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Latouille-Lentillac · Occitanie

Eglise de Lentillac

On the edge of the Lot department, Lentillac church reveals its 12th-century Romanesque walls, sturdy buttresses and chevet covered in local schist - a fragment of eternity in the Quercy causse.

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Pluguffan · Bretagne

Eglise Saint-Cuffan

In the heart of Finistère, the church of Saint-Cuffan in Pluguffan fascinates visitors with its unique bell tower-porch: perched on the triumphal arch, its octagonal spire soars above the choir in a bold Breton architectural style.

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Faleyras · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise Saint-Gervais et Saint-Protais

In Faleyras, the church of Saint-Gervais-et-Saint-Protais combines a 12th-century Romanesque portal, a Gothic apse dating from 1544 and a Baroque painted decoration of rare delicacy - a living summary of the religious architecture of the Gironde.

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Montmartin-sur-Mer · Normandie

Fours des Gravelets

Silent witnesses to Normandy's coastal industry, the Gravelets furnaces at Montmartin-sur-Mer reveal the ingenuity of a 19th-century furnace factory, with their bypassing gallery and draught pipes.

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Villars · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Ruines de l'abbaye cistercienne de Boschaud

Lost in the woods of the Périgord, Boschaud is one of the few Cistercian abbeys in France to have retained its pendant domes - a striking fusion of monastic rigour and Périgord Romanesque genius.

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Plovan · Bretagne

Ruines de la chapelle de Languidou

In the heart of Cap Sizun, the romantic ruins of the Languidou chapel, with their 12th-century Romanesque arches facing the Atlantic, are stone witnesses to a sacred and age-old Brittany.

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Renac · Bretagne

Moulin des Buttes Saint-Julien

A stone sentinel standing on the hills of Renac, this early 19th-century tower mill retains its original milling mechanisms and Berton wings, rare examples of Breton milling machinery.

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Mellionnec · Bretagne

Chapelle Notre-Dame de la Pitié

Nestling in the heart of the Kreiz-Breizh region, this 16th-century chapel boasts sloping buttresses and a wooden barrel vault with strikingly expressive carved engoulants.

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Sainte-Terre · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise Saint-Alexis

Nestling in the heart of the Bordeaux vineyards, the church of Saint-Alexis de Sainte-Terre boasts a rare 12th-century Romanesque dome, a striking example of Saintonge Romanesque art between the Dordogne and Gironde.

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Saint-Evarzec · Bretagne

Menhir de Kerhuel

A stone sentinel erected since Neolithic times in the heart of Finistère, the Kerhuel menhir bears witness to the dense megalithic presence of the Bigouden region. A raw and striking vestige, listed as a Historic Monument.

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Langonnet · Bretagne

Chapelle Saint-Germain

Nestling in deep Morbihan, the chapel of Saint-Germain de Langonnet is a late Breton Gothic building of rare elegance: its gabled bell tower and openwork granite bell tower make it a discreet gem of the 16th century.

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Montpon-Ménestérol · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise Notre-Dame de l'Assomption de Ménesterol

A rare example of Périgord Romanesque architecture, the church at Ménestérol combines an 11th-century portal with 16th-century ribbed vaults, preserving in its stone the memory of two ages of faith.

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Tréhorenteuc · Bretagne

Maison, dite maison noble des Rues-Neuves

In the heart of the Brocéliande forest, this 16th-century entrance pavilion combines Breton granite, timber-framed walls and a round staircase turret in a rare balance between medieval austerity and Renaissance refinement.

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Antonne-et-Trigonant · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Château de Trigonant

On the outskirts of Périgueux, the Château de Trigonant features a sentry walk with loopholes and round towers facing the River Isle, a striking example of the transition from defensive manor house to stately home during the Périgord Renaissance.

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Sarlat-la-Canéda · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Maison dite maison d'Anne de Dautrery

A late Gothic jewel of old Sarlat, the house known as the maison d'Anne de Dautrery reveals a 15th-century façade adorned with cruciform mullions and a mysterious sculpted leopard, a silent witness to the English occupation.

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Camors · Bretagne

Alignement de menhirs dans la forêt domaniale de Floranges

Rising out of the Floranges forest, these Neolithic menhirs, standing in a row, are one of the wildest and most intact examples of megalithic architecture in inland Morbihan.

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Lanmeur · Bretagne

Eglise Saint-Mélar

In the heart of Finistère, the church of Saint-Mélar in Lanmeur is home to an 11th-century Romanesque crypt of rare beauty, where a legendary fountain with miraculous virtues still rises between the stone arches.

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Guichen · Bretagne

Pont de Pont-Réan

An elegant 18th-century humpback bridge, with seven round arches spanning the Vilaine at Pont-Réan - a monumental structure inherited from three millennia of successive crossings.

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Cadillac · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Cimetière dit " cimetière des Oubliés "

Just outside Cadillac, the Cimetière des Oubliés is home to over 3,000 anonymous souls - the insane, the war-wounded, the forgotten victims of French psychiatric history. A striking place of remembrance, listed as a Historic Monument.

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Plouézoch · Bretagne

Croix hosannière

A granite sentinel erected on the threshold of the 16th century, the hosannière cross at Plouézoch embodies the Breton faith in all its mineral rigour - a lapidary masterpiece protected since 1928.

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Lampaul-Ploudalmézeau · Bretagne

Allée couverte de Pont-ar-Bleiz

Rising from the moors of Finistère, the covered alleyway of Pont-ar-Bleiz defies the passing of millennia: its colossal granite slabs, erected by Neolithic hands, guard the entrance to the beyond in absolute silence.

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

Eglise paroissiale Saint-Pierre

Cinq siècles de pierres vivantes au cœur de la Provence : l'église Saint-Pierre de Peyrolles mêle nef romane en berceau brisé, chapelles Renaissance et mémoire du roi René dans un équilibre saisissant.

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Thénac · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Château de Puyguilhem

Nestling on a hill in the Périgord region, Puyguilhem boasts eight centuries of fortifications: from 13th-century ramparts to 17th-century dwellings, this castle bears witness to the long feudal history of the Sarladais region.

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La Ferrière-de-Flée · Pays de la Loire

Tombe mégalithique du château de la Ferrière

An enigmatic Neolithic relic nestling in the Anjou countryside, this listed megalithic tomb reveals over 5,000 years of silent history in the heart of Maine-et-Loire.

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