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Saint-Julien-de-Lampon · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise Saint-Julien

Nestled in the heart of the Périgord Noir, the église Saint-Julien de Lampon preserves rare 16th-century mural paintings adorning its chancel vault — a discreet medieval treasure mentioned as early as 1143.

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Pleumeur-Gautier · Bretagne

Croix du Salut et son socle

Erected in the first quarter of the 18th century, the Croix du Salut in Pleumeur-Gautier embodies Breton religious fervour: a sculpted granite calvary, listed since 1933, watching over the souls of the sailors and labourers of Trégor.

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Lamballe · Bretagne

Menhir de Guihallon

A stone sentinel that has stood at the gateway to Lamballe since Neolithic times, the Guihallon menhir bears witness to the spiritual fervour of the first Breton farmers. A listed monolith, sober and striking.

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Coutances · Normandie

Jardin public

A veritable jewel case of greenery in the heart of Coutances, this Second Empire public garden, a prototype of Norman gardens of the period, unfurls its flower-filled terraces in the shadow of the Gothic cathedral.

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Saint-Capraise-d'Eymet · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise Saint-Caprais

Nestled in the Bergeracois, the église Saint-Caprais reveals a Romanesque cupola from the twelfth century and an exceptional chancel with six sculpted columns, where angels and chimeras have ridden the stone for eight hundred years.

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Locmalo · Bretagne

Eglise Saint-Malo

Nestling in the heart of Morbihan, the church of Saint-Malo in Locmalo reveals the soul of rural Brittany: a granite edifice of sober proportions, the age-old guardian of a faith rooted in the hedged farmland of Central Brittany.

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Vannes · Bretagne

Chapelle Notre-Dame du Rohic

Nestling on the outskirts of Vannes, this 15th-century Gothic chapel features exceptionally fine sculpted sandstones and an inscription dated 1466, a living testimony to Breton devotion in the Middle Ages.

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Cubzac-les-Ponts · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Ruines du château des Quatre-Fils-Aymon

Perched on a promontory of the Gironde, the ruins of the château des Quatre-Fils-Aymon blend medieval legend and the history of the Hundred Years' War, with their thirteenth-century twin towers still standing overlooking the estuary.

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Pluméliau · Bretagne

Chapelle Saint-Nicolas-des-Eaux

Nestling in the heart of the Morbihan region, this 16th-century Breton chapel boasts a striking openwork tympanum, strikingly naive sablières and a fleur-de-lys window worthy of the finest Gothic periods.

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Bélaye · Occitanie

Eglise Saint-Aignan dite Eglise Grande

The Gothic jewel of the Quercy region, Saint-Aignan de Bélaye church unfurls its majestic nave in the heart of a hilltop village, the heir to a medieval archpriesthood entrusted to the Lazaristes in the Grand Siècle.

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Bordeaux · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Ancien Hôtel Marbotin

At the heart of Bordeaux, the hôtel Marbotin reveals the refined elegance of the 18th century: a double-revolution staircase, rusticated pilasters and keystones adorned with female figures make it a discreet jewel of classical Girondine architecture.

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Fouesnant · Bretagne

Chapelle Sainte-Anne

Built in 1685 in the heart of Finistère, the chapel of Sainte-Anne de Fouesnant is a jewel of Breton Baroque and a popular place of pilgrimage, with its elegant openwork bell tower flanked by two turrets.

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Néant-sur-Yvel · Bretagne

Cimetière

In the heart of mysterious Brittany, the cemetery cross at Néant-sur-Yvel features sculpted medallions and shields bearing the Montauban coat of arms: a masterpiece of 16th-century Breton statuary.

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Brignogan-Plage · Bretagne

Calvaire de Pont-ar-Crorz, ou de Pont ar Groas

Standing at the crossroads of the Finistère winds, this 17th-century Breton Calvary features Passion scenes carved in kersanton and granite, a striking testimony to the popular faith of Brittany.

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Cléder · Bretagne

Stèle gauloise

A stone sentinel from the Iron Age, this Gallic stele from Cléder is one of the rare sculpted reminders of Celtic civilisation in Armorica, and has been listed as a Historic Monument since 1957.

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Guégon · Bretagne

Chapelle Saint-Mélèc de Tréganteur

Nestling in the Morbihan region of Brittany, this 16th-century Breton chapel boasts an exceptionally elegant basket-handle door and precious fragments of Renaissance stained glass depicting the Annunciation.

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Larmor-Baden · Bretagne

Cairn et Dolmen de l’Île Longue

Nestling on Ile Longue in the Gulf of Morbihan, this Neolithic cairn contains a corridor dolmen of rare complexity, a striking vestige of a civilisation that disappeared over 5,000 years ago.

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L’Île-aux-Moines · Bretagne

Alignement de Brouel

On the Île-aux-Moines, the Brouel alignment of granite monoliths is set against a backdrop of Atlantic vegetation. This rare Neolithic vestige, listed as a Historic Monument in 2023, bears witness to thousands of years of spirituality in the heart of the Gulf of Morbihan.

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La Selle-en-Luitré · Bretagne

Eglise Saint-Jean

In the heart of the Breton bocage, Saint-Jean church in La Selle-en-Luitré boasts a unique octagonal column and elegant 17th-century panelling, testimony to a village faith that has remained unchanged for five centuries.

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Locarn · Bretagne

Eglise Saint-Hernin et cimetière

In the heart of Kreiz-Breizh, the church of Saint-Hernin in Locarn displays its flamboyant and Renaissance elegance in a setting of Breton granite, guarded by a 17th-century cemetery cross of rare expressiveness.

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Meyrals · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise Saint-Eutrope

In the heart of the Périgord Noir region, the church of Saint-Eutrope in Meyrals boasts a Romanesque apse of rare elegance, adorned with nine arches resting on exceptionally refined foliage capitals.

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Coutures · Pays de la Loire

Château de Montsabert

Ancienne forteresse angevine du XIVe siècle, le château de Montsabert fut l'une des demeures de Bertrand du Guesclin. Mâchicoulis, échauguettes et chapelle Renaissance composent un ensemble d'une rare cohérence historique.

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Tourtoirac · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Ancienne abbaye Saint-Pierre

Founded in 1023 on the remains of a Roman villa, the Benedictine abbey of Saint-Pierre de Tourtoirac reveals Romanesque domes, historiated capitals, and an abbatial residence from the Grand Siècle in the heart of the Périgord vert.

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Locmariaquer · Bretagne

Tumulus avec dolmen du Mané-Nélud

At the gateway to the Gulf of Morbihan, the Mané-Nélud tumulus-dolmen reveals the secrets of a people of builders 6,000 years old: a megalithic corridor hidden beneath an imposing mound of earth, the silent guardian of the Armorican Neolithic.

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