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Saint-Louis-de-Montferrand · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Immeuble dit Margarance

An elegant 18th-century Gironde residence, Maison Margarance boasts a pilastered façade, refined ironwork and a garden lined with century-old elm trees overlooking the Garonne.

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Saint-Germain-le-Gaillard · Normandie

Eglise

Nestling in the heart of the Cotentin peninsula, the church of Saint-Germain-le-Gaillard, with its Norman stonework dating from the Renaissance to the Classical Age, has been listed as a Historic Monument since 1966 for its unique rural architecture dating from the 16th and 17th centuries.

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Tarascon · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Palais de Justice

In the heart of Tarascon, this 17th-century courthouse embodies the baroque gravity of royal justice in Provence, with its ordered façade and ashlar gilded by the Mediterranean sun.

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Carnac · Bretagne

Tumulus avec coffre de pierre à Lann-Vras

A silent witness to the Neolithic period in Brittany, the Lann-Vras burial mound in Carnac is home to a remarkable thousand-year-old stone chest. An exceptional funerary monument, listed since 1931, at the heart of the largest concentration of megaliths in the world.

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Le Relecq-Kerhuon · Bretagne

Manoir de Lossulien

Built around 1512 in the heart of Finistère, the manor house of Lossulien fascinates visitors with its three-pointed door in Kersanton granite and its chapel bell tower - a discreet jewel of Breton Renaissance architecture.

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Penmarch · Bretagne

Ruines de l'église de Kérity, ou église Sainte-Thumette

A striking vestige of 16th-century Bigouden architecture, the church of Sainte-Thumette in Kérity still stands with its bell tower and flamboyant portal facing the Atlantic, a poignant reminder of a maritime Brittany sunken under the sea.

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Tréguier · Bretagne

Ancienne église Saint-Michel

A striking vestige of 15th-century Tréguier, the bell tower of the former church of Saint-Michel stands with its octagonal stone spire on a medieval square, a rare example of Breton Gothic art spared the ravages of the English.

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Trémargat · Bretagne

Manoir de Lampoul Izellan

Nestling in the wilds of Kreiz Breizh, the Lampoul Izellan manor houses the soul of the first grenadier of France, Malo Corret de la Tour d'Auvergne. Gerberes, loopholes and a sundial bear witness to an unspoilt 17th-century Brittany.

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Brantôme · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Maison

In the heart of Brantôme, this 14th-15th century medieval house exudes the soul of Gothic Périgord: blond stone facades, mullioned windows and sculpted details of rare urban elegance.

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Lanouée · Bretagne

Nouveau cimetière

In the heart of Morbihan, this 16th-century cemetery cross houses a remarkable collection of sculptures: angels, bishop and Christ under a stone canopy, a discreet jewel of Breton heritage.

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

Bastide, dénommée aussi château de la Mignarde

Aux portes d'Aix-en-Provence, la bastide de la Mignarde dévoile l'art de vivre provençal dans sa plus pure expression : un écrin baroque du XVIIe siècle aux intérieurs raffinés et à l'ombrageux parc à la française.

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Prignac-et-Marcamps · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Ruines de la chapelle de Lurzine

Nestling in the wooded hills of the Blayais region, the ruins of the Lurzine chapel offer a fragment of 12th-century Romanesque art, protected since 1925 and shrouded in secular silence.

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Larmor-Baden · Bretagne

Tumulus-dolmen de l'île Gavrinis

In the heart of the Gulf of Morbihan, the Gavrinis cairn is home to one of the most remarkable groups of Neolithic engravings in Europe: 29 slabs decorated with spirals and mysterious signs dating back 5,500 years.

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Penmarch · Bretagne

Premier menhir de Kerscaven

A stone sentinel erected over 5,000 years ago on the Penmarc'h peninsula, the Kerscaven menhir is one of the best-preserved megalithic monuments in South Finistère, classified as a Historic Monument in 1889.

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Prat · Bretagne

Ruines de l'église de Trévoazan

A striking vestige of medieval Brittany, the church at Trévoazan stands alone in the Prat countryside, its western façade and bell tower a listed ruin of singular poetry.

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Soucelles · Pays de la Loire

Dolmen de la Pierre Cesée

Standing in the Anjou countryside for over 5,000 years, the Pierre Cesée dolmen is one of the oldest megalithic monuments in Maine-et-Loire, and was listed as a Historic Monument in 1910.

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Guerlesquin · Bretagne

Eglise Saint-Ténénan

In Guerlesquin, the church of Saint-Ténénan boasts a Renaissance portal and bell tower dating from 1520, both of a rare elegance in Brittany and intact examples of late Gothic art before the reconstruction of the 19th century.

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Saint-Christophe-des-Bardes · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Château Laroque

At the gateway to Saint-Émilion, Château Laroque combines a medieval tower with 18th-century elegance in the heart of the Bordeaux vineyards, surrounded by a moat that seems to stop time in its tracks.

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Ladaux · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise Saint-Martin

Nestling in the heart of the Entre-deux-Mers region, the church of Saint-Martin de Ladaux boasts a striking Gothic bell tower and a choir vaulted with ogives and liernes, a rare example of fortified medieval architecture in the Gironde.

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Paimpol · Bretagne

Maison

In the heart of Paimpol, this 18th-century shipowner's residence epitomises Brittany's maritime opulence, with its sculpted balcony, elaborate window frames and stone cords testifying to an ambitious seafaring bourgeoisie.

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La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois · Centre-Val de Loire

"Usine métallurgique située au lieudit "le Fourneau""

In the heart of the Berry region, the Fourneau at La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois reveals two centuries of French steelmaking: an 18th-century neo-classical blast furnace and its workers' outbuildings, striking witnesses to the first industrial revolution.

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Saint-Sulpice-d'Excideuil · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise Saint-Césaire

On the edge of the Périgord region, the Romanesque bell tower and porch of Saint-Césaire church rise up against the green hills, preserving the memory of Sulpice Sévère, the historian who immortalised Saint Martin of Tours.

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Plogoff · Bretagne

Phare de la Vieille

A granite sentinel standing on a reef battered by the currents of the Raz de Sein, the Phare de la Vieille has been keeping watch over one of Europe's most formidable sea passages since 1887, with its unique crenellated tower.

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Ploulec’h · Bretagne

Château de Kerninon

Anchored in the woodlands of Trégor for five centuries, Kerninon unfurls its Breton elegance between an 18th-century dwelling, a seigniorial chapel and a dovecote surrounded by walls - an intact, almost secret family manor house.

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