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Arles · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Hospices

In the heart of Arles, these historic hospices reveal the charitable architecture of Provence: shaded courtyards, arcaded galleries and a humanist soul engraved in stone for centuries.

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Plougonvelin · Bretagne

Ruines de l'abbaye Saint-Mathieu

On the edge of Finistère, the majestic ruins of Saint-Mathieu Abbey stand with their Gothic nave facing the Atlantic Ocean - a striking dialogue between thousand-year-old stone and infinite horizon.

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Champtocé-sur-Loire · Pays de la Loire

Château du Pin

At the gateway to the Anjou region, Château du Pin combines a 15th-century medieval tower with Victorian neo-Gothic farmland, a veritable manifesto of France's "archaeological movement" nestling in a green setting on the Loire.

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Plomelin · Bretagne

Trois menhirs

Au cœur du Finistère, trois menhirs dressés depuis le Néolithique veillent sur la campagne de Plomelin. Ces sentinelles de pierre brute, classées Monument Historique, incarnent la spiritualité mystérieuse des premiers peuples bretons.

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Quimperlé · Bretagne

Dolmen de Roscasquen

A Breton megalithic vestige listed as a Historic Monument, the Roscasquen dolmen rises up from its granite slabs in the Quimperlé area - an open window on five millennia of Neolithic spirituality.

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Le Juch · Bretagne

Eglise Notre-Dame

The jewel of Finistère, the church of Notre-Dame du Juch captivates with its slender bell tower with double balustrade and its remarkably fine carved porch, testimony to the genius of Breton religious architecture.

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Lalbenque · Occitanie

Eglise

A unique 15th-century fortress church in Lalbenque: battlements, machicolations and thick walls bear witness to a building designed as much for prayer as for survival.

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La Douze · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens

Nestled in the heart of the Périgord Blanc, the église Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens de La Douze displays its Flamboyant Gothic and Renaissance elevations with a typically Périgourdin restraint, listed as a Monument Historique as early as 1927.

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Barfleur · Normandie

Croix ancienne du cimetière

A stone sentinel standing in the Barfleur cemetery, this ancient cross, listed as a Historic Monument, embodies the Norman faith engraved in granite, facing the Channel spray.

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Issendolus · Occitanie

Deux dolmens sur le domaine de Gabaudet

Two Neolithic dolmens rise up from the causses of the Lot, silent guardians of a sacred territory over 5,000 years old. A raw and striking testimony to the megalithic funerary architecture of the Quercy region.

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Crozon · Bretagne

Ensemble formé par l'oppidum et les dolmens de la pointe de Lostmarc'h, ou Kastell Lostmarc'h, éperon barré de Lostmarc'h

Aux confins sauvages de la presqu'île de Crozon, l'éperon barré de Lostmarc'h révèle cinq millénaires d'histoire en un seul regard : dolmens néolithiques et remparts protohistoriques face à l'Atlantique.

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Noyal-Pontivy · Bretagne

Chapelle Sainte-Barbe

Nichée dans les collines du Morbihan, la chapelle Sainte-Barbe de Noyal-Pontivy incarne la ferveur bretonne pour les édifices votifs, avec sa sobre élégance gothique flamboyant et son atmosphère de recueillement hors du temps.

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Plouhinec · Bretagne

Quatre menhirs dits Men-Roquil

Quatre sentinelles de pierre dressées à l'aube de l'humanité : les menhirs Men-Roquil de Plouhinec, témoins néolithiques d'un Morbihan sacré, veillent depuis plus de 5 000 ans sur les landes bretonnes.

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Saint-Paul-Lizonne · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul

Nestled in the heart of the Périgord vert, this twelfth-century Romanesque church conceals beneath its Baroque nave an exceptional painted ceiling: a celestial Ascension in vivid colours, a true painted sky worthy of the great masters.

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Marseille · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Colonne Puget du Jardin de la Colline Puget

Erected as a tribute to Marseille sculptor Pierre Puget, this ornamental column dominates the garden that bears his name, offering a stone tribute to one of the greatest artists of the Grand Siècle.

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Cerisy-la-Forêt · Normandie

Ancienne abbaye

The Romanesque jewel of Normandy, the Benedictine abbey of Cerisy-la-Forêt stands with its thousand-year-old towers in the heart of a royal forest. Its three-tiered choir, of rare architectural purity, is one of the finest in France.

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Châtelaudren · Bretagne

Eglise Notre-Dame du Tertre

Perched on its knoll in Brittany, this 15th-century church hides a rare treasure beneath its panelled vault: a cycle of medieval paintings that are among the best preserved in the Côtes-d'Armor region.

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Figeac · Occitanie

Hôtel de Balène ou Château Balène

In the heart of Figeac, the Hôtel de Balène unveils seven centuries of history in a medieval urban palace with a host of unusual uses: seigneury, Protestant temple, prison, then village hall and theatre.

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Berre-l'Etang · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Eglise paroissiale Saint-Cézaire

In the heart of Berre-l'Étang, the church of Saint-Cézaire reveals the soul of Provence in its golden stone: a listed building, heir to the medieval faith and Romanesque art of Haute-Provence.

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Lambesc · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Eglise Notre-Dame de l'Assomption

Joyau baroque provençal du XVIIIe siècle, l'église Notre-Dame de l'Assomption de Lambesc déploie une façade classique ordonnancée et une nef lumineuse caractéristique du grand goût architectural de la Provence des Lumières.

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Saint-Méard-de-Drône · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise Saint-Méard

Nestled in the heart of the Périgord vert, the église Saint-Méard conceals a fascinating secret: beneath its 19th-century render, medieval 15th-century wall paintings lie dormant, silent witnesses to a vanished Romanesque interior.

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Villedieu-la-Blouère · Pays de la Loire

Croix stationale

Standing in the cemetery of Villedieu-la-Blouère, this 15th-century station cross bears witness to the flamboyant piety of Anjou. Its slender tufa stone shaft and Christ-like sculptures make it a little-known jewel in the Loire region's funerary heritage.

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Arles · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Verrerie de Trinquetaille (ancienne)

Rare témoignage industriel du XVIIIe siècle, l'ancienne Verrerie de Trinquetaille dresse à Arles ses murs de briques ocre, vestige éloquent d'un art du feu né au cœur de la Provence rhodanienne.

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

Hôtel de Joursenvault ou de Carondelet

A jewel of Aix's Baroque architecture, the Hôtel de Joursenvault combines the rigour of the Grand Siècle and the elegance of the 18th century in a setting of blonde stone typical of Provence.

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