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Pontivy · Bretagne

Ancien château de la Villeneuve, dit ferme du Gros Chêne

A former 16th-century manor house converted into a farm, Château de la Villeneuve conceals remarkable Breton architecture beneath its rural exterior, a discreet reminder of the rural nobility of Morbihan.

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Meucon · Bretagne

Croix du 16e siècle

A stone sentinel from the 16th century, this roadside cross in Meucon features a Christ sculpted on both sides, sheltered under a rare low-arched canopy - striking evidence of Breton devotion.

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Buléon · Bretagne

Fontaine Sainte-Anne

A Breton Baroque jewel from the 17th century, the Sainte-Anne de Buléon fountain is striking for its elegant convex-concave dome, a rare fusion of solid granite and architectural refinement in the heart of Morbihan.

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Beynac-et-Cazenac · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Restes de l'ancien couvent de Beynac

At the heart of the medieval village of Beynac, these mysterious 14th-century ruins reveal mullioned windows and trefoil arches of rare elegance, silent witnesses to a religious life that is today shrouded in enigma.

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Chazé-sur-Argos · Pays de la Loire

Château du Raguin

Aux confins du bocage angevin, le château du Raguin déploie son élégance de la fin de la Renaissance : façades ornées, douves persistantes et une aile néo-classique ajoutée en 1909 témoignent de quatre siècles de vie seigneuriale.

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Plouarzel · Bretagne

Menhir de Kerveatoux, ou de Kerloas

A granite colossus built over 5,000 years ago, the Kerloas menhir is the tallest standing menhir in France: 9.5 metres of rough stone facing the Breton horizon.

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Saint-Pierre-de-Bat · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise Saint-Pierre

Nestling in the Entre-deux-Mers vineyards, Saint-Pierre-de-Bat church reveals eleven centuries of history, from the primitive Romanesque to the defensive battlements of the Wars of Religion.

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Martigné-Briand · Pays de la Loire

Château

Joyau Renaissance du Saumurois, le château de Martigné-Briand déploie ses façades élégantes au cœur d'un vignoble d'Anjou. Un édifice du premier quart du XVIe siècle classé Monument Historique.

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Guîtres · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Puits Henri IV

A Renaissance gem in the Gironde, the Puits Henri IV in Guîtres reveals its semi-circular arches and finial dome, the stone guardian of a legendary royal night before the Battle of Coutras.

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Plumelin · Bretagne

Croix de Kercloarec

Erected in the 17th century on a road in Plumelin, the Kercloarec cross is fascinating for its sculpted tabernacle with figures, its Baroque fins and its esse motifs embracing the crucifixion.

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Saint-Côme-du-Mont · Normandie

Château du Bel Esnault

In the heart of the Cotentin peninsula, Le Bel Esnault has a picturesque Victorian garden: winding canals, a lake with three islands and a panoramic belvedere make up a landscape setting that is extremely rare in Lower Normandy.

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Lalande-de-Pomerol · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise Saint-Jean

A twelfth-century Romanesque gem in the heart of Pomerol, the church of Saint-Jean de Lalande captivates visitors with its stepped gabled façade and capitals carved with figures, testimony to a faith sculpted in Bordeaux stone.

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Carnoët · Bretagne

Trois tumulus de Trélan

Three stone sentinels erected since the Bronze Age on the heights of Carnoët, the Trélan burial mounds bear witness to a Celtic funerary civilisation of rare integrity in the Côtes-d'Armor.

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Limogne-en-Quercy · Occitanie

Dolmen dit de Joncas

A Neolithic vestige of the Quercy limestone plateaux, the Joncas dolmen's limestone slabs stand in a landscape of unchanging garrigue. A funerary monument over 4,000 years old, it is listed as a Historic Monument.

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Saint-Germain-le-Gaillard · Normandie

Manoir du But et son moulin

Nestling in the Norman bocage, the Manoir du But and its flour mill form a seigniorial ensemble of rare authenticity, living witnesses to rural life in the Manche region in the 16th and 17th centuries.

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Cahors · Occitanie

Eglise Saint-Urcisse

In the heart of Cahors, Saint-Urcisse boasts a Romanesque nave with striking historiated capitals and a Gothic portal crowned with a rose, bearing witness to seven centuries of sacred history in the Quercy region.

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Villefranche-de-Lonchat · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Mairie

A former mansion dating from the mid-19th century that has been converted into the town hall, this middle-class residence in Villefranche-de-Lonchat is striking for its sculpted facades and well-preserved interior décor.

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Les Junies · Occitanie

Maison Cavaillé

A medieval rural relic in Les Junies, the Cavaillé house features a fireplace dating back to the early 14th century, a rare example of Quercy country living that has been listed as a Historic Monument since 1931.

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Caro · Bretagne

Croix de l'Etang

A 16th-century monolithic cross nestling in the heart of inland Brittany, with a unique line engraving of a blessing figure - probably Saint Yves - facing the chapel.

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Malguénac · Bretagne

Fontaine Saint-Nicolas

Nestling in the Breton countryside of Malguénac, this 16th-century Renaissance fountain is astonishing for its large carved granite gable and its armorial mottoes, evidence of a popular sacred art of rare elegance.

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Miré · Pays de la Loire

Dolmen de la Maison des Fées

Vestige néolithique envoûtant niché dans les bocages du Maine-et-Loire, la Maison des Fées de Miré déploie ses grandes dalles de grès au cœur d'un paysage bucolique, classée Monument Historique depuis 1911.

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Roudouallec · Bretagne

Eglise Notre-Dame de Lorette

Nestling in the heart of Morbihan, this modest 16th-century Breton church conceals a transept adorned with fascinating sculpted animals and a polygonal chevet of rare late Gothic elegance.

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Paimpol · Bretagne

Ruines de l'abbaye de Beauport

Emerging from the mists of the Armorican mountains, just a stone's throw from the sea, the Premonstratensian Abbey of Beauport reveals its 13th-century Gothic ruins between sky and sea - one of Brittany's most bewitching monastic sites.

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Pontrieux · Bretagne

Maison à tour carrée

In the heart of Pontrieux, this medieval house with its square tower rises above the narrow streets in a silhouette of Breton granite. A rare example of 15th-century civil architecture in the Trégor region.

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