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Baden · Bretagne

Dolmen de Mané-Ven-Guen

A silent Neolithic vestige in the heart of Morbihan, the Mané-Ven-Guen dolmen stands with its granite orthostats in the commune of Baden, bearing witness to the burial practices of Brittany over 5,000 years ago.

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Lué-en-Baugeois · Pays de la Loire

Eglise et croix du cimetière

In the heart of the Baugeois region of Angers, the church at Lué-en-Baugeois boasts eight centuries of medieval architecture, from sober 11th-century Romanesque to flamboyant Gothic vaults, flanked by a cemetery cross of rare elegance.

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Coatréven · Bretagne

Eglise Saint-Pierre

Nestling in the heart of the Trégor region, Saint-Pierre de Coatréven church reveals the sober elegance of 17th-century Breton Baroque, with its characteristic bell tower-porch and parish enclosures bearing witness to a lively popular faith.

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Valognes · Normandie

Maison dite le Grand Quartier

In the heart of Valognes, nicknamed the "Versailles of Normandy", the Grand Quartier embodies the elegance of classic Cotentin domestic architecture, with its granite and limestone facade and preserved aristocratic volumes.

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Pouancé · Pays de la Loire

Tour de l'Horloge dite Porte Angevine

Pouancé's medieval sentinel, the Tour de l'Horloge, known as the Porte Angevine, stands in the heart of the town, a remarkable vestige of the ancient fortifications of the County of Anjou, listed as a Historic Monument.

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Soulac-sur-Mer · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise Notre-Dame de la Fin-des-Terres

Buried under the dunes and then resurrected, this 12th-century Romanesque church hides a thousand years of history beneath its stones, a unique medieval crypt and the secrets of a Benedictine priory battered by the Atlantic.

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Fougères · Bretagne

Anciens remparts Sud et Ouest

Silent witnesses to the medieval power of Fougères, the ancient South and West ramparts spread their Breton granite curtain walls between the 13th and 15th centuries, forming one of the rare sections of urban wall still visible in Upper Brittany.

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Sauzon · Bretagne

Corps de garde de la Pointe des Poulains, dit Fort Sarah Bernhardt

A former Second Empire military guardhouse perched on the Pointe des Poulains, this small crenellated fort became the island retreat of Sarah Bernhardt, who made it her Breton summer retreat for almost thirty years.

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Saint-Estèphe · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Restes du prieuré de Badeix

At the heart of the Périgord Vert, the remains of the prieuré de Badeix reveal a Romanesque chapter house of rare elegance, with its groined vaults resting on columns with sculpted capitals dating from the 12th century.

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Ploubezre · Bretagne

Chapelle Saint-Fiacre de Runefau

Nestling in the romantic ruins of the Château de Runefau, this 15th-century Breton chapel features sumptuous Renaissance panelling salvaged from a vanished chapel - a treasure trove of liturgical art in the heart of the Trégor region.

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Loqueffret · Bretagne

Chapelle de la Croix

Nestling in deep Finistère, Chapelle de la Croix de Loqueffret embodies the soul of 16th-century Breton rural chapels, with its three-sided chevet and soberly elegant Baroque bell tower.

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Montreuil-Bellay · Pays de la Loire

Prieuré des Nobis (ancien)

On the outskirts of Montreuil-Bellay, the former Nobis priory unfolds ten centuries of monastic history between moving Romanesque ruins and austerely elegant Maurist buildings.

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Tarascon · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Abbaye Saint-Honorat (vestiges de l'ancienne)

In the heart of Provence, the remains of Saint-Honorat Abbey reveal five centuries of monastic architecture, ranging from Southern Gothic to classical remodelling, and are listed as a Historic Monument.

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Ploubazlanec · Bretagne

Promontoire préhistorique barré de Roch'an Evned

Perched on a rocky promontory swept by the winds of the Trégor, Roch'an Evned reveals a Neolithic barred spur of rare integrity, a fascinating vestige of a coastal settlement dating back five millennia.

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Chissay-en-Touraine · Centre-Val de Loire

Château de La Ménaudière

Nestling in the heart of Touraine, Château de La Ménaudière reveals five centuries of Loire architecture: from its medieval fortified gateway to its elegant Renaissance pavilions, it embodies the art of living of the Loire lords.

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Cherbourg-Octeville · Normandie

Eglise Notre-Dame du Voeu, à Octeville

The neo-Gothic jewel of Cherbourg-Octeville, Notre-Dame du Vœu spreads its two slender spires over the Vœu district, housing stained glass windows by Didron, Bessac and Gabriel Loire - a century of glass art brought together in a single nave.

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Lopérec · Bretagne

Calvaire

Standing in the heart of Finistère, the Calvary at Lopérec is a masterpiece of Breton sculpture, listed as a Historic Monument and filled with strikingly expressive biblical figures.

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Angers · Pays de la Loire

Hôtel Demarie, actuellement musée d'histoire naturelle

Élégant hôtel particulier néo-classique bâti entre 1805 et 1810 sur les ruines d'une église médiévale, l'Hôtel Demarie abrite aujourd'hui le musée d'histoire naturelle d'Angers, véritable écrin de pierre pour la science.

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Durtal · Pays de la Loire

Manoir de Serrain

Nestling in the Anjou bocage countryside, Serrain Manor boasts the discreet elegance of 17th and 18th century rural architecture, with its well-balanced volumes and its parklands resembling unspoilt countryside.

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Servon · Normandie

Eglise et le calvaire

In the heart of the Normandy bocage, Servon church and its medieval calvary form an ensemble listed as a Historic Monument, combining 14th-century flamboyant Gothic with the sober elegance of the Manche countryside.

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Saint-Gilles-Pligeaux · Bretagne

Menhir de Kergornec n° 2

A granite sentinel standing at the dawn of mankind, Kergornec menhir no. 2 defies the passage of millennia on the Breton moors of Saint-Gilles-Pligeaux. An exceptional testimony to the Armorican Neolithic, it is listed as a Historic Monument.

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Rennes · Bretagne

Immeuble

A jewel of 18th-century civil architecture in Rennes, this building, listed as a Historic Monument since 1942, embodies the sober elegance of the classical Breton style, with its granite facades and finely worked mullioned windows.

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Penmarch · Bretagne

Chapelle de Notre-Dame-de-la-Joie

A granite sentinel facing the Atlantic, the Notre-Dame-de-la-Joie chapel in Penmarch has been watching over sailors since the 16th century, with its openwork belfry flanked by two stair towers of Breton elegance.

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Saint-Michel-de-Fronsac · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise

Nestled on the heights of Saint-Michel-de-Fronsac, this Romanesque church from the 12th century displays a sober and powerful construction in Girondine limestone, bearing witness to a medieval faith rooted in the vineyards of Fronsac.

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