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Cahors · Occitanie

Immeuble dit ancien cuvier du Chapître

In the heart of medieval Cahors, this former vat-house of the Cathedral Chapter reveals four sumptuous Gothic bays on the ground floor, a rare testimony to the capitular wine economy of the Middle Ages.

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Saint-Léon · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise

Nestling in the Médoc region of Bordeaux, the church of Saint-Léon boasts a ribbed vault of rare elegance, an intact example of flamboyant Gothic art in the Gironde.

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Le Bourdeix · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Tour

Sentinel of granite in the Périgord vert, the tour de Colomges rises fifteen metres of medieval masonry like a defiance to the centuries. The sole remnant of a vanished fortress, it captivates with its walls three metres thick and its interior cupola.

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Ploemeur · Bretagne

Croix de Kervegan

Erected in 1613, the Kervegan cross in Ploemeur is a jewel of Breton heritage: an anchored cross with a scalloped shaft, inscribed on a double base and engraved with an enigmatic chalice.

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Cherbourg · Normandie

Statue de Napoléon Ier, à Octeville

Standing facing Cherbourg harbour, this equestrian statue of Napoleon I by Armand Le Véel (1857) immortalises the Emperor contemplating the great maritime works he inspired. An imperial bronze steeped in history.

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Névez · Bretagne

Chapelle Saint-Mathieu

Nestling in the Finistère countryside, the chapel of Saint-Mathieu de Névez (1753) combines Breton sobriety and classical grace, guarding a site steeped in Celtic memory and popular devotion.

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Javerlhac-et-la-Chapelle-Saint-Robert · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise de la Chapelle-Saint-Robert

In the heart of the Périgord Vert region, this twelfth-century Romanesque church boasts an astonishing polygonal dome and sculpted capitals of rare finesse, the legacy of an architectural tradition halfway between Angoumois and Périgord.

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Saint-Céré · Occitanie

Maison d'angle à pans de bois

A jewel of the Lot Renaissance, this timber-framed, corbelled corner house epitomises the 16th-century art of building with wood in Saint-Céré, a prosperous trading town in the Quercy region.

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Saint-Pantaléon · Occitanie

Eglise

Nestling in the Quercy region, the church of Saint-Pantaléon boasts a three-storey Romanesque bell tower and a 12th-century cul-de-four apse, a discreet jewel of medieval architecture in the Lot region that has been listed as a Historic Monument.

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Le Conquet · Bretagne

Cromlech de Kermorvan

On the edge of Finistère, the megaliths of the Kermorvan cromlech face the Atlantic. Listed as a Neolithic monument since 1889, it embodies the age-old memory of a nation of builders at the very tip of Brittany.

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Port-Launay · Bretagne

Chapelle Saint-Aubin, située au hameau de Lanvaïdic

Nestling in the hamlet of Lanvaïdic, this 17th-century Breton chapel charms visitors with its exceptional woodwork and floral murals, intact witnesses of a preserved rural religious art.

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Fontvieille · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Chapelle Saint-Victor (restes)

Vestiges émouvants d'une chapelle romane provençale dédiée à saint Victor, nichés dans les garrigues de Fontvieille. Une ruine chargée de spiritualité médiévale, inscrite aux Monuments Historiques depuis 1926.

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Quiberon · Bretagne

Sépulture circulaire de la pointe d'Er-Limouzen

An enigmatic Neolithic circular burial site on the wild Er-Limouzen headland on the Quiberon peninsula: an Atlantic burial cairn that has watched over the ocean for over 5,000 years.

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Médréac · Bretagne

Quatre alignements mégalithiques

Neolithic megalithic alignments at Médréac, silent witnesses to a sacred Brittany dating back 5,000 years. Four rows of menhirs in the bocage of Ille-et-Vilain, classified as Historic Monuments in 1929.

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Nadaillac-de-Rouge · Occitanie

Eglise

A Gothic jewel of the Quercy region, built around 1400, the church at Nadaillac-de-Rouge is fascinating for its five-bay gable bell tower, its spiral staircase to Saint-Gilles and its defensive role during the Wars of Religion.

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Landerneau · Bretagne

Maison de la Duchesse Anne, ou hôtel de Rohan

An architectural gem in Landerneau, this timber-framed and corbelled house dating from 1664 combines two contrasting facades with an elegant staircase turret, an exceptional example of 17th-century Breton bourgeois architecture.

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Charcé-Saint-Ellier-sur-Aubance · Pays de la Loire

Cromlech

Aux portes d'Angers, ce cromlech néolithique associé à une allée couverte est l'un des rares témoins mégalithiques de la vallée de l'Aubance, classé Monument Historique dès 1889.

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Auray · Bretagne

Eglise Saint-Gildas

Sober and majestic, the church of Saint-Gildas d'Auray boasts 17th-century Breton Baroque architecture, crowned by a remarkable altarpiece by Olivier Martinet, a jewel of Laval statuary.

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Fontvieille · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Dolmen dit du Mas d'Agard

Vestige mégalithique intact aux portes des Alpilles, le dolmen du Mas d'Agard veille sur Fontvieille depuis plus de cinq millénaires, gardien silencieux des rites funéraires de la Provence néolithique.

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Couze-et-Saint-Front · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Anciennes papeteries

In the heart of the Couze valley, these listed paper mills reveal five centuries of unique know-how: the traditional manufacture of filter paper, invented here in 1840 and perpetuated to this day.

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Roscoff · Bretagne

Maison

A jewel of Renaissance Roscoff, this 16th-century merchant's house with its vaulted cellars faces the sea, a silent guardian of the splendours of Breton maritime trade.

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Ile-de-Sein · Bretagne

Phare de Tévennec

A solitary sentinel standing on a rock battered by the Raz de Sein, the Tévennec lighthouse embodies the silent heroism of Breton lighthouse keepers, a blend of Celtic legends and 19th-century maritime architecture.

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Rennes · Bretagne

Ancien hôtel du Bouexic de Pinieuc

A Baroque gem dating from 1631, the Hôtel du Bouexic de Pinieuc is striking for its animal frieze and pediments sculpted with foliage - a rare example of Italian influence in Brittany.

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Huelgoat · Bretagne

Eglise Saint-Yves

Nestling in the heart of mysterious Brittany, the church of Saint-Yves in Huelgoat reveals its 16th-century sculpted sablières, jewels of Breton folk art of rare expressiveness.

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