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Tréguier · Bretagne
Just outside Tréguier cathedral, this 15th-century former Augustinian convent combines a medieval cloister, Renaissance chapel and Baroque hospital wings - now transformed into an exceptional hotel-restaurant.
Quinéville · Normandie
Nestling in the heart of the Cotentin peninsula, Quinéville church reveals an authentic Norman Romanesque style with stones gilded by the centuries, the silent guardian of a village shaped by the winds of the English Channel.
Carennac · Occitanie
In the heart of the Quercy region, Saint-Pierre church in Carennac boasts a Romanesque tympanum of rare magnificence and a bi-style cloister, half-Romanesque and half-Gothic, the legacy of a thousand-year-old Benedictine abbey.
Bordeaux · Nouvelle-Aquitaine
An eclectic jewel of Bordeaux's Second Empire, this former institute for deaf mutes hides a chapel with frescoes inspired by Fra Angelico and a courtyard of honour adorned with the dactyl alphabet carved in stone.
Saint-Front-la-Rivière · Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Château Saulnier reveals seven centuries of Périgord: from the medieval mashrabiya of the 13th century to the elegant Renaissance dormers with triangular pediments, a noble residence with layers of history superimposed upon one another.
Trémaouézan · Bretagne
In the heart of Brittany's Léon region, the church of Notre-Dame de Trémaouézan fascinates visitors with its Renaissance porch dating from 1623, its unique gallery of arcatures and its bell tower crowned by a stone Madonna, a discreet jewel in the crown of Finistère's heritage.
Saint-Malo · Bretagne
Built in the first half of the 17th century, the former Récollets de Saint-Malo convent embodies Franciscan rigour in the heart of the corsair town, with its sober architecture carved out of Breton granite.
Plouagat · Bretagne
A silent vestige of the Breton Neolithic, this polishing stone from Plouagat bears witness to the skills of our stone-cutting ancestors. Its grooved surface, sculpted by thousands of years of repeated gestures, fascinates by its raw authenticity.
Saint-Exupéry · Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Nestling in the heart of the Entre-deux-Mers region, this Romanesque church dedicated to Saint Exupère conceals rediscovered medieval paintings and a stained glass window by Raymond Mirande, a discreet jewel in the Gironde.
Saint-Symphorien · Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Nestled in the heart of the Girondian Médoc, the église Saint-Symphorien displays a restrained southern Gothic elegance from the 16th century, listed as a Monument Historique since 1925 for the purity of its vaults and the authenticity of its local stone.
Paradou · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
In the heart of Le Paradou, this listed cemetery cross stands between two century-old cypress trees, forming a strikingly sober Provençal tableau, suspended in time.
Ligueux · Nouvelle-Aquitaine
At the heart of the Périgord vert, the abbaye de Ligueux reveals a Romanesque chapel with four domes and an exceptionally rare wooden doorway, the legacy of a Benedictine monastery founded under Carolingian influence.
Pléboulle · Bretagne
An enigmatic 12th-century vestige, this octagonal tower with a circular core at Pléboulle is one of the few presumed Templar structures in Brittany, standing on its motte above the Frémur.
Bénodet · Bretagne
Perguet distils eight centuries of Breton history into a single chapel: a twelfth-century Romanesque nave, a Renaissance transept and a bell tower dating from 1595 that still rings out over the Odet estuary.
Pencran · Bretagne
A jewel of 16th-century Breton religious art, the church of Notre-Dame de Pencran features a porch with twelve apostles, a Calvary with three crosses and an ossuary, all set within a strikingly coherent parish enclosure.
Langoiran · Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Sentinel of the Middle Ages overlooking the Garonne, the château de Langoiran raises its circular keep with its unique octagonal chambers, witness to a secret royal encounter between Henri de Navarre and Catherine de Médicis.
La Roche-Chalais · Nouvelle-Aquitaine
On the borders of the Périgord vert, the church of Saint-Michel-de-Rivière exudes a rare fusion between Romanesque austerity and Templar influences, where a façade adorned with blind arcading is in dialogue with a seventeenth-century bell-tower arcade.
Saint-Andiol · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Nestling on the Crau plain, this 12th-century Romanesque chapel is a discreet jewel of Provencal art, with its single ashlar nave, cul-de-four apse and intact medieval silence.
Pleumeur-Bodou · Bretagne
A white colossus standing 64 metres tall, the Pleumeur-Bodou Radome changed the history of telecommunications on 11 July 1962 when it picked up the first transatlantic satellite signal. A breathtaking twentieth-century monument.
Plélo · Bretagne
Once the residence of the lords of Goëlo, this 17th-century Breton castle has watched over the lands of Plélo for centuries, its grey stones bearing the legacy of seven hundred years of noble history.
Grézels · Occitanie
A medieval fortress in the Quercy Blanc region with contrasting towers, Château de La Coste combines 14th-15th century military architecture with historical resilience, proudly overlooking the village of Grézels.
Saint-Romain-de-Monpazier · Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Nestled in the heart of the Périgord Noir, this twelfth-century fortified church blends sacred art and military strategy: its chancel is housed within a defensive tower, and a watchtower chamber still keeps watch above the vaults.
Saint-Pierre-de-Côle · Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Nestling in the heart of the Périgord Vert region, this 11th-12th-century Romanesque church has a captivating cul-de-four apse and exceptionally expressive historiated capitals, silent witnesses to Saintonge Romanesque art at its height.
Bruges · Nouvelle-Aquitaine
A Romanesque gem of the Médoc, the église Saint-Pierre de Bruges preserves a thirteenth-century apse of rare elegance: chequered arcading, foliage-carved capitals and a half-domed vault form a millennia-old setting in stone.