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Marseille · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Écoles des Beaux-Arts et d’Architecture de Luminy

A jewel of Mediterranean Brutalism nestling in the Luminy massif, this campus of the Beaux-Arts and Architecture schools in Marseille combines bold concrete with a dialogue with the Provençal garrigue. It will be listed as a Historic Monument in 2024.

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Tréguennec · Bretagne

Eglise Notre-Dame-de-Pitié

In the heart of wild Finistère, Notre-Dame-de-Pitié conceals a rare 16th-century stained glass window dedicated to the Passion of Christ, a fragile jewel set within the walls of a timeless Breton church.

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Bordeaux · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Grand Séminaire (ancien)

At the heart of Bordeaux, this former convent of the Capucins, which became the Grand Séminaire, concentrates seven centuries of French history within a single building: revolution, the triangular trade, war and reconstruction.

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Martel · Occitanie

Ancien hôtel Fabri

In the heart of Martel, the five-storey tower of the Hôtel Fabri, adorned with Ionic and Corinthian pilasters, is the guardian of a Plantagenet legend as disturbing as the fate of its illustrious host.

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Campénéac · Bretagne

Chapelle Saint-Jean

Founded by the Knights Templar in the 13th century, this discreet Breton schist chapel houses centuries of secret history, from the Hospitallers to the Lords of Trécesson, who are eternally buried here.

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Sarzeau · Bretagne

Menhir de Coporh

A stone sentinel reaching for the sky since Neolithic times, the Coporh menhir watches over the Rhuys peninsula. A Breton monolith steeped in mystery, it will be listed as a Historic Monument in 2023.

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Saint-Médard-de-Guizières · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise

Nestled in the heart of the Libournais, the church of Saint-Médard-de-Guizières reveals a 12th-century Saintonge Romanesque style of rare sobriety: a sculpted façade, a single nave, and southern light, making it a medieval gem listed among the Monuments Historiques.

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Saint-Sulpice-de-Mareuil · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise Saint-Sulpice

At the heart of the Périgord Vert, the église Saint-Sulpice reveals an exceptional Romanesque porch adorned with eight small columns carved with angels and demons, guarding a medieval interior of rare stylistic coherence.

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La Chapelle-Neuve · Bretagne

Dolmen de Rode

A stone sentinel that has stood for over five millennia on the moors of Morbihan, the Rode dolmen at La Chapelle-Neuve reveals a Neolithic burial chamber of remarkable integrity, nestled in the silence of the Breton forests.

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Epieds · Pays de la Loire

Dolmen dit Les Dormans

Les Dormans dolmen in Épieds, a listed Neolithic monument, reveals a burial chamber several millennia old, silent testimony to the first stone builders of Maine-et-Loire.

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Guingamp · Bretagne

Hôtel

In the heart of Guingamp, this 16th-century town house bears the traces of a rich history: presumed ducal monetary workshop, bourgeois residence and prosperous inn on the roads of Brittany.

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Méon · Pays de la Loire

Eglise

Nestling in the heart of the Angevin village of Méon, this 14th-century Gothic-Angeles church, remodelled in the 18th century, reveals the continuity of rural sacred art between ribbed vaults and sober classical elegance.

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Tarascon · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Chapelle de Lansac

Nestling on the outskirts of Tarascon, the Lansac chapel combines sober 11th-century Romanesque features with 17th-century Baroque alterations, creating an intimate sanctuary where medieval Provence still whispers.

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

Chapelle des Ursulines et ancien couvent des Visitandines

Au cœur d'Aix-en-Provence, cette chapelle du milieu du XVIIe siècle conjugue sobriété baroque et spiritualité provençale, témoignage rare de la vie religieuse féminine dans la ville du roi René.

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Saint-Rémy-la-Varenne · Pays de la Loire

Prieuré de Saint-Rémy (ancien)

Nestling in the heart of the Val d'Anjou, the former priory of Saint-Rémy is home to an enchantingly sober 12th-century Romanesque chapel, a rare testimony to a thriving Benedictine monastic life on the banks of the Loire.

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Saint-Malo · Bretagne

Malouinière de Château Doré

On the outskirts of Saint-Malo, the Château Doré malouinière embodies the austere elegance of the great privateer mansions of the 17th century, with its classical symmetry and preserved French-style grounds.

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Graveson · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Eglise

In the heart of Graveson, this Provencal village between the Alpilles and the Montagnette, the parish church unfurls its Romanesque and Gothic forms, listed as a Historic Monument since 1926, the silent guardian of authentic Provence.

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Locmariaquer · Bretagne

Tumulus

A stone sentinel that has stood in the heart of Morbihan for over 6,000 years, this Neolithic burial mound in Locmariaquer reveals the secrets of a megalithic civilisation of astounding sophistication.

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Treffiagat · Bretagne

Nouvelle église Notre-Dame-des-Flots de Lechiagat

In Lechiagat, a 16th-century Breton bell tower has defied the centuries: dismantled, moved and rebuilt, it now crowns a new church as a stone witness to the maritime faith of Finistère.

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Orgon · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Oratoire

Discret joyau de pierre provençale niché à Orgon, cet oratoire inscrit aux Monuments Historiques depuis 1935 incarne la piété populaire de la Provence, où le sacré s'invite au détour des chemins et des rochers calcaires.

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Tréduder · Bretagne

Eglise Saint-Théodore

Nestling in the heart of Brittany's Trégor region, Saint-Théodore church in Tréduder boasts seven centuries of religious architecture, from medieval Gothic to the sober elegance of its bell tower flanked by a characteristic stair turret.

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Targon · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise Saint-Romain

At the heart of the Entre-Deux-Mers, the église Saint-Romain de Targon reveals a Romanesque doorway of rare expressiveness, adorned with historiated capitals depicting Adam and Eve, the divine Lamb and a mysterious woman with a toad.

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Spézet · Bretagne

Chapelle Notre-Dame-du-Crann

Nestling in the heart of Finistère, the Notre-Dame-du-Crann chapel in Spézet is a jewel of 16th-century Breton Gothic, famous for its medieval wall paintings and unspoilt mystical atmosphere.

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Frayssinet-le-Gélat · Occitanie

Site archéologique des grottes de Combe Nègre

Set in the limestone cliffs of the Quercy Blanc region, the Combe Nègre caves are an exceptional example of Palaeolithic cave art, engraved over fifteen millennia ago by the first artists of humankind.