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Angers · Pays de la Loire

Maison-clairière

Chef-d'œuvre discret du modernisme angevin, la Maison-clairière conçue en 1960 par Yves Moignet conjugue béton brut, grandes verrières lumineuses et mobilier d'époque intégralement préservé.

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Cantenac · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise Saint-Didier

The Baroque jewel of the Médoc, the church of Saint-Didier in Cantenac epitomises the opulence of 18th-century winegrowing: fluted Tuscan columns, an Italian-style altarpiece and a canted bell tower make up an ensemble of rare elegance.

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La Guerche-de-Bretagne · Bretagne

Maison Hunault

A discreet 17th-century jewel in the heart of La Guerche-de-Bretagne, the Maison Hunault captivates visitors with its Breton bourgeois architecture, carefully matched ashlar and sculpted details of rare elegance for a civil residence.

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Jullouville · Normandie

Colonie de vacances de la ville de Saint-Ouen

The former property of Christian Dior's father, converted into a modernist holiday camp, this 1930s seaside resort embodies the social architecture of reinforced concrete overlooking the English Channel.

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Saint-Brieuc · Bretagne

Maison dite Le Ribeault

In the heart of Saint-Brieuc, the Le Ribeault house is a jewel of medieval timber-framed architecture, with a sculpted façade - sablières, brackets and moulded jambs - that has survived the centuries almost intact.

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Saint-Martin-des-Champs · Bretagne

Château de Bagatelle

An elegant eighteenth-century Breton manor house, Château de Bagatelle captivates visitors with its central octagonal structure, Louis XV windows and French garden of rare refined sobriety.

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Taulé · Bretagne

Ancienne église

A sentinel of Breton granite, the bell tower of Taulé has towered over Finistère with its octagonal spire since the 15th century - a masterpiece of Breton Gothic architecture listed as a Historic Monument in 1914.

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Ajat · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise Saint-Martin

Romanesque vestige from the 12th century intimately linked to a long-gone château, the église Saint-Martin d'Ajat reveals an apse decorated with arcading on small columns and a bell tower with arcades rising above the triumphal arch.

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Champeaux-et-la-Chapelle-Pommier · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise de Champeaux

In the heart of the Périgord Vert region, Champeaux church reveals its sober Romanesque beauty: a single nave, a circular dome supporting a slender bell tower and an ogival chapel, witness to a medieval faith that is still palpable today.

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Fontanes-du-Causse · Occitanie

Eglise Saint-Clair

Nestling in the heart of the Lot Causse, the church of Saint-Clair in Fontanes-du-Causse boasts a remarkable collection of ribbed vaults adorned with sculpted arch reliefs, evidence of an exceptional Quercy school from around 1500.

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Langrolay-sur-Rance · Bretagne

Thermes d’une ancienne villa gallo-romaine

Exceptional remains of a Gallo-Roman spa complex nestling in the Rance valley, a rare testimony to the Romanisation of Armorica and listed as a Historic Monument in 2024.

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Priziac · Bretagne

Chapelle Saint-Nicolas

In the heart of inland Morbihan, the chapel of Saint-Nicolas de Priziac houses an exceptionally rare Renaissance rood screen in painted wood, decorated with twelve sculpted apostles and remarkably fine hagiographic scenes.

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Hennebont · Bretagne

Porte-prison (anciennement porte de Broérech)

A granite sentinel in the heart of Hennebont, the Porte-Prison rises its two medieval towers above the Breton ramparts. Formerly the Broérech Gate, it has combined military defence and prison functions since the 15th century.

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Labastide-Marnhac · Occitanie

Château

On the edge of the Quercy Blanc region, this medieval château is home to a rare treasure: strikingly fresh 15th-century painted decorations, silent witnesses to refined provincial nobility.

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Maussane-les-Alpilles · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Eglise paroissiale Sainte-Croix

Joyau baroque du XVIIIe siècle niché au cœur des Alpilles, l'église Sainte-Croix de Maussane surprend par son baptistère hexagonal coiffé d'une coupole et ses voûtes d'arête d'une rare élégance.

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Jouques · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Usine hydro-électrique

Joyau industriel des années 1950, la centrale hydroélectrique de Jouques incarne la modernité conquérante de l'EDF avec son architecture « à toit ouvrant » et ses trois turbines Kaplan domptant les eaux de la Durance.

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Dinard · Bretagne

Manoir de la Baronnais

Built in 1647 to face a terraced formal garden, this Breton granite manor house has preserved its period interiors intact, with large fireplaces, wood panelling and wrought-iron railings of rare elegance.

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Neulliac · Bretagne

Chapelle Saint-Samson

In the heart of Morbihan, the chapel of Saint-Samson in Neulliac combines Breton Gothic architecture and a votive fountain to create an intimate sanctuary dedicated to the saint who healed children, and is steeped in centuries-old popular fervour.

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Canihuel · Bretagne

Manoir de la Ville Blanche

Nestling in the Breton countryside of Canihuel, the Manoir de la Ville Blanche reveals its discreet 17th-century elegance: enclosed rectangular courtyard, carved watchtower and square pavilion with a centuries-old history.

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Libourne · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Ancienne école de Gendarmerie (ESOG), aussi nommée Caserne Lamarque

The neo-classical jewel of Libourne, the Caserne Lamarque displays its military elegance around a courtyard of honour adorned with square pavilions and a majestic gate - a precursor of the neo-classical style in the Gironde.

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Urval · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Château de La Poujade

La Poujade, an 18th-century Périgord charterhouse nestling in the Sarladais region, reveals its vaulted terraces and elegant ground-floor building, a discreet sanctuary of the Resistance and a secret refuge for the treasures of the Musées de France.

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La Réole · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Site gallo-romain de Bas-Calonge - La Bombe

Buried beneath the soil of Bordeaux, the Gallo-Roman site of Bas-Calonge reveals a fanum and a three-aisled basilica dating from the 1st century, exceptional witnesses to the religious and civil life of Roman Aquitaine.

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Plouzané · Bretagne

Fort du Mengant

A stone sentinel at the entrance to the Brest Narrows, Fort du Mengant is a masterpiece of Vauban's fortifications, which have been crossing the Cornish coast since 1683.

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Grand-Champ · Bretagne

Maison de prêtre de Locmiquel

Dated 1523, the Locmiquel priest's house is the oldest dated rural house in Brittany. Carved granite, thatched roof and engraved inscription: an intact 16th-century treasure trove.

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