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Île-d'Houat · Bretagne

Menhir isolé

A stone sentinel erected since the Neolithic on the wild island of Houat, this solitary menhir watches over the Breton Atlantic, a silent witness to five millennia of human history.

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Evran · Bretagne

Croix Macquerel

Standing in the heart of the Dinan region since the 14th century, the Macquerel Cross is a rare example of Breton medieval piety, carved in granite with a sobriety characteristic of rural Gothic art.

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Guégon · Bretagne

Cimetière

In the heart of inland Brittany, the Guégon cemetery is home to a Renaissance calvary and a rare 17th-century tympanum, stone witnesses to centuries-old Breton piety listed as a Historic Monument.

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Morlaix · Bretagne

Château de Keranroux, à Ploujean

Built in 1773 on the site of a medieval seigneury, Château de Keranroux's classical layout is set in the heart of a Breton park, the heir to the de La Chalotais lineage, a tutelary figure of the Breton Enlightenment.

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Gironde-sur-Dropt · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise Notre-Dame

At the gateway to the Entre-Deux-Mers region, Notre-Dame church in Gironde-sur-Dropt distils a thousand years of history into stone: an 11th-century Romanesque chevet set against a 16th-century flamboyant portal, a rare fusion of living faith.

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Erquy;Pléneuf-Val-André;Saint-Alban · Bretagne

Château de Bienassis

Surrounded by a moat, the medieval towers of Château de Bienassis stand in the Breton hinterland of Erquy. This rare estate boasts walled gardens, a forecourt and a grand 17th-century dwelling, all of which make for an exceptional setting.

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Vievy-le-Rayé · Centre-Val de Loire

Enceinte protohistorique en terre

This earthen enclosure at Vievy-le-Rayé is an exceptional protohistoric vestige in the Loir-et-Cher region, revealing the ingenuity of Iron Age communities when it came to defending the Loire region.

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Plestin-les-Grèves · Bretagne

Château de Lesmaës

Nestling in the Breton countryside of Plestin-les-Grèves, Château de Lesmaës is a rare example of 16th-century seigniorial architecture in the Côtes-d'Armor region, with its harmonious volumes and sober Breton Renaissance elegance.

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Saint-Coulomb · Bretagne

Malouinière de la Ville-Bague

An elegant 17th-century malouinière nestling in Saint-Coulomb, the former home of the Magon de la Chipaudière family, with its French-style terraces, private chapel and landscaped grounds, offers a journey through the art of living in Saint-Coulomb.

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Condat-sur-Vézère · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Ancienne commanderie

Emerging from the mists of the Vézère, this medieval hospital commandery combines a 14th-century crenellated keep with a Renaissance turret in a defensive complex of rare coherence, a living testimony to the power of the Knights of St John in Périgord.

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Sarlat-la-Canéda · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Tour de la Croix des Pechs

A mysterious medieval tower on the outskirts of Sarlat, the Tour de la Croix des Pechs is intriguing because of its uncanny resemblance to the famous lantern of the dead and its hypothetical use as a funerary hermitage.

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Lanloup · Bretagne

Eglise Saint-Loup

Nestling in the Goëlo region of Brittany, Saint-Loup church in Lanloup features a 16th-century porch with apostles and a bell tower with three bells, a discreet jewel that has been listed as a Historic Monument since 1910.

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Rennes · Bretagne

Maison du 16e siècle, dite Maison du Guesclin

A jewel of medieval Rennes, the three-storey Maison du Guesclin stands corbelled on the street, adorned with wood-carved statues of Saint-Michel and Saint-Sébastien - a rare masterpiece of 16th-century Breton civil architecture.

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Locmaria · Bretagne

Réduit de Port-Maria

A crenellated military vestige from 1860, this 1846 model guardhouse on the island of Groix reveals the defensive engineering of the Second Empire, beautifully converted into housing without losing its fortified soul.

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Orval · Normandie

Four à chaux de la Riotte

An exceptional vestige of the Norman lime kiln industry, the Riotte lime kiln in Orval reveals all the ingenuity of the second industrial revolution through its functional architecture and unique side gallery system.

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Salviac · Occitanie

Eglise de Luziers

In the heart of the Quercy Blanc region, the church at Luziers conceals a rare architectural surprise: a medieval rib-vaulted choir and bell tower overlooking a nave with a soberly elegant wooden ceiling.

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Paule · Bretagne

Manoir de Keranguevel

In the heart of inland Brittany, the Keranguevel manor house unfolds five centuries of family history around an enclosed granite courtyard, where late Gothic and sober Breton elegance blend into a remarkably coherent whole.

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Auray · Bretagne

Ancienne chapelle du Saint-Esprit, puis caserne Duguesclin

Founded in the 14th century by the Dukes of Brittany, this Gothic chapel in Auray was the heart of a hospital before becoming a barracks - a singular destiny set in Breton stone.

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

Château de Lenfant (ou Lanfant)

An elegant 18th-century bastide from Aix-en-Provence, Château de Lenfant combines Provençal austerity and classical grace in a garrigue setting on the outskirts of Aix-en-Provence, a doubly protected monument.

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Lisle · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise Saint-Martin

The former priory church of Lisle, this Romanesque jewel in the Périgord combines a 12th-century semi-circular apse with traces of medieval fortifications, witness to a turbulent history of war and piety.

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Chantérac · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens

Jewel of Romanesque architecture in the Périgord, the église Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens de Chantérac astonishes with its layout of two twin naves and its fortified bell tower, a striking testament to a thousand years of sacred architecture.

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Bignan · Bretagne

Allée couverte de Kergonfalz

A Neolithic vestige buried deep in the Morbihan bocage, the covered walkway at Kergonfalz rolls out its granite slabs dating back more than five thousand years, a striking testimony to the first megalith builders in Brittany.

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Plomeur · Bretagne

Tertre de la ferme de Saint-Urnel avec les mégalithes qui l'entourent

On the edge of the Pays Bigouden region, the megalithic mound of Saint-Urnel stands in a setting of Breton moors. This early medieval burial mound, listed since 1929, combines funerary mystery with an exceptional wild landscape.

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Pléven · Bretagne

Manoir de Vaumadeuc

Nestling in the bocage of the Penthièvrois region, the Vaumadeuc manor house displays the sober elegance of the Breton Renaissance: a dwelling with sculpted dormer windows, corner turrets and an enclosed courtyard bathed in serenity.

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