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Lannion · Bretagne

Cimetière

Nestling in the hills above Lannion, this Breton cemetery, listed as a Historic Monument since 1927, features granite calvaries and sculpted crosses in a setting steeped in Celtic spirituality and medieval funerary art.

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Saint-Denoual · Bretagne

Croix du 16e siècle, à la Guyomarais

Erected in the 16th century on the Guyomarais estate, this monumental cross of Breton granite embodies the Catholic fervour of the Renaissance in Brittany, with its delicate sculpture and its silhouette standing out against the rural landscape of the Côtes-d'Armor.

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Etables-sur-Mer · Bretagne

Croix de calvaire

Standing facing the English Channel since the 16th century, this Breton calvary cross, listed since 1918, embodies the sculpted fervour of Armor Brittany, with its figures carved from local granite by the hands of master kersantiers.

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

Hôtel de Boisgelin

Joyau baroque du Cours Mirabeau, l'hôtel de Boisgelin incarne l'art de vivre aixois du Grand Siècle. Sa façade classique et ses intérieurs fastueux témoignent du raffinement de la noblesse provençale au XVIIe siècle.

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Josselin · Bretagne

Hôtel

In the heart of Josselin, this 18th-century private mansion captivates visitors with its six-bay ashlar façade, its dormer windows with alternating arched and triangular pediments, and its interiors entirely panelled in period style.

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Moëlan-sur-Mer · Bretagne

Chapelle Saint-Philibert, ou Saint-Roch

In the heart of Finistère, the Saint-Philibert chapel in Moëlan-sur-Mer is a delight with its 15th-century stained glass windows depicting the Nativity and its remarkably coherent Breton parish enclosure: chapel, calvary and fountain together.

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Saillans · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Croix du 16e siècle

Standing since the 16th century in the cemetery of Saillans, this listed cross embodies the funerary fervour of the Gironde Renaissance, with its sculpted limestone and soberly expressive motifs.

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Quimper · Bretagne

"Immeuble dit "Ty Kodak""

A jewel of Breton modernism in Quimper, Ty Kodak (1933) boasts a bold façade highlighted by blue ceramics, a rare example of Olivier Mordrelle's avant-garde architecture.

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Le Faouët · Bretagne

Chapelle Saint-Jean

Nestling in the heart of Le Faouët, this sixteenth-century Latin cross chapel perpetuates the medieval heritage of the Hospitallers of St John, with its finely sculpted ogival windows and its peaceful placître.

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Varrains · Pays de la Loire

Logis de Varrains

In the heart of the Saumur region, the Logis de Varrains features a fortified tower with a cabinet adorned with 17th-century murals and a living room with paintings of rare bourgeois elegance.

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Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Eglise

A sacred fortress overlooking the Camargue, the church of Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer is a Provençal Romanesque jewel, listed since 1840. It is a major place of pilgrimage for gypsies and the guardian of relics dating back thousands of years.

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Freigné · Pays de la Loire

Château de Bourmont

On the edge of Maine-et-Loire, Château de Bourmont unfolds eight centuries of history, from 15th-century medieval tower to Louis XIV outbuildings to neo-Gothic Victorian château - a fascinating architectural palimpsest.

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Vitré · Bretagne

Maisons 27 et 29 rue Bourg-aux-Moines

In the heart of medieval Vitré, these 15th-17th century houses tell the story of the golden age of the Breton hemp cloth trade, between Atlantic prosperity and remarkable civil architecture.

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Saint-Hernin · Bretagne

Eglise Saint-Pierre

In the heart of Finistère, the church of Saint-Pierre de Saint-Hernin features a tau floor plan, an inverted hull porch and a 17th-century calvary in an exceptional setting.

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Martigues · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Fort de Bouc (ou fort Vauban)

A stone sentinel at the entrance to the Etang de Berre, the Fort de Bouc has watched over the Caronte Channel since the Middle Ages. Provençal military architecture and an exceptional panorama of the sea.

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Corseul · Bretagne

Vestiges archéologiques gallo-romains du Clos-Mulon

At the heart of the ancient Fanum Martis, the remains of Clos-Mulon reveal the splendour of an exceptional Gallo-Roman villa, witness to the profound Romanisation of Armorica at the turn of our era.

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Bordeaux · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Théâtre de l'Alhambra

A neo-classical jewel of Edwardian Bordeaux, the Alhambra has displayed its majestic façade since 1908, a remnant of a golden age of live entertainment where music hall, boxing galas and political gatherings rubbed shoulders.

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Châtillon-sur-Indre · Centre-Val de Loire

Monument aux morts de la guerre 1914-1918

Built between the wars, the Châtillon-sur-Indre war memorial pays tribute to the soldiers from the Indre who fell for France, combining sculptural sobriety and remembrance fervour in the heart of Berry.

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Pujols · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise Saint-Pierre

Nestled in the medieval village of Pujols, the église Saint-Pierre raises its golden stones of the Entre-deux-Mers facing the slopes of the Bordeaux region. Listed as early as 1846, it embodies the Romanesque restraint of the Gironde's southern lands.

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Ploudaniel · Bretagne

Chapelle Saint-Eloy, ou Saint-Eloi

Nestling in the Léon region of Brittany, the chapel of Saint-Éloi in Ploudaniel has been perpetuating a fascinating equestrian pardon since the 16th century, where horses and riders come to seek the blessing of the patron saint of blacksmiths.

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Colpo · Bretagne

Chapelle Notre-Dame de Kerdroguen

A Breton Renaissance gem completed in 1605, the Notre-Dame de Kerdroguen chapel dazzles visitors with its sculpted timber-framed wall plates and its southern doorway adorned with a sumptuous twisted frieze crowned with a pine-cone pediment.

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La Trinité-sur-Mer · Bretagne

Trois dolmens à galerie de Mané-Kervilor

Three gallery dolmens nestling in Mané-Kervilor, in La Trinité-sur-Mer: an exceptional Neolithic megalithic complex, listed as a Historic Monument, bearing witness to the sacred density of the Carnac area over 5,000 years ago.

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Rocamadour · Occitanie

Dolmen sous tumulus

A Neolithic vestige nestling in the Lot causse, this dolmen under a tumulus in Rocamadour bears witness to a human presence dating back 5,000 years, in one of the most enchanting landscapes in the Quercy region.

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Cahors · Occitanie

Lycée Gambetta, ancien collège des Jésuites

In the heart of Cahors, the former Jesuit College boasts a Baroque chapel with ribbed vaults and sumptuous murals, an exceptional testimony to the Counter-Reformation in Quercy.

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