire et cultuel breton vieux de plusieurs millénaires.

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Distré · Pays de la Loire

Ensemble mégalithique

In the heart of the Saumur region, the Distré megalithic site unfurls its standing stones across a landscape of Anjou bocage, silent testimony to one of the oldest Neolithic settlements in the Loire Valley.

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Réville · Normandie

Chapelle Saint-Eloi

A discreet Romanesque sentinel in La Manche, the chapel of Saint-Éloi in Réville features a rare 12th-century porch and the remains of strikingly sober medieval wall paintings.

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Moncontour · Bretagne

Eglise Saint-Mathurin

Joyau gothique flamboyant du XVIe siècle, l'église Saint-Mathurin veille sur les toits d'ardoise de Moncontour. Ses vitraux Renaissance et ses porches sculptés témoignent du faste de la Bretagne drapière.

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Lanouée · Bretagne

Eglise Saint-Pierre

Nestling in the heart of Morbihan, Saint-Pierre de Lanouée church reveals a thousand years of Breton history: austere Romanesque remains stand alongside an 18th-century bell tower and a wooden porch of rare authenticity.

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Lamonzie-Montastruc · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise Notre-Dame de l'Assomption

Tucked away in the Périgord region, this 12th-century Romanesque church hides under its modern bell tower a portal with five archivolts of rare elegance, and a dome with pendentives that bears witness to the heyday of medieval architecture.

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Martigné-Briand · Pays de la Loire

Château de Villeneuve

Perched on the heights of the Layon river, Château de Villeneuve boasts a 14th-century medieval gatehouse and a main building adorned with an elegant octagonal tower, discreet reminders of a preserved feudal Anjou.

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Le Rove · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Chapelle Saint-Michel et ruines du château

Perched on the craggy heights of the Estaque massif, the chapel of Saint-Michel stands guard over the ruins of a 13th-century medieval castle, offering breathtaking views over the Etang de Berre and the Mediterranean.

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

Fontaine des Augustins

A discreet and precious vestige of Old Aix, the Augustins Fountain combines 17th-century Baroque sobriety with Empire restoration, recalling the Provençal art of living around water.

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

Hôtel de Manville

A Renaissance gem in Les Baux-de-Provence, the Hôtel de Manville bears the famous Huguenot motto "Post tenebras lux" engraved in stone, a striking reminder of the Wars of Religion in this hilltop village in the Alpilles.

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Saint-Aubin-de-Luigné · Pays de la Loire

Presbytère

A discreet Renaissance and classical gem in Maine-et-Loire, the presbytery at Saint-Aubin-de-Luigné reveals two centuries of Anjou religious architecture, with its elegant tufa stone and classic 18th-century sobriety.

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