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Champagne-et-Fontaine · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise Saint-Jean Baptiste de Fontaine

A former priory church founded in the Périgord region as early as 1130, Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Fontaine combines a 12th-century Romanesque bell tower with Gothic vaults decorated with angels, fleur-de-lys coats of arms and corbels carved with devils.

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Locronan · Bretagne

Camp des Salles, désigné sous le nom Goarem-ar-Salud

On the outskirts of Locronan, Goarem-ar-Salud hides the ghosts of an ancient camp beneath its dense grass: circular embankments, age-old ditches and a Breton place name steeped in mystery.

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Pleudaniel · Bretagne

Eglise Saint-Pierre

Discreet but precious, Saint-Pierre church in Pleudaniel boasts an 18th-century bell tower adorned with a remarkable carved wooden door, a jewel of craftsmanship listed as a Historic Monument in 1927.

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Autoire · Occitanie

Chapelle Saint-Roch

Nestling in the medieval village of Autoire, this 15th-century votive chapel conceals Gothic wall paintings of rare intensity, silent witnesses to a plague epidemic and the popular fervour of the late Middle Ages.

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Lanrivain · Bretagne

Manoir de Gollodic

Nestling in the heart of the Trégor region, Gollodic Manor boasts the understated elegance of the Breton Renaissance, with its elaborate staircase turret, enclosed courtyard and monumental gateway preserved in exceptional condition.

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Lamballe · Bretagne

Château de la Moglais

Between the French park and the romanticism of the Restoration, La Moglais conceals a rare interior treasure: panoramic wallpaper from the Empire period, rescued from the fire of 1941.

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Marcilly · Normandie

Manoir dit La Cour

Nestling in the Normandy bocage, La Cour manor house in Marcilly displays the sober elegance of 16th-century Mance, with its limestone main building, sculpted dormer windows and moat reflecting exceptional seigneurial architecture.

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Domjean · Normandie

Château de l'Angotière

Nestling in the Manche bocage, Château de l'Angotière combines the sober elegance of the Norman Renaissance with classical 18th-century remodelling, providing a rare testimony to the rural nobility of the Cotentin region.

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Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys · Bretagne

Allée couverte du Net, dite Clos-et-Bé

A Neolithic covered walkway nestling on the Rhuys peninsula, the Clos-et-Bé unveils its thousand-year-old granite slabs between the Breton moors and the Atlantic breeze - a gateway to 5,000 years of history.

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Fontvieille · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Autel de la Patrie

Dressé aux portes de la Camargue, l'Autel de la Patrie de Fontvieille est un monument civique révolutionnaire d'une sobriété saisissante, vestige des ferveurs républicaines qui embrasèrent la Provence à la fin du XVIIIe siècle.

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Plouay · Bretagne

Chapelle de Locmaria

Nestling in the Morbihan region of Brittany, this 16th-century Breton chapel captivates visitors with its sablières sculpted with expressive heads and its elegant door with braces, discreet jewels of popular flamboyant Gothic art.

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Dinan · Bretagne

Maison dite des Potiers

In the heart of the old town of Dinan, the Maison des Potiers (Potters' House) unveils an exceptional medieval wooden structure, a true testament to Breton craftsmanship in the early Middle Ages, listed as a Historic Monument in 1961.

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Saumur · Pays de la Loire

Chapelle du 14e siècle dite Lanterne des morts

Énigmatique rescapée du cimetière médiéval Saint-Nicolas, cette chapelle funéraire du XIVe siècle cache sa pyramide octogonale au fond d'une cour saumuroise, vestige rarissime des lanternes des morts de l'Anjou.

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Pommerit-le-Vicomte · Bretagne

Château du Restmeur

A discreet jewel in the crown of Brittany's Trégor region, Château du Restmeur boasts exceptionally coherent 18th-century architecture, built around a chapel consecrated in 1763 and a dwelling rebuilt with classic elegance.

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Lamothe-Fénelon · Occitanie

Eglise Saint-Sixte

Perched high up in the Quercy region, the church of Saint-Sixte de Lamothe-Fénelon combines a Romanesque apse with late Gothic fortifications: its machicolations and five-arched bell tower make it a unique defensive gem.

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Cénevières · Occitanie

Dolmen du Mas de Labat

A silent Neolithic vestige in the heart of Quercy, the Mas de Labat dolmen has been standing on the Cénevières limestone plateaux for over 5,000 years, a fascinating testimony to the Lot's first megalith builders.

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Angers · Pays de la Loire

Eglise Notre-Dame des Victoires

The eclectic jewel of Angers, Notre-Dame des Victoires boasts a polychrome façade where dark schist and white tufa stone meet in a Romanesque-Byzantine dialogue of rare fin-de-siècle elegance.

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Rochefort-en-Terre · Bretagne

Maison datée de 1666

A discreet jewel in the Morbihan region, this 1666 house captivates visitors with its rigorously symmetrical classical façade, prominent brackets and elegant pediment - a lesson in Louis XIV grace in the heart of Rochefort-en-Terre.

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Amboise · Centre-Val de Loire

Tour d'enceinte

A silent vestige of Amboise's medieval fortifications, this 15th-century cylindrical tower still raises its stone corbels above the Loire, a tenacious reminder of a town once surrounded by royal ramparts.

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Paussac-et-Saint-Vivien · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Dolmen dit Peyre d'Ermale

An enigmatic Neolithic vestige nestling in the Périgord Vert, Peyre d'Ermale stands with its thousand-year-old sandstone slabs in the heart of unspoilt bocage - silent testimony to the first megalith builders in the Dordogne.

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Plourin · Bretagne

Tumulus

A sacred vestige of the Bronze Age, the Plourin burial mound rises up from its ancestral earth on the heights of Finistère, a rare and enigmatic testimony to a funerary ritual over three thousand years old.

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Brest · Bretagne

Bâtiment aux Lions

A stone sentinel with feline gargoyles, the Bâtiment aux Lions has watched over Brest's arsenal since 1809, combining military ingenuity and neoclassical elegance in the heart of the harbour.

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Casseuil · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Maison dite Casteras

In the heart of the Entre-Deux-Mers region, this Renaissance residence was the scene of a historic royal meeting in 1578 between Henri de Navarre and Catherine de Médicis, etching its name forever in French history.

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Rignac · Occitanie

Eglise

Born of the monastic faith of Beaulieu, the church of Rignac unfurls its flamboyant Gothic nave under penetrating rib vaults, crowned by a northern bell tower that has watched over Quercy since the 15th century.

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