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Gréasque · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Puits Hély d'Oissel

A unique industrial relic in Provence, the Hély shaft at Oissel boasts a metal headframe dating from 1917 and an intact mining machine - a vivid reminder of the Bouches-du-Rhône mining adventure.

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Loqueffret · Bretagne

Calvaire

Standing on a shaft in the shape of a tree trunk, the calvary at Loqueffret displays a striking sculpted group - three crosses, a Pietà and Holy Women - a fiery legacy of 16th-century Breton genius.

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Sainte-Florence · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise Sainte-Florence

Nestling in the heart of the Bordeaux vineyards, this twelfth-century Romanesque church captivates visitors with its slender bell tower, semi-circular apse and mysterious fragments of Gothic paintings preserved on its south wall.

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Quéménéven · Bretagne

Chapelle Notre-Dame de Kergoat

The jewel of inland Finistère, Notre-Dame de Kergoat chapel features flamboyant Gothic arcades and Renaissance stained-glass windows set in Breton granite, watched over by a 16th-century calvary of rare power.

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Carnac · Bretagne

Tertre tumulaire et menhir debout

At the heart of the megalithic region of Carnac, this Neolithic burial mound topped by a standing menhir embodies 5,000 years of collective memory, between funerary ritual and the mystery of the stone builders.

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Anet · Centre-Val de Loire

Château d'Anet

A masterpiece of the French Renaissance commissioned by Henry II for Diane de Poitiers, Château d'Anet embodies the combination of the genius of Philibert de l'Orme and an immortal royal passion.

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Hennebont · Bretagne

Château du Bot

In the heart of Morbihan, Château du Bot hides a Cairo soul: its Orientalist salons, designed by Ambroise Baudry with decorations taken from ancient Egypt, make this Breton manor a jewel of absolute exoticism.

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Sainte-Orse · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise Saint-Ours

Perched in the Périgord Blanc region, the church of Saint-Ours de Sainte-Orse features a 30-metre Romanesque nave beneath a rebuilt bell tower, a living testimony to medieval piety in the 12th century.

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Domme · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Château et parc de Caudon

An Empire residence nestling in the meandering Dordogne, Château de Caudon embodies the heritage of a family that forged the French Civil Code - between boxwood gardens, an orangery-workshop and French history.

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

Halle aux grains (ancienne)

A discreet jewel of 18th-century Aix, this former grain market is a fine example of classic Provençal commercial architecture, combining functional rigour and sober elegance in the heart of Cézanne's hometown.

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Le Moustoir · Bretagne

Tunnel de Kervoaguel (également sur commune de Paule)

An exceptional Gallo-Roman vestige, the Kervoaguel tunnel pierces the bowels of inland Brittany: a twenty-century-old hydraulic structure, the secret hub of a 27-kilometre aqueduct buried beneath the Montagnes Noires.

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Floirac · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Domaine du Castel

Between Victorian Gothic and Art Deco elegance, the Castel de Floirac served in 1940 as the refuge of the gallery owner Paul Rosenberg, who welcomed Braque and Matisse there before the Nazi occupation.

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Brion · Pays de la Loire

Logis de la Rosellière

Niché dans le bocage angevin, le Logis de la Rosellière déploie ses volumes Renaissance sur fond de tuffeau blanc, témoignant d'un art de vivre nobiliaire entre élégance sobre et enracinement terrien, du XVe au XVIIe siècle.

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Villedieu-les-Poêles · Normandie

Eglise

At the heart of the town of copper craftsmen, the church at Villedieu-les-Poêles boasts seven centuries of Norman Gothic architecture, with a massive bell tower and vaulted ceilings that invite you to meditate.

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Locronan · Bretagne

Immeuble

In the heart of one of France's most beautiful villages, the Renaissance houses in Locronan square form a strikingly coherent medieval ensemble, set in Breton granite for five centuries.

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Saint-Lô · Normandie

Poterne

A discreet but striking medieval vestige, the Poterne de Saint-Lô is one of the rare witnesses to the fortifications that once encircled the capital of La Manche, miraculously preserved from the bombs of 1944.

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Erbrée · Bretagne

Château des Nétumières

On the edge of Brittany, the Château des Nétumières displays its 16th-century Renaissance architecture in a setting of moats and dovecotes, the remains of a seigneury with a high court system dating back to medieval times.

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Arles · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Eglise Sainte-Anne (ancienne) ou Saint-Jean

In the heart of Arles, the former church of Sainte-Anne - also known as Saint-Jean - boasts sober, powerful Provencal architecture, a silent witness to centuries of Arles history, and has been listed as a Historic Monument since 1875.

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Quiberon · Bretagne

Roches granitiques à cupules

On the Quiberon peninsula, granite rocks shaped by prehistory reveal mysterious rock cupules, enigmatic evidence of a Neolithic cult in the heart of Morbihan.

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Saumur · Pays de la Loire

Maison dite des Anges

Nestling in the heart of Saumur, the Maison des Anges is a 16th-century Renaissance gem with facades adorned with celestial sculptures, a rare testimony to the art of building in Saumur at its height.

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Rennes · Bretagne

Palais de Justice

A Baroque jewel of the 17th century, the Parlement de Bretagne in Rennes is one of the most beautiful courthouses in France, with its ceilings painted by Jouvenet and its sumptuous gilded woodwork.

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Gréville-Hague · Normandie

Eglise

Nestling in the wild Cotentin region, the church of Gréville-Hague, with its Norman stonework dating from the 12th to 18th centuries, was a favourite of the painter Millet, who grew up in its shadow and immortalised its squat bell tower.

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Ecouflant · Pays de la Loire

Logis de Bellebranche

A discreet jewel in the Val d'Anjou, the Logis de Bellebranche stands with its elegant late Gothic facades in the heart of Écouflant. This 15th-century manor house exudes Anjou's art of living in all its refined sobriety.

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Saint-Macaire · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Maison

Jewel of medieval civil Gothic architecture in Saint-Macaire, this 14th-century house reveals its pointed arcades and trefoil windows, a rare testament to commerce and bourgeois life in the Gironde.