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Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise Saint-Martin de Tayac

Fortified Romanesque jewel of the Périgord noir, the église Saint-Martin de Tayac raises its machicolated turrets at the heart of les Eyzies, a fascinating alliance of mediaeval spirituality and defensive architecture.

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Tréglamus · Bretagne

Croix de chemin du 14e siècle, en pierre

Standing at the crossroads of the ages, this 14th-century kersanton stone wayside cross watches over the sunken lanes of Tréglamus. A rare example of Breton medieval piety, it is listed as a Historic Monument.

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Cherveix-Cubas · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Maison dite du Temple de l'Eau

In the heart of the Périgord region, this mysterious residence has inherited the Templar heritage of the Andrivault commandery: pebble flooring with esoteric symbols, medieval holy water font and listed chapel door.

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Rennes · Bretagne

Enceinte fortifiée

A thousand-year-old testament to the power of Rennes, the fortified walls reveal three superimposed layers of defence, from Late Antiquity to the Flamboyant Middle Ages, with the majestic Mordelaise Gate as the jewel in the crown.

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Saint-Planchers · Normandie

Prieuré de l'Oiselière

A discreet Norman jewel in the Bay of Mont-Saint-Michel, this medieval priory bears witness to the spiritual and landholding influence of the famous abbey over its rural territory over the centuries.

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La Chapelle-Grésignac · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Domaine du château de Clauzuroux

Nestled in the green heart of the Périgord Vert, the château de Clauzuroux spreads its understated volumes and limestone walls within a preserved rural estate, a true testament to the manorial charm of the Dordogne.

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Ménéac · Bretagne

Chapelle de la Riaye

Nestling in the Morbihan region of Brittany, this discreet 16th-century castral chapel boasts a striking Renaissance porch, where grimacing figures and sculpted sablières convey a symbolism of death of rare intensity.

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Angers · Pays de la Loire

Collégiale Saint-Martin (ancienne)

The Romanesque jewel of Angers, the former collegiate church of Saint-Martin unfurls its 11th-century volumes with majestic sobriety, bearing witness to the ecclesiastical power of Anjou during the time of the Plantagenets.

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Le Buisson-de-Cadouin · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise d'Urval

A Romanesque jewel of the Périgord, the church of Urval combines spirituality and defence: its columns of black marble and its residential tower with arrow slits make it a unique sacred fortress in the Dordogne.

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Cénac-et-Saint-Julien · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Falaise du Conte

At the heart of the Périgord Noir, the Falaise du Conte reveals around twenty Palaeolithic caves carved into the limestone rock, keeping humanity's secrets for tens of millennia.

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Izon · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise Saint-Martin

Nestled in the heart of the Entre-Deux-Mers, the église Saint-Martin d'Izon is an eleventh-century Romanesque vestige that captivates with its sculpted apse and its understated Aquitaine elegance, listed as a Monument Historique.

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Clayes · Bretagne

Château de Clayes-Palys

Built between 1750 and 1765 in Ille-et-Vilaine, the Château de Clayes-Palys contains an unsuspected treasure: a sculpture by Falconet commissioned by Louis XV for Mme de Pompadour, a rare example of French Rococo art.

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L’Île-aux-Moines · Bretagne

Ensemble mégalithiquede Roh Vras

In the heart of the Gulf of Morbihan, the megalithic site of Roh Vras has stood with its menhirs and dolmen on the Île-aux-Moines for over 5,000 years, silent witnesses to a fascinating Neolithic civilisation.

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Saint-Rémy-de-Provence · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Pitié

Nestling in the heart of Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, this 17th-century Baroque chapel dedicates its soul to the Virgin of Pity, combining Provençal fervour with the sober architecture characteristic of the Counter-Reformation.

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Arzon · Bretagne

Dolmen du Petit-Mont

A monumental 60-metre high tumulus built between 5000 and 2000 BC on the Rhuys peninsula, Petit-Mont contains covered galleries decorated with some of the most remarkable rock engravings of the Breton Neolithic.

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Cabanac-et-Villagrains · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Deux mottes castrales

Two medieval castle mounds keeping watch over the Girondine plain of Cabanac-et-Villagrains: discreet yet eloquent vestiges of Aquitaine feudalism, listed as Monuments Historiques in 2020.

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Saint-Loup · Normandie

Eglise

Nestling in the heart of the Normandy bocage, the church of Saint-Loup captivates visitors with its sober Romanesque elegance and squat bell tower, testimony to a rural faith that has been rooted in the Middle Ages. Listed as a Historic Monument since 1921.

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Castets-en-Dorthe · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise Saint-Romain de Mazérac

Nestled in the village of Mazérac, this twelfth-century Romanesque church embodies the spiritual sobriety of the medieval Bordelais. Its sculpted apse and wall belfry bear witness to a Girondine Romanesque art of rare authenticity.

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Saint-Jean-des-Mauvrets · Pays de la Loire

Logis de la Gachetière

Nestling in the heart of the Anjou region, La Gachetière is a 15th-century manor house that survived the Wars of Religion with its Gothic decor and original layout intact - a rare example of medieval civil architecture in Anjou.

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Tréogat · Bretagne

Eglise Saint-Boscat

Nestling in the heart of the Pays Bigouden, the church of Saint-Boscat in Tréogat distils a Breton Gothic style of rare coherence, with its fasciculated columns inherited from the Pont-Croix school and its seven-century-old sanctuary.

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Chailles · Centre-Val de Loire

Clinique psychiatrique de la Chesnaie

Founded in 1956, the Clinique de la Chesnaie embodies the revolution in institutional psychotherapy, with its atypical buildings including a hotel fitted out in real 1928 Orient-Express carriages.

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La Trinité-sur-Mer · Bretagne

Dolmens de Kervilor-er Rohec

Just outside La Trinité-sur-Mer, the granite orthostats of the Kervilor-er Rohec dolmens have stood for over 5,000 years, silent witnesses to a Neolithic civilisation that shaped the Gulf of Morbihan before the pyramids.

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Carnac · Bretagne

Ensemble mégalithique de Quéric-la-Lande

Niché dans les landes de Carnac, l'ensemble mégalithique de Quéric-la-Lande dévoile des dolmens néolithiques d'une rare sobriété, témoins silencieux d'une civilisation funéraire vieille de plus de cinq mille ans.

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Plédran · Bretagne

Chapelle de Créhac

A former Templar commandery nestling in Brittany, the Créhac chapel fascinates visitors with its exceptional paving: medieval tombstones engraved with crosses and coats of arms, stone murmurs of a chivalrous history.

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