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Vernègues · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Temple de la Maison-Basse dit de Château-Bas

Vestige saisissant de la Provence romaine, le temple de Château-Bas dresse ses colonnes corinthiennes dans un écrin de garrigue. L'un des sanctuaires antiques les mieux conservés de Gaule méridionale.

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Pluduno · Bretagne

Croix monolithe

Standing in the commune of Pluduno, this 18th-century monolithic cross embodies Breton religious fervour: a single block of carved granite, loaded with symbols and listed as a Historic Monument since 1926.

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Arradon · Bretagne

Manoir de Kérat

Nestling on the Rhuys peninsula, the Manoir de Kérat is set around an inner courtyard and comprises three main buildings, one of which dates from the 15th century and features a moulded door of rare Breton elegance.

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Bordeaux · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Monument aux Morts de la guerre 14-18

Built between 1928 and 1929 by Bordeaux architect Jacques d'Welles, this war memorial stands guard at the foot of Saint-Bruno church, combining commemorative solemnity with classical dignity in the heart of Bordeaux.

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La Gonterie-Boulouneix · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Ruines du prieuré rural de Belaygues

Lost in the greenery of the Périgord, the priory of Belaygues reveals its Romanesque semi-circular arches and its porch decorated with diamond points - a 12th-century jewel buried in the rural Dordogne.

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Guimaëc · Bretagne

Lec'h dit Maen ar Rannou encastré dans le mur de l'ancien cimetière

A mysterious Neolithic lec'h embedded in the wall of the ancient cemetery at Guimaëc, this engraved monolith bears witness to one of the most enigmatic Breton burial rites in Finistère prehistory.

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Carnac · Bretagne

Croix du Hanhon

In Carnac, a Neolithic menhir transformed into a Christian cross in the 11th century: the Hanhon Cross embodies four millennia of Breton spirituality in a single block of granite.

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Budos · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise Saint-Romain

In Budos, the church of Saint-Romain reveals a Romanesque apse of rare elegance: ten groups of tripartite columns and sculpted capitals bear witness to 12th-century art intact in the heart of the Landes de Gascogne.

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Trégastel · Bretagne

Dolmen et allée couverte de Kergünteil

One of the major Neolithic relics on the Pink Granite Coast, the Kergünteil covered walkway stands with its imposing pink granite orthostats among the moors of Trégastel, a striking testimony to 5,000 years of human construction.

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Saint-Launeuc · Bretagne

Chapelle de La Bruyère

Tucked away in the countryside of central Brittany, the Notre-Dame de Bon-Secours chapel in La Bruyère charms visitors with its 17th-century panelling, a rare example of Breton Marian devotion that has been listed as a Historic Monument.

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Lanleff · Bretagne

Ruines de la rotonde dite Temple de Lanleff

An enigmatic 11th-century Romanesque rotunda, the Temple de Lanleff erects its twin arcades in the middle of the Breton countryside - a unique architectural mystery in France, somewhere between a church and a baptistery.

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Cambes · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Ermitage Sainte-Catherine

Carved out of the rock in the 16th century, this cave hermitage preserves its Renaissance frescoes of rare freshness: God the Father in a mandorla and the four Evangelists watch over this troglodytic chapel in the Gironde.

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Saint-Cirq-Lapopie · Occitanie

Maison du 14e siècle, dite Maison Bessac

In the heart of Saint-Cirq-Lapopie, this 14th-century Gothic gem boasts a corbelled timber-framed façade and an original medieval roof structure that has remained miraculously intact for seven hundred years.

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Ploumilliau · Bretagne

Croix de chemin du 17e siècle

Standing at the crossroads of Breton roads since the 17th century, this cross in Ploumilliau combines popular fervour with granite sculpture, a petrified witness to rural piety that is listed as a Historic Monument.

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Saint-Macaire · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Maison attenante à la maison dite Relais Henri IV

A discreet 16th-century residence nestling in the heart of Saint-Macaire, this Renaissance house boasts a half-timbered façade and carved stone surrounds typical of medieval Bordeaux.

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Réguiny · Bretagne

Cimetière

In the heart of Morbihan, the cross in Réguiny cemetery exudes the soul of deepest Brittany: a 16th-century octagonal shaft, chiselled skull and shins, Christ and the Virgin face each other under an elegant Gothic brace.

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Plédran · Bretagne

Menhir dit de la Touche-Bude, ou Fuseau de Margot

A stone sentinel since the Neolithic period, the Fuseau de Margot in Plédran is one of the most unusual menhirs in the Côtes-d'Armor, steeped in Celtic legends and listed as a Historic Monument.

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Cahors · Occitanie

Maison médiévale

In the heart of Cahors, this 15th-century medieval house, tucked away in the grounds of the Pelegry college, reveals windows with infills and a carved trumeau of rare Gothic elegance.

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Quiberon · Bretagne

Menhir de la pointe d'Er-Limouzen

Standing at the wild end of the Quiberon peninsula, this Neolithic menhir has stood watch over the Atlantic for over 5,000 years, a solitary and striking reminder of the megalith-building peoples who shaped Brittany.

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Montcabrier · Occitanie

Ruines de l'église et château de Pestillac

In the heart of the Quercy Blanc region, the ruins of Pestillac combine the remains of a Romanesque church and a 12th-century medieval castle, offering a striking picture of golden stone drowned in wild vegetation.

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Corps-Nuds · Bretagne

Eglise Saint-Pierre

One of Brittany's Romanesque-Byzantine jewels, Saint-Pierre church in Corps-Nuds stands out for its unusual bulbous bell tower and luminous dome. A masterpiece by Arthur Regnault, it is the prototype of a style never before seen in Ille-et-Vilaine.

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La Croix-Helléan · Bretagne

Croix monolithe

A remnant of rough stone carved from a single block, this 11th-12th century monolithic cross with pattéed arms embodies the most archaic of Breton medieval faiths, set in granite for almost a thousand years.

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Salignac-Eyvignes · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Maison

In the heart of Salignac-Eyvignes, this 13th-century medieval house, with its six pointed arches and Gothic windows with four-lobed rosettes, is thought to have housed a convent of crusaders before being remodelled during the Renaissance.

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Chanceaux-sur-Choisille · Centre-Val de Loire

Domaine de La Chute

Nestling in the Choisille valley in Touraine, the Domaine de La Chute boasts an exceptional natural setting and elegant architecture that was listed as a Historic Monument in 2024.

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