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Venelles · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Domaine de Violaine

Nestling in the hills of Venelles, Violaine's residence reveals the discreet elegance of a Provencal country house, with its ochre facades bathed in Mediterranean light and its grounds planted with pine and olive trees.

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Angers · Pays de la Loire

Abbaye Toussaint (ancienne)

The former Toussaint Abbey, a medieval jewel in the crown of Angers, is now home to the Galerie David d'Angers, an openwork stone showcase where Anjou Gothic and contemporary stained glass create a striking dialogue between the centuries.

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Porspoder · Bretagne

Grand menhir de l'île

Standing at the tip of Finistère, the great menhir of Porspoder Island has been reaching for the Breton sky for over five thousand years. A Neolithic granite colossus, a solitary sentinel facing the Atlantic.

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Ploumilliau · Bretagne

Croix du 17e siècle

Built in the 17th century in Brittany's Trégor region, this roadside cross in Ploumilliau epitomises post-Reformation Catholic fervour in Lower Brittany, with its kersanton or granite sculpture typical of Armorican workshops.

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Roscanvel · Bretagne

Batterie de Cornouaille

The Cornouaille Battery, the immemorial guardian of the Brest Narrows, deploys its 250 metres of curvilinear parapet on the Roscanvel cliff - a little-known masterpiece of Vauban-era engineers.

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Sainte-Mondane · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Château de Fénelon

Birthplace of the archbishop-writer Fénelon, this Périgordian fortress spans seven centuries of defensive and manorial architecture, from its medieval towers to the classical terrace of the 17th century.

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Le Mesnil-Vigot · Normandie

Motte féodale

The feudal motte of Mesnil-Vigot stands guard over the land and the memory of its man-made mound in the Normandy bocage, a striking vestige of 11th-century seigniorial domination and a listed Historic Monument.

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Landivisiau · Bretagne

Fontaine de Saint-Thivisiau

In Landivisiau, the Saint-Thivisiau fountain combines Breton devotion and medieval sculpture: its arcatures adorned with bas-reliefs representing the Trinity, angels and monks make it a jewel of Finistère's sacred heritage.

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Le Vieil-Baugé · Pays de la Loire

Logis de Clairefontaine

A medieval gem in the Baugéois region, the Logis de Clairefontaine combines 13th-century Gothic austerity with late 15th-century refinements, testifying to a noble rurality that is rare in Anjou.

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Segré · Pays de la Loire

Maison

In the heart of Segré, this 15th-century house is one of the rare medieval residences in Anjou to have retained its authentic character, with its tufa stone elevations and period mullioned windows.

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Figeac · Occitanie

Eglise Notre-Dame-du-Puy

The Romanesque jewel of Quercy, Notre-Dame-du-Puy has watched over Figeac since the 12th century. Its Gothic portal with archivolts decorated with cabbages and its radiating chapels conceal Merovingian sarcophagi beneath their flagstones.

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Sarliac-sur-l'Isle · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Grotte préhistorique de Combe Saunière

Sanctuary of deep time, the Combe Saunière cave offers in Périgord a rare testimony: a near-continuous Palaeolithic habitat covering all of the major regional prehistoric cultures.

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Ainay-le-Vieil · Centre-Val de Loire

Château d'Ainay-le-Vieil

Château d'Ainay-le-Vieil is a medieval castle built in the 14th century on the site of a 12th-century fortress, in the middle of the village of Ainay-le-Vieil, in the French department of Cher. After purchasing it from Jacques Cœur, Charles de Bigny had a dwelling built between 1500 and 1505.

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Nadaillac-de-Rouge · Occitanie

Château

Anchored in the Lot causse since the 11th century, Nadaillac-de-Rouge castle's volumes date from the 15th to the 18th century, a sober and elegant testimony to the rural nobility of Quercy.

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Orléans · Centre-Val de Loire

Ancien évêché, puis bibliothèque municipale, actuellement annexe de la médiathèque

A 17th-century Baroque jewel in the heart of Orléans, the former bishop's palace has a captivating arcaded façade and sumptuous rooms decorated under the leadership of Mgr de Jarente, now home to a lively media library.

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Bouc-Bel-Air · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Eglise

Nichée au cœur du vieux village de Bouc-Bel-Air, cette église romane provençale inscrite aux Monuments Historiques depuis 1930 dévoile un clocher-tour caractéristique et une sobre élégance médiévale typique de l'arrière-pays marseillais.

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Orglandes · Normandie

Eglise paroissiale

Nestling in the heart of the Cotentin peninsula, the parish church of Orglandes reveals the austere beauty of medieval Norman architecture, with its squat granite steeple and refined volumes listed as Historic Monuments since 1971.

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Coutures · Pays de la Loire

Eglise (ancienne)

Nestling in the heart of the Maine-et-Loire region, this ancient church in Coutures boasts a thousand years of sacred architecture, from the sober Romanesque of the 11th century to the Renaissance and classical alterations that make up its unique silhouette.

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Pouancé · Pays de la Loire

Ancien grenier à sel

A discreet but eloquent vestige of the Ancien Régime economy, Pouancé's former salt granary bears witness to the strategic role played by this frontier town between Anjou and Brittany in the 18th century.

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Saint-Médard-d'Eyrans · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Château d'Eyrans

Between the Garonne and the forests of Gironde, the château d'Eyrans unfolds six centuries of history around a seigneurial courtyard, where a medieval round tower stands alongside an elegant neo-classical manor house from the Grand Siècle.

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Guilvinec · Bretagne

Menhir de Lanvar

A stone sentinel that has stood guard over the Finistère region since the Neolithic period, the Lanvar menhir stands at the gates of Guilvinec, the last witness to an ancestral rite carved into Breton granite.

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Chênehutte-Trèves-Cunault · Pays de la Loire

Manoir de Grissay

Nestling in Anjou's Loire Valley, the Manoir de Grissay unfurls its medieval volumes between tufa stone and sloping roofs, a rare example of seigniorial architecture from the 13th to 15th centuries.

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Beauregard-de-Terrasson · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Château de Mellet

Château de Mellet, built on thousands of years of Périgord Noir land, displays its classic 17th-century elegance in the form of pavilions with basements and dormer windows adorned with ball acroteria, while preserving its remarkable period woodwork.

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Sarzeau · Bretagne

Menhir de Kermaillard

A stone sentinel erected at the dawn of mankind, the Kermaillard menhir has stood guard over the Rhuys peninsula for more than five thousand years, a striking testimony to Brittany's first megalithic builders.