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Plomeur · Bretagne

Dolmen de Penquer-Bloas

On the edge of the Penmarc'h peninsula, the Penquer-Bloas dolmen stands with its granite orthostats in the silence of a thousand years. A listed Neolithic funerary monument, it bears rare witness to the funeral rites of prehistoric Brittany.

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Turquant · Pays de la Loire

Manoir de la Chauvellière

Niché dans le Val de Loire troglodytique de Turquant, ce manoir du XVIIIe siècle déploie l'élégance sobre de la pierre de tuffeau, entre façades ordonnancées et jardins en terrasses dominant la Loire.

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Castillon-de-Castets · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Château de Carpia

A noble Bordeaux house with medieval silhouettes, Château de Carpia captivates visitors with its 15th-century staircase tower and its sober Gironde elegance, nestling between the main courtyard and symmetrical outbuildings.

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Grand-Champ · Bretagne

Fontaine de Loperhet

A late Gothic jewel in the Morbihan region, the Loperhet fountain displays its Renaissance architecture right in the heart of Brittany: a sovereign niche, corner columns and a rectangular pool that invite you to take a trip back to the 16th century.

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

Bastide de Repentance

Nichée dans la campagne aixoise, la Bastide de Repentance est un joyau de l'architecture provençale du Grand Siècle, alliant rigueur classique et douceur de vivre méridionale dans un domaine classé Monument Historique.

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Villegouge · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise Saint-Pierre

The stone guardian of a Bordeaux wine-growing town, Saint-Pierre de Villegouge church boasts a 13th-century Romanesque portal of rare sobriety, intact testimony to a medieval faith rooted in the land of Entre-deux-Mers.

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Plumieux · Bretagne

Croix

At the far end of the Plumieux cemetery, this 15th-century Gothic cross features an octagonal shaft crowned with three-lobed bas-reliefs and sculpted figures of rare Breton delicacy.

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Trébeurden · Bretagne

Allée couverte et menhir de Prajou-Menhir

A megalithic jewel on the pink granite coast, the covered alley at Prajou-Menhir in Trébeurden contains some of the most evocative Neolithic engravings in Brittany, watched over by a solitary menhir.

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Théhillac · Bretagne

Cimetière

In the heart of Morbihan, the cemetery cross at Théhillac fascinates with its openwork cogwheel shape, a masterpiece of Breton statuary from the 16th century, listed as a Historic Monument since 1926.

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Trégastel · Bretagne

Chapelle Saint-Gorgon

Nestling on its Breton placître, the chapel of Saint-Gorgon in Trégastel displays its unspoilt rural charm: a double-entrance calvary, a cross on a pedestal and a Madonna mirroring Christ, witness to thousands of years of granite piety.

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Mareuil · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Château de Beauregard

Medieval fortress of Dordogne, the château de Beauregard raises its machicolated towers above Mareuil, bearing witness to a turbulent history of wars and Revolution.

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Guimaëc · Bretagne

Chapelle Notre-Dame-des-Joies

Nestling in the Finistère region of Brittany, this 15th-16th century Breton chapel houses an exceptional collection of paintings on panelling depicting Marian and biblical scenes of rare chromatic freshness.

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

Domaine du Grand-Saint-Jean

On the outskirts of Aix-en-Provence, the Grand-Saint-Jean estate combines an 11th-century medieval chapel with a classic 17th-century château, a rare testimony to ten centuries of Provençal life in the same area.

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Carnac · Bretagne

Bains romains de la fontaine de Légenèse

In the heart of megalithic Brittany, these Gallo-Roman baths dating from the 1st century reveal a marble mosaic with dolphins, a striking vestige of a Roman era unexpected on the Morbihan coast.

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Bordeaux · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Faculté de médecine et de pharmacie

Jean-Louis Pascal's masterpiece, built from 1880 onwards, this Bordeaux faculty embodies the Beaux-Arts ideal in the service of modern science, combining monumental rigour and medical rationalism.

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Saint-Servant · Bretagne

Chapelle de Saint-Gobrien

In the heart of Morbihan, the chapel of Saint-Gobrien has watched over the hermitage of a bishop of Vannes since the 11th century. Its medieval tomb and diaphragm wall make it a Romanesque and Gothic jewel, a lively place of pilgrimage.

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Pluguffan · Bretagne

Manoir de Kériner

Nestling in the heart of the Finistère region, the elegant medieval manor house of Kériner is built around an octagonal granite keep with a screw spindle - a 15th-century architectural gem listed as a Historic Monument.

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Plouhinec · Bretagne

Villa gallo-romaine de Mané-Vechen

On the Morbihan coast, Mané-Vechen reveals the remains of an elegant Gallo-Roman villa dating from the 2nd century, with its octagonal pool patio, Venus frescoes and mysterious monetary treasure.

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Grézillac · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Château de Franquinotte

An elegant 18th-century château in the heart of the Entre-Deux-Mers region, Franquinotte boasts a curved pediment façade, an arcaded terrace and sumptuous stucco decorations inside.

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Plumelec · Bretagne

Château de Callac

Built on a Roman road as far back as the 10th century, Château de Callac's round towers and 17th-century woodwork are set in the green heart of Morbihan. An exceptional Breton manor house, guardian of centuries of history.

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Pocé-les-Bois · Bretagne

Menhir dit La Pierre Blanche

A granite sentinel since the Neolithic period, La Pierre Blanche de Pocé-les-Bois has watched over the Breton countryside for five thousand years. A menhir listed as a Historic Monument, it is a rare testimony to the sacredness of the Armorican landscape.

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Sainte-Croix · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise Sainte-Croix

A jewel of Perigordian Romanesque art, the church of Sainte-Croix in Sainte-Croix (Dordogne) features a nave covered with domes on pendentives and a choir adorned with arcatures sculpted with historiated capitals of rare finesse.

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Gorges · Normandie

Manoir de Camprond

Nestling in the Cotentin bocage, the Manoir de Camprond boasts a Renaissance fireplace of rare elegance, a living testimony to the architectural refinement of 17th-century Normandy.

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Prayssac · Occitanie

Dolmen de la Bertrandoune

A megalithic remains from the Neolithic period nestling in the Lot, the Bertrandoune dolmen is a sober reminder of a 5,000-year-old funerary art, listed as a Monument Historique in 1988.

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