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Segonzac · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise Notre-Dame de la Visitation

Nestling in the heart of the Périgord region, the church of Notre-Dame de la Visitation in Segonzac gracefully combines an 11th-century Romanesque nave with an elegant Gothic extension, under the watchful eye of an imposing square bell tower.

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Lanvellec · Bretagne

Chapelle Saint-Maudez

Nestling in Brittany's Trégor region, the chapel of Saint-Maudez in Lanvellec boasts exceptional flamboyant Gothic features, including a portal with an accolade arch, chiselled pinnacles and wooden vaults of rare elegance. A jewel of the 16th century.

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Saint-Maixant · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Domaine de Malagar, actuel centre culturel François Mauriac

Perched on the slopes of the Entre-deux-Mers region, Malagar was the Gironde sanctuary of François Mauriac: an 18th-century winegrower's residence where the Nobel Prize winner wrote his greatest novels, surrounded by terraces and cypress trees.

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Ile-de-Bréhat · Bretagne

Phare des Roches-Douvres

A solitary sentinel off the coast of Brittany, the Roches-Douvres lighthouse is the furthest from the European coast and the last lighthouse built at sea in France - a masterpiece of Reconstruction engineering.

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Rennes · Bretagne

Maison, dite aussi hôtel Racapé de la Feuillée

A miraculous survivor of the fire in Rennes in 1720, the Hôtel Racapé de la Feuillée is an exceptional example of 17th-century Breton civil architecture, with its half-timbering and interior woodwork of rare elegance.

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La Couyère · Bretagne

Château du Plessix (également sur commune de Tresboeuf)

On the edge of Ille-et-Vilaine, Château du Plessix combines 18th-century Breton elegance with the romantic eccentricity of a four-towered kennel, in parkland redesigned in the English style by the Count of Langle.

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Quelneuc · Bretagne

Château de la Villequéno

On the edge of inland Brittany, Villequéno reveals a château reconstructed at the end of the 19th century by Auguste Beignet, where Grand Siècle woodwork, landscaped grounds and an intact water mill form a seigniorial estate of rare coherence.

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Le Faou · Bretagne

Eglise Saint-Sauveur

A jewel of the Breton Renaissance, the church of Saint-Sauveur du Faou with its elegant domed bell tower and lantern stands in the heart of a preserved medieval village, a testament to two centuries of faith and local craftsmanship.

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Pléneuf-Val-André · Bretagne

Villa Les Pommiers

A masterpiece of the 1920s ocean liner style, Villa Les Pommiers in Pléneuf-Val-André embodies Pol Abraham's bold modernist vision, with its horizontal lines and open-air spirit.

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Bourg · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise de la Libarde

Beneath Bourg-sur-Gironde lies an 11th-century Romanesque crypt, an underground jewel with columns and Carolingian capitals: the last vestige of the church of La Libarde, razed to the ground in 1823.

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Martigné-Briand · Pays de la Loire

Château des Noyers

Aux portes de la vallée du Layon, ce château-domaine viticole mêle austérité médiévale et grâce Renaissance, avec ses tours reconverties en pigeonnier et chapelle et son remarquable auditoire de justice encore en place.

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Mérignac · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Chartreuse de Fontcastel

An elegant 18th-century folly from Gironde, the Chartreuse de Fontcastel captivates visitors with its domed façade, circular pediment and five fire pots, a discreet jewel of Bordeaux Baroque architecture nestling in historic parkland.

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Locquirec · Bretagne

Eglise Saint-Jacques

A Breton jewel from the 17th century, the church of Saint-Jacques in Locquirec has three slender naves facing the sea, crowned by an elegant balustrade bell tower that has been listed since 1914.

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La Vraie-Croix · Bretagne

Site gallo-romain du Nal

A mysterious Gallo-Roman mound in Morbihan, the Nal site hides the ambiguous remains of a villa or cult sanctuary under its 30-metre sides, revealed by an altar and a stylised female statue of disturbing beauty.

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Saint-Félix-de-Foncaude · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Château de Pommiers

On the edge of the Entre-deux-Mers region, the castrum of Pommiers stands with its medieval stones in a setting of vines. Loyal to the Crown of England, this 13th-century castle retains its medieval mill and bridge, unique reminders of a Gascon seigneury.

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Le Vieux-Bourg · Bretagne

Menhir de Pasquiou

A granite sentinel since the Neolithic period, the Pasquiou menhir watches over the grounds of Vieux-Bourg with a solemnity that goes back thousands of years. A raw and striking testimony to the megalithic soul of Brittany.

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Goulien · Bretagne

Chapelle Saint-Laurent de Lannourec

Nestling in Cap Sizun, the Saint-Laurent de Lannourec chapel displays its sober Breton Gothic style around an exceptional ensemble: a calvary with a triangular base, a votive fountain and a mysterious Christianised menhir.

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Monteneuf · Bretagne

Site mégalithique des Pierres Droites

In the heart of inland Brittany, the Pierres Droites of Monteneuf reveal a monumental megalithic sanctuary: more than 420 upright menhirs spread over 7.5 hectares, silent witnesses to a Neolithic civilisation of unsuspected sophistication.

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Saint-Malo · Bretagne

Maison ou Hôtel de la Grassinaye

In the heart of Saint-Malo's inner city, the Hôtel de la Grassinaye houses an exceptionally elegant straight staircase dating from 1715, an intact example of the domestic architecture of the Grand Siècle in Saint-Malo.

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Lançon-Provence · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Maison des Templiers (ou Hôtel de Foresta)

Au cœur de Lançon-Provence, la Maison des Templiers révèle une façade Renaissance d'une élégance rare, avec ses fenêtres à meneaux sculptés et ses armoiries des Foresta gravées dans la pierre de taille provençale.

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Bourbriac · Bretagne

Chapelle de Saint-Houarneau

In the heart of Brittany's Trégor region, the chapel of Saint-Houarneau reveals a 16th-century ogival portal of rare elegance, crowned with sculpted braces, finials and stone figures suspended in time.

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Plussulien · Bretagne

Chapelle Notre-Dame de Séléden

Nestling in the heart of inland Brittany, Notre-Dame de Séléden chapel reveals the grace of Breton flamboyant Gothic architecture, with its chiselled finial portal, mullioned windows and slender bell tower of rare elegance.

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Pleumeur-Bodou · Bretagne

Allée couverte, dite Ty-Lia ou Ty-ar-C'Horrandened

A Neolithic vestige buried deep in the Breton moors, the Ty-Lia covered alley unveils its colossal 5,000-year-old slabs - an intact burial corridor that still whispers the rites of the first farmers of Armorique.

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Logonna-Daoulas · Bretagne

Croix dite des Douze Apôtres

A stone sentinel at the crossroads of time, the Cross of the Twelve Apostles has stood guard since the late 16th century over a forgotten Breton path - a monolith probably thousands of years old, Christianised and sculpted between two ages of the world.

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