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Fontvieille · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Moulins dits moulins de Rome et d'Alphonse Daudet

On the heights of Fontvieille, Alphonse Daudet's mill rises up in the Provençal light - a literary icon as much as a living testimony to traditional Provençal milling.

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Saint-Capraise-de-Lalinde · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Canal de Lalinde (bassin de radoub, y compris son gril)

A masterpiece of 19th-century hydraulic engineering, the Lalinde canal and its rare dry dock bear witness to the golden age of Dordogne inland waterway transport, carved out of the rock to tame the dangerous rapids of the Dordogne.

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Saint-Jory-las-Bloux · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise Saint-Georges

The former chapel of a commandery of the Order of Malta, the church of Saint-Georges in Saint-Jory-las-Bloux is a sober 13th-century Périgord Romanesque, marked by its cupola over a square bell tower and its precious hospital cross.

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Jarzé · Pays de la Loire

Eglise Saint-Cyr et Sainte-Julitte

Set in the heart of the village of Jarzé, the church of Saint-Cyr-et-Sainte-Julitte elegantly combines a Romanesque nave with flamboyant chapels, bearing witness to seven centuries of Angevin devotion in a setting of white tufa stone.

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Cantillac · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise Notre-Dame de la Nativité

Nestling in the heart of the Périgord Vert region, this 12th-century Romanesque church stands out for its dome on pendentives and its cul-de-four choir, both of which bear witness to a rural Romanesque style of rare authenticity.

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Saint-Gilles-Pligeaux · Bretagne

Menhir de Kergornec

A stone sentinel standing on the edge of the Côtes-d'Armor region, the Kergornec menhir has watched over the Breton countryside for over five thousand years. A rare and striking listed monolith, rooted in the granite of the Celtic imagination.

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Gouesnou · Bretagne

Ruines du château de Mesléan (ou Mezléan)

Just outside Brest, the ruins of Mesléan reveal a surprisingly intact medieval entrance facade: machicolations, loopholes and a granite spiral staircase make up an extraordinary Breton stronghold.

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Plouëc-du-Trieux · Bretagne

Gare ferroviaire de Brélidy-Plouëc

Nestling in the valleys of the Trieux, this 19th-century Breton railway station, listed as a Historic Monument, epitomises the golden age of the rural railway, with its vernacular granite architecture and preserved quay.

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Saint-Amand-de-Coly · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Ancienne abbaye

A medieval fortress-abbey lost in the heart of the Périgord Noir, Saint-Amand-de-Coly combines Augustinian spirituality with a striking defensive architecture, a fascinating remnant of the "fort Saint-Amand".

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Armaillé · Pays de la Loire

Ancien prieuré de la Primaudière (également sur commune de Juigné-des-Moutiers (44) )

Nestling on the borders of Maine-et-Loire and Loire-Atlantique, the former Priory of La Primaudière combines a medieval chapel with 13th-century wall paintings and 18th-century Grandmont convent buildings.

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Tamniès · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Ancien prieuré

Nestled in the Périgord Noir, this former 14th-century Benedictine priory, attached to the powerful abbaye de Sarlat, silently bears the scars of the Hundred Years' War and centuries of neglect.

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L'Hermitage-Lorge · Bretagne

Croix Saint-Lambert

Set in the Breton moors around Loudéac, the Saint-Lambert Cross in L'Hermitage-Lorge is a discreet masterpiece of 18th-century sculpted granite, a testament to rural piety and the skills of Armorican stonemasons.

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Coutances · Normandie

Ancien évêché

In the heart of Coutances, the former 18th-century bishop's palace displays its classical facades between two remarkable gardens, an elegant testimony to Norman episcopal power and resilience after the bombings of 1944.

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Monsec · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise Notre-Dame de la Nativité

A flamboyant Gothic jewel of the Périgord, the église Notre-Dame de la Nativité de Monsec emerged from the early sixteenth century with its mullioned twin windows and its crenellated bell tower, a testament to an era when the sacred mingled with the imperative of defence.

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Les Verchers-sur-Layon · Pays de la Loire

Ancienne commanderie de templiers

Vestige énigmatique de la puissance templière en Anjou, cette commanderie des XIIIe-XIVe siècles dresse ses pierres austères au cœur du vignoble du Layon, témoin silencieux d'un ordre dissous dans le sang.

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Gourdon · Occitanie

Tour-pigeonnier de Labio

A 14th-century sandstone sentinel with refined geminated windows, the dovecote tower at Labio combines medieval elegance with mystery, just a stone's throw from Gourdon, capital of the Quercy Blanc region.

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Molières · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Maison à arcades du 14e siècle

At the heart of the bastide of Molières, this medieval house from the 14th century displays its broken ogival arcades with rare grace, offering one of the best-preserved examples of Gothic architecture in the Périgord.

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Brix · Normandie

Base de lancement de V1

A striking vestige of the Atlantic Wall in Normandy, the Brix V1 launch base still has its ski-site ramp pointing towards Bristol, a crude reminder of Nazi technological warfare.

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Guilers · Bretagne

Quatre tumulus de Kérébars

Four Bronze Age burial mounds stand guard over the Finistère region of Guilers: a rare funerary ensemble, where stone and earth mingle to defy the millennia with silent majesty.

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

Eglise Saint-Esprit

An 18th-century Baroque jewel nestling in the heart of Aix-en-Provence, the church of Saint-Esprit captivates visitors with its classical Provencal façade and luminously elegant interiors. A listed monument in the heart of the spa town.

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Plourac'h · Bretagne

Eglise Notre-Dame et calvaire

In the heart of Brittany's Trégor region, the church of Notre-Dame de Plourac'h displays eight centuries of sculpted faith: vaults animated by fantastic creatures, a porch with stone apostles and a 15th-century calvary of rare dramatic intensity.

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Saint-Gilles-Pligeaux · Bretagne

Eglise Saint-Gilles

A Breton Gothic jewel from the 15th century, the church of Saint-Gilles-Pligeaux fascinates visitors with its exceptionally rich sculpted sandstones, combining fantastic creatures and human busts in a unique medieval profusion.

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Romagne · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Cimetière attenant à l'église Saint-Vivien

Nestled in the heart of the Bordelais, this enclosed sixteenth-century cemetery retains a striking medieval atmosphere, with its cross on a sculpted base, listed as a Monument historique since 1997.

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Morlaix · Bretagne

Ancienne abbaye des Jacobins

A 13th-century Breton Gothic jewel, the former Jacobin abbey in Morlaix boasts a mendicant architecture of rare elegance, with its 15th-century rose window and medieval cloisters flush with granite.

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