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Glomel · Bretagne
A stone sentinel standing on the moors of Kreiz-Breizh, the Goachauter burial mound is a Bronze Age funerary monument that has stood guard over the wild heights of Glomel for over three thousand years.
Berson · Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Nestling in the heart of the Blayais region, the church of Saint-Saturnin in Berson is a blend of twelfth-century Saintonge Romanesque and late Gothic, with its apse boasting elegant sculpted capitals and a stained glass window by Dagrand.
Huelgoat · Bretagne
A stone sentinel erected since Neolithic times in the heart of the mysterious forests of Huelgoat, this listed menhir embodies Breton megalithic spirituality in one of Finistère's most bewitching landscapes.
Saint-Agathon · Bretagne
Five Gallic stelae in Brittany's Trégor region, a striking vestige of the Iron Age. These sculpted monoliths, listed in 1958, bear witness to Celtic funerary and cult art of rare symbolic density.
Trémargat · Bretagne
A stone sentinel since the Neolithic period in the heart of the Côtes-d'Armor, the Trémargat menhir bears silent witness to forgotten rituals and a wild Brittany. It has been listed as a Historic Monument since 1968.
Quessoy · Bretagne
A Neolithic vestige nestling in the Breton countryside of Quessoy, the Champ-Grosset dolmen has been standing on its granite slabs for over 5,000 years, a silent witness to the first megalith builders in Armor.
Veyrignac · Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Nestling in the heart of the Périgord Noir region, this 12th-century Romanesque church is striking for its slate-roofed apse and Renaissance round tower added in the 16th century - a subtle dialogue between two ages of stone.
Vaudelnay · Pays de la Loire
Sentinelle de pierre dressée aux confins du Saumurois, le menhir du Grésil ou de la Gazelle veille depuis des millénaires sur les bocages de Vaudelnay — un monument mégalithique brut et saisissant, classé Monument Historique.
Allauch · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Niché sur les hauteurs d'Allauch, ce château néoclassique du second quart du XIXe siècle offre un panorama saisissant sur la Provence et les collines calcaires du massif de l'Étoile, témoignage élégant de l'art de vivre bourgeois sous la monarchie de Juillet.
Bourg-des-Comptes · Bretagne
A jewel of Breton classicism, Château du Boschet features four corner pavilions on trompe l'oeil and a monumental staircase with white stone balusters, all set in well-ordered 18th-century gardens.
Léognan · Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Watching over the Léognan vineyards since the Middle Ages, Château d'Olivier boasts a moat, ramparts and medieval keep, all set in an exceptionally authentic setting of Bordeaux greenery.
Eygalières · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Niché dans les Alpilles, le Mas de Jaïsse est un manoir provençal du XVIIe siècle classé Monument Historique, alliance rare d'architecture agricole noble et de paysage sauvage aux portes d'Eygalières.
Saux · Occitanie
Nestling in the Lot, the church at Saux boasts sober Gothic architecture, with a 13th-century Romanesque apse and Renaissance bell tower topped by an unusual stair turret.
Porspoder · Bretagne
A granite sentinel planted in the middle of the Iroise Sea since 1874, the Phare du Four keeps watch over one of Europe's most feared sea passages, listed as a Historic Monument for its pioneering architecture.
Le Conquet · Bretagne
A granite sentinel rising from the waves off Le Conquet, the Pierres-Noires lighthouse embodies the boldness of 19th-century engineers in the face of the raging Iroise. A masterpiece of maritime architecture, it is listed as a Historic Monument.
Saint-Crépin-et-Carlucet · Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Nestling in the heart of the Périgord Noir region, the church of Saint-Crépin boasts a rare blend of Romanesque and Gothic architecture, with its bell tower standing on the square of the transept and its side aisles sculpted over the centuries.
Radenac · Bretagne
A mysterious vestige of the Morbihan region, the Saint-Fiacre chapel in Radenac juxtaposes two Gothic buildings from the 15th and 16th centuries, possibly founded by the Knights Templar, in a striking dialogue of stone.
La Ciotat · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
A Baroque jewel in the old town of La Ciotat, the Hôtel de Grimaldi-Régusse boasts a semi-circular staircase with sumptuous gypseries and French ceilings painted with foliage, refined reminders of the splendour of 17th-century merchants.
Questembert · Bretagne
Standing at a crossroads in Questembert since the 9th century, the Croix des Buttes commemorates the victory of Alain the Great over the Normans and bears, engraved in stone, the arms of a great Breton family.
Mégrit · Bretagne
A discreet Breton funerary jewel dating from the 17th century, the Mégrit ossuary illustrates the Breton tradition of venerating ancestors, with its sober granite architecture typical of the Côtes-d'Armor region.
Saint-Saturnin-sur-Loire · Pays de la Loire
Sentinelle de pierre dressée sur les hauteurs de Saint-Saturnin-sur-Loire, le Moulin des Giraults incarne l'art meunier angevin du XVIIIe siècle, avec sa tour cylindrique et son mécanisme authentique inscrits aux Monuments Historiques.
Dragey-Ronthon · Normandie
Nestling in the Normandy bocage just a stone's throw from the Bay of Mont-Saint-Michel, Potrel Manor boasts the discreet elegance of 17th-century Normandy, with its granite main building and intact period farm outbuildings.
Saint-Avé · Bretagne
Nestling in the Morbihan region of Brittany, the Saint-Michel chapel in Saint-Avé boasts exceptional 16th-century sculpted decoration: mermaids, contorted men and scallops adorn its basket-handle portals.
Montcaret · Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Built in the 11th century on the ruins of a Roman villa, the église Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens de Montcaret conceals within its walls sculpted treasures: antique marble capitals and Romanesque bas-reliefs of rare expressiveness.