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Cholet · Pays de la Loire

Tour dite du Grenier à sel

Vestige civil rare du XVIe siècle à Cholet, cette tour cylindrique témoigne du commerce du sel en Anjou. Sa silhouette médiévale et son histoire économique fascinante en font un jalon discret mais précieux du patrimoine choletais.

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Saint-Crépin-et-Carlucet · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Château de Cipières

A Sarladais manor house dating from the 15th and 16th centuries, the château de Cipières reveals its hexagonal Renaissance tower and its roofs of golden lauze stone, symbols of a preserved Périgord Noir at the heart of the Dordogne valley.

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Arles · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Ancien couvent des Dominicains ou Frères Prêcheurs

A striking vestige of Dominican life in Arles, this 15th-century convent houses a Renaissance cloister of rare elegance, uniquely divided into two islets separated by a medieval alleyway.

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Mespaul · Bretagne

Calvaire dit Croas Ar Vossen

Erected in 1626 in response to a vow against the plague, this Breton calvary features a hemispherical base that is unique in Finistère and a funerary iconography that has no equivalent in France.

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Le Faouët · Bretagne

Chapelle Sainte-Barbe et maison du garde

Clinging to the side of a cliff in a wooded setting in Morbihan, the chapel of Sainte-Barbe du Faouët is a 16th-century flamboyant Gothic jewel, miraculously preserved despite the fire of 1917.

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Savennières · Pays de la Loire

Presbytère

Nestling in the heart of Savennières, this listed presbytery embodies the discreet elegance of Anjou's religious architecture, combining tufa stone with the sobriety of the Loire.

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Saint-Pol-de-Léon · Bretagne

Ancien évêché (hôtel de ville)

The former bishop's palace of Saint-Pol-de-Léon, which dates back to the 18th century and was converted into the town hall, boasts a monumental staircase and strikingly elegant period panelling.

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Le Faouët · Bretagne

Eglise paroissiale Notre-Dame de l'Assomption

Nestling in the heart of Le Faouët, this 16th-century Breton Gothic church boasts a carved porch of rare finesse and a slender bell tower, ardent witnesses to the piety and skill of the master stonemasons of Morbihan.

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Saint-Lô · Normandie

Eglise Notre-Dame

A Norman Gothic jewel in the heart of Saint-Lô, Notre-Dame boasts a flamboyant façade and asymmetrical towers that survived the 1944 bombings - a poignant testament to resilience and faith.

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Miré · Pays de la Loire

Eglise

Nestling in the heart of the Angevin village of Miré, this centuries-old church features stonework dating from the 11th to 16th centuries, combining austere Romanesque and flamboyant Gothic in an architectural dialogue that is rare in Maine-et-Loire.

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Pélissanne · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Borne milliaire

A stone sentinel on the ancient Via Aurelia, this Roman milestone in Pélissanne bears witness to the formidable road organisation of the Empire, and has been listed as a Historic Monument since 1941.

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Rennes · Bretagne

Ancien poste central de la gare ferroviaire

A little-known witness to the golden age of the railways, the former central station of Rennes railway station reveals a remarkable technical and aesthetic architecture, classified as a Historic Monument in 2020.

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Caudan · Bretagne

Croix du 16e siècle

In the heart of the Morbihan region, this monumental 16th-century cross features a scalloped shaft decorated with a coat of arms, a crowned female bust and a Pietà of rare expressive intensity.

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Appeville · Normandie

Eglise

Tucked away in the Normandy bocage, the 13th-century limestone of Appeville church is strikingly sober and Gothic. Listed as a Historic Monument, it embodies the rural soul of medieval Manche.

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Regnéville-sur-Mer · Normandie

Ancien lavoir

Nestling in the heart of the Normandy village of Regnéville-sur-Mer, this former washhouse, listed as a Historic Monument, embodies the community life of yesteryear, with its stones weathered by the centuries and its rural architecture typical of the Cotentin region.

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Le Roc-Saint-André · Bretagne

Château de la Ville Der

Anchored in the Breton lands of Morbihan, the Château de la Ville Der combines a medieval octagonal tower from the 15th century with a classical facade from the late 19th century, a rare example of skilfully orchestrated monumentalisation.

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Rennes · Bretagne

Immeuble ou hôtel de Ferron

In the heart of Rennes, the Hôtel de Ferron boasts exceptional dressed granite, a monumental arched doorway and carved woodwork of rare elegance - a discreet jewel of Breton civil architecture from the 17th and 18th centuries.

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Corseul · Bretagne

Restes du château de Montalifant

A medieval vestige buried in the Armorican bocage, Montalifant reveals the outline of a 13th-century fortified castle, the silent guardian of the old Gallo-Roman town of Corseul.

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Pezou · Centre-Val de Loire

Gisement préhistorique

On the edge of the Perche area of Vendôme, the prehistoric site at Pezou has for decades been yielding up the silent remains of early Palaeolithic man, an exceptional testimony to human occupation dating back several hundred thousand years.

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Mérignac · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Ancienne église Saint-Vincent

A Romanesque vestige from the 12th century nestled in the heart of Mérignac, the former église Saint-Vincent reveals a sculpted chevet of eloquent restraint, an exceptional testament to Girondine Romanesque art before the great transformations of the 19th century.

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Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys · Bretagne

Menhir de Clos-et-Bé

A stone sentinel that has stood guard over the Rhuys peninsula since Neolithic times, the Clos-et-Bé menhir has stood watch over the Breton fog for over five thousand years and is listed as a Historic Monument.

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Chaleix · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Ancienne forge de Mavaleix

Vestige of industrial heritage in the Périgord noir, the former forge of Mavaleix reveals three centuries of French metallurgy, from the casting of royal cannons to the extinction of its fires in 1860, within a remarkably well-preserved architectural ensemble.

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Plescop · Bretagne

Allée couverte

A Neolithic relic on the outskirts of Vannes, this covered walkway in Plescop reveals the secrets of a 5,000-year-old megalithic civilisation, sculpting the Breton moors with its rough, silent stone architecture.

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Saumur · Pays de la Loire

Tour Papegault

A medieval sentinel of Anjou, the Tour Papegault stands in the heart of Saumur, a striking vestige of the 14th-15th century urban fortifications that once guarded access to the royal city.

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