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Besse · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise Saint-Martin

Sentinel of stone in the Périgord, the église Saint-Martin de Besse combines a Romanesque nave from the 12th century with a unique medieval defensive chamber and precious Renaissance wall paintings discovered in 1960.

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Saint-Michel-en-Grève · Bretagne

Eglise Saint-Michel

Facing the Bay of Saint-Brieuc, Saint-Michel church houses a bell tower dating from 1614, a jewel of the Gothic-Renaissance transition in Brittany, set on two medieval buttresses that have stood the test of time.

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Libourne · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Porte du Port

Vestige majeur of the medieval fortifications of Libourne, the Porte du Port raises its two round towers facing the Dordogne — the last guardian of a bastide town shaped by the Plantagenêts.

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Marseille · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Ensemble cathédral Sainte-Marie-Majeure

A majestic neo-Byzantine cathedral overlooking the Old Port, Marseille's Major dazzles with its golden domes, alternating white and green marble, and colossal dimensions - the largest church built in France in the 19th century.

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Dussac · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Château

Nestled in the Périgord bocage, the château de Dussac spreads its mediaeval towers and Renaissance façades at the heart of a secluded valley in the north of the Dordogne, listed as a Monument Historique since 1927.

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Périgueux · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise Saint-Etienne-de-la-Cité

Formerly the cathedral of Périgueux with its Byzantine Romanesque domes, Saint-Étienne-de-la-Cité bears the scars of the Wars of Religion and two millennia of Christian history in Périgord.

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Saint-Pantaly-d'Ans · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Vestiges du château de Marqueyssac

A seigniorial vestige from the early 17th century nestling in the heart of the Périgord Vert, Château de Marqueyssac embodies the architectural ambitions of the powerful Hautefort family, set in unspoilt countryside.

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Coigny · Normandie

Vieux château

A discreet jewel of 17th-century Normandy, Vieux Château de Coigny reveals the sober elegance of provincial classicism, with its ashlar facades and massive massing typical of Cotentin manor houses.

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Plémet · Bretagne

Croix de chemin du 17e siècle

Standing at the crossroads of Breton roads since the 17th century, this Plémet cross made of local granite embodies the popular fervour and rich iconography of the rural heritage of the Côtes-d'Armor.

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Saint-Laurent-sur-Manoire · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise Saint-Laurent

Nestling in the heart of the Périgord region, Saint-Laurent-sur-Manoire church reveals seven centuries of religious architecture, from the sober Romanesque of the Middle Ages to the enrichments of the Renaissance and the Classical Age.

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Périers · Normandie

Eglise

In the heart of the Cotentin region, the church of Périers unfurls its Norman Romanesque and Gothic volumes with majestic sobriety. Listed as a Historic Monument since 1862, it embodies eight centuries of sacred architecture in the Manche region.

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Plouisy · Bretagne

Chapelle Saint-Antoine

Nestling in Brittany's Trégor region, the chapel of Saint-Antoine de Plouisy boasts a 16th-century portal of rare elegance, crowned by a large finial and flanked by two high flamboyant Gothic pinnacles.

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Savigny-le-Vieux · Normandie

Ancienne abbaye

Founded in the 12th century in the heart of the Normandy bocage, the ancient abbey of Savigny-le-Vieux bears witness to medieval monastic fervour with its Romanesque remains and its stones charged with a silent eternity.

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Margueron · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise Saint-Martin

Nestling in the heart of the Entre-deux-Mers region, Saint-Martin de Margueron church displays its 16th-century Renaissance forms with a sober Gironde style, a rare example of the region's rural religious architecture.

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Equeurdreville-Hainneville · Normandie

Ancienne redoute des Couplets

A stone sentinel at the gates of Cherbourg, the Couplets redoubt is one of the rare intact witnesses to Napoleon's defensive system protecting the great Normandy roadstead in the 19th century.

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Dinan · Bretagne

Maison dite du Saint-Mitré

In the heart of medieval Dinan, the house of Saint-Mitré displays its 16th-century corbels and half-timbering, a striking example of Breton domestic architecture of the Renaissance.

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Treffiagat · Bretagne

Stèle protohistorique

Standing in Treffiagat, this protohistoric Iron Age stele is one of the rare Celtic stone artefacts in South Finistère, listed as a historic monument for the uniqueness of its engravings and the strength of its anchorage in the Armorican landscape.

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Saint-Médard-en-Jalles · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Château de Gajac

Gajac, the last medieval castle in the Bordelais, spreads its four corner towers around its still-preserved moat — and bore the name of the de Montaigne family for two centuries.

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Saint-Malo · Bretagne

Maison du Peuple

An Art Nouveau jewel of the Breton workers' movement, the Maison du Peuple in Saint-Malo boasts a sensually ornate façade and a preserved interior that tells the story of a hundred years of social and trade union history.

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Plouégat-Guérand · Bretagne

Eglise paroissiale Saint-Agapit

Saint-Agapit in Plouégat-Guérand, the flamboyant jewel of Brittany's Trégor region, boasts a bell tower-wall by Beaumanoir (1524) and a southern doorway carved with rare delicacy, evidence of late Gothic art at the height of its virtuosity.

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Marigny · Normandie

Motte castrale

The motte castrale at Marigny stands guard over the land and the memory of its age-old mound in the heart of the Norman Cotentin region - one of the few intact examples of seigniorial architecture from the early Middle Ages.

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Châteauneuf-d'Ille-et-Vilaine;Saint-Père-Marc-en-Poulet · Bretagne

Château de Châteauneuf-d'Ille-et-Vilaine

A Breton fortress dating back thousands of years, Châteauneuf-d'Ille-et-Vilaine's castle spans ten centuries of history, from the medieval keep to the classical remodelling of the 18th century, between Rance and the Bay of Mont-Saint-Michel.

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Dénezé-sous-le-Lude · Pays de la Loire

Abbaye de la Boissière (ancienne)

Nestling in the Anjou bocage, the former La Boissière abbey displays its sober Cistercian elegance, reworked in the 17th century and bearing rare witness to a monastic life that shaped the Loire Valley for over six hundred years.

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Arles · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Ancien couvent des Grands-Augustins

In the heart of Arles, the former convent of the Grands-Augustins reveals five centuries of faith and architecture: a baroque octagonal dome, a cloister with serene galleries and an eventful history of fires and revolutions.

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