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Coulaures · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise Saint-Martin

At the heart of the Périgord, the église Saint-Martin de Coulaures reveals an octagonal dome adorned with sculpted capitals and a 15th-century fresco concealed behind a monumental altar — a little-known Romanesque treasure.

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Salviac · Occitanie

Eglise Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur

Set in the heart of the Quercy Blanc region, Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur church in Salviac boasts some of the best-preserved Renaissance stained glass in the Lot, beneath an elegant Gothic barlong bell tower.

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Lamballe · Bretagne

Croix

Built in the 14th and 15th centuries in the heart of Armorican Brittany, this monumental cross in Lamballe bears witness to medieval religious fervour and the exceptional skill of Breton stonemasons.

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Locmaria · Bretagne

Fort du Port-Maria

A granite sentinel facing the Atlantic, the Fort du Port-Maria combines the strategic power of Vauban and Breton austerity in a seascape of rare intensity.

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Plougastel-Daoulas · Bretagne

Chapelle Saint-Guénolé

Nestling in the bocage of the Finistère region, the 16th-century Breton Gothic chapel of Saint-Guénolé in Plougastel-Daoulas is dedicated to the patron saint of fishermen and sailors on the peninsula.

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Auray · Bretagne

Ancien manoir de Kerdrain

In the heart of Auray, the Kerdrain manor house displays the sober elegance of Breton flamboyant Gothic: its basket-handle door adorned with a brace and its old mullioned windows bear witness to an aristocratic way of life in the 15th century.

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Le Tiercent · Bretagne

Eglise Saint-Martin

In the heart of the Ille-et-Vilain bocage, the church of Saint-Martin du Tiercent displays its sober Breton Romanesque elegance, its carved granite walls and its characteristic bell tower-porch, listed as a Historic Monument since 1926.

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Castelnaud-la-Chapelle · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Château des Milandes

Between the Dordogne and legend, the château des Milandes unites the flamboyant Gothic elegance of the 15th century with the living myth of Joséphine Baker, a world-famous star who became the benevolent châtelaine of a rainbow tribe.

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Morlaix · Bretagne

Maison dite de la Reine-Anne

The medieval jewel of Morlaix, the Maison de la Reine Anne hides behind its corbelled façade a carved wooden staircase of rare virtuosity, an exceptional testimony to the golden age of Brittany.

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Marquay · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Grotte de Puymartin

Nestled in the cliffs of the Périgord Noir, the grotte de Puymartin contains Palaeolithic cave art remains of exceptional density, silent witnesses to a humanity that was already painting its dreams on stone.

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Carnac · Bretagne

Sépulture circulaire dite de Toul-Pri

A circular Neolithic burial site nestling in the heart of Carnac, Toul-Pri reveals an exceptional burial mound with a funerary chamber, a silent witness to the burial rites of civilisations dating back 5,000 years.

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Saint-Rémy-de-Provence · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Arc de triomphe

An ancient jewel standing at the gateway to Glanum, the triumphal arch at Saint-Rémy-de-Provence is one of the best-preserved Roman arches in France, adorned with stunningly delicate plant friezes.

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Saint-Lô · Normandie

Château de la Vaucelle

Just outside Saint-Lô, Château de la Vaucelle combines medieval power and Renaissance elegance in a Norman setting, bearing witness to five centuries of Lower Normandy nobility and resilience in the face of war.

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Saint-Germain-de-la-Rivière · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Gisement préhistorique de Pille Bourse

On the borders of the Médoc and Dordogne, the Pille Bourse site reveals traces of Magdalenian humanity dating back 15,000 years, carved into the very rock of the Gironde.

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Castelviel · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise Notre-Dame

Nestled in the heart of the Entre-deux-Mers, the église Notre-Dame de Castelviel reveals a Romanesque portal from the 12th century of remarkable refinement and an ornate timber framework, witnesses to a rural sacred art that traverses the centuries with a majestic discretion.

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Montcuq · Occitanie

Eglise de Rouillac

A Romanesque jewel in the Quercy Blanc region, the church at Rouillac boasts a bell tower crowned by a rare quadrangular spire and mediaeval murals of unsettling delicacy.

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

Hôtel de Reboul-Lambert dit aussi de Lagoy ou Vermond

In the heart of Aix-en-Provence, the Hôtel de Reboul-Lambert embodies the aristocratic Provençal art of living: a classic façade of sober nobility, and interior courtyards where time seems to have stood still since the Grand Siècle.

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Josselin · Bretagne

Deux maisons

In the heart of Josselin, two 15th-16th century timber-framed houses embody the medieval soul of inland Brittany, with their sculpted corbels and elegant half-timbered facades.

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Salon-de-Provence · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Eglise Saint-Laurent

In the heart of Salon-de-Provence, Saint-Laurent church rises up from its Provençal Gothic silhouette, listed since 1840, the guardian of centuries of history and a sculpted heritage of rare elegance.

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Rochefort-en-Terre · Bretagne

Château

Perched on a rocky spur overlooking the Gueuzon valley, this medieval Breton castle, transformed into a neo-Gothic manor house by an American painter in the 20th century, combines a thousand years of history with an extraordinary artistic renaissance.

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Cénac-et-Saint-Julien · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise Notre-Dame de la Nativité de Cenac

The Romanesque jewel of the Périgord Noir, the church at Cénac boasts a 12th-century choir with carved capitals of rare finesse, a striking vestige of a prior abbey church that defied the centuries and the Wars of Religion.

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Pondaurat · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Ancien Presbytère

Former 18th-century Antonine monastery-hospital, once an essential stopping point on the road to Compostelle, converted into a presbytery after the Revolution. A rare testament to the hospitaller order of Saint-Antoine in Gironde.

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Sacey · Normandie

Eglise et le cimetière qui l'entoure

Nestling in the heart of the Normandy bocage, the church of Sacey and its medieval cemetery form a rural ensemble of rare serenity, listed as a Historic Monument for the authenticity of its preserved Romanesque architecture.

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Montfort-sur-Meu · Bretagne

Tour du château ou ancien donjon (ancienne prison)

A stone sentinel in the heart of the Rennes region, the keep at Montfort-sur-Meu has defied the centuries with its jutting machicolations and its rare circular floor plan, which becomes octagonal as you move upstairs.

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