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Penmarch · Bretagne

Phares de la pointe de Penmarc'h

A sentinel of black granite standing at the tip of Brittany, the Eckmühl lighthouse combines technical prowess with interior refinement - opaline, bronze and waxed oak 60 metres above the Atlantic.

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Loqueffret · Bretagne

Eglise Sainte-Geneviève

Tucked away in the heart of Finistère, the church of Sainte-Geneviève in Loqueffret fascinates visitors with its Tau-shaped floor plan and its Calvary with figures dating from the late 15th century, both striking reminders of Breton fervour.

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Ploubazlanec · Bretagne

Allée couverte de Mélus

A silent Neolithic vestige nestling in the Côtes-d'Armor region, the covered alleyway at Mélus in Ploubazlanec reveals Breton megalithic art in all its mineral sobriety, just a stone's throw from the sea.

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Fontvieille · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Vestiges romains de Caparon

At the heart of Roman Provence, the remains of Caparon in Fontvieille reveal traces of an ancient agricultural villa dating from the 1st century, a rare testimony to the Romanisation of the Alpilles region, listed as a Historic Monument in 1937.

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La Trinité-sur-Mer · Bretagne

Tertre artificiel recouvrant des chambres reliées par des galeries

A stone sentinel erected over 5,000 years ago, this corridor burial mound in La Trinité-sur-Mer conceals burial chambers linked by galleries beneath its mantle of earth, a striking testimony to Breton megalithic genius.

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Saint-Allouestre · Bretagne

Croix du Point du Jour

A stone sentinel in the heart of Morbihan, the Point du Jour Cross has a soberly elegant 17th-century octagonal shaft, crowned by a crucifix and a Virgin carved in bas-relief from a single block of granite.

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Figeac · Occitanie

Ensemble immobilier dit la Viguerie ou Hôtel du Viguier

In the heart of Figeac, La Viguerie reveals seven centuries of superimposed architecture: a 14th-century medieval tower, a Renaissance dwelling and neo-medieval wings form an ensemble that is as rare as it is fascinating.

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Saumur · Pays de la Loire

Maison de retraite de Notre-Dame des Ardilliers

On the edge of the Ardilliers district of Saumur, this 17th-century residence, listed as a Historic Monument since 1940, reveals the sober elegance of classic Loire architecture in the service of a centuries-old charitable vocation.

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

Chapelle Sainte-Marie de Pierredon

Nestling in the Alpilles mountains, the chapel of Sainte-Marie de Pierredon is a discreet and touching example of Provençal Romanesque religious architecture, listed as a historic monument since 1924.

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Plomeur · Bretagne

Allée de Kerugon et bande de terrain autour

A bewitching Neolithic relic in Finistère, the Kerugon covered alley with its thousand-year-old granite slabs stands in the Bigouden bocage, a rare testimony to a 5,000-year-old funerary spirituality.

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Cléden-Poher · Bretagne

Manoir du Ster

Nestling in the valleys of Brittany's Poher region, Le Ster manor houses a rare treasure: fragments of 16th-century wall frescoes, vestiges of a precious decorative art surviving in the intimacy of its stately rooms.

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Trébry · Bretagne

Château de la Touche et son enceinte

A granite sentinel in the heart of medieval Penthièvre, Château de la Touche has preserved its original towers and walls since the 14th century, a rare example of Breton feudalism in the Côtes-d'Armor region.

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Alleins · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Chapelle des Pénitents Blancs, dite Notre-Dame-de-Pitié

Nestling in the village of Alleins, this 17th-century baroque Provencal chapel was home to the Pénitents Blancs brotherhood, guardians of intense Marian devotion. A discreet jewel listed as a Historic Monument.

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Kerpert · Bretagne

Abbaye de Coatmalouen

Nestling in the heart of the forests of Central Brittany, Coatmalouen Abbey reveals a sober 18th-century monastic elegance, where the granite stone and the tranquillity of the moors create a picture of rare authenticity.

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Rognes · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Autel mérovingien

A rare vestige of early Christian art in Provence, this Merovingian altar from Rognes is a sober but powerful testimony to the religious fervour of the first centuries of Christianity in southern Gaul.

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Sarlat-la-Canéda · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Château de la Boétie

At the edges of the Périgord Noir, this 16th-century Renaissance manor house was the birthplace of Étienne de La Boétie, the illustrious friend of Montaigne and author of the Discours de la servitude volontaire.

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Tursac · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Château de Marzac

Perched on the cliffs of the Vézère, Marzac unfolds its five medieval towers and its galleries with painted ogival arches, a discreet jewel of the Périgord noir between the Hundred Years' War and the Renaissance.

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Mellionnec · Bretagne

Château de Trégarantec

On the edge of the Kreiz-Breizh region, since 1698 Château de Trégarantec has displayed its classic Breton elegance around a paved main courtyard and terraced formal gardens, a true French art of living in the heart of granite.

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Auverse · Pays de la Loire

Manoir de la Calvinière

Nestling in the Anjou bocage, the Manoir de la Calvinière features three centuries of refined domestic architecture, from the Renaissance dwelling to the classical fittings, and has been listed as a Historic Monument since 1986.

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Crach · Bretagne

Tumulus et alignement de la baie de Saint-Jean

At the heart of prehistoric Morbihan, this Neolithic burial mound has watched over the Bay of Saint-Jean for over five thousand years, combining monumental burial and megalithic alignment in a Breton landscape of rare intensity.

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Saint-Etienne-du-Grès · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Chapelle Notre-Dame du Château

Nestling in the heart of Alpilles Provence, this 17th-century Baroque chapel dedicated to Notre-Dame radiates age-old popular piety, with its characteristic bell tower and ex-voto offerings bearing witness to a Marian devotion that is still very much alive.

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Malguénac · Bretagne

Allée couverte de Saint-Nizon

A Neolithic vestige buried in the moors of the Morbihan, the covered alley at Saint-Nizon unfurls its granite slabs in millennia of silence. A strikingly sober funerary monument, listed since 1963.

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

Eglise Saint-Georges

Built in the first half of the 19th century, Saint-Georges church in Saint-Georges-sur-Loire is an elegant example of the post-Revolutionary religious revival in Anjou, with its characteristic sober bell tower-porch.

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Le Vicel · Normandie

Château de Pépinvast

Nestling in the Cotentin bocage, Château de Pépinvast unfurls its Norman granite silhouettes between romantic parkland and seigneurial architecture. A discreet estate, listed as a Historic Monument, where time seems to stand still.

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