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Belvès · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Restes de l'hôtel Bontemps

Joyau Renaissance niché dans le Périgord Noir, l'hôtel Bontemps séduit par ses médaillons sculptés et ses fenêtres à meneaux, témoins d'un passé lié à l'archevêché de Bordeaux.

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Melrand · Bretagne

Croix de Kerentrech

This 16th-century Calvary watches over Brittany's Morbihan region: a Christ on the Cross with arms of rare breadth, crowned by a Gothic brace, reveals a sculpted iconography of striking spiritual intensity.

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Ploumilliau · Bretagne

Eglise Saint-Milliau

The jewel of Brittany's Trégor region, Saint-Milliau church in Ploumilliau is home to an exceptional series of thirteen painted panels depicting the Passion of Christ and a bell tower with a rare Gothic elegance.

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

Immeubles formant la place d'Albertas

Chef-d'œuvre d'urbanisme baroque aixois, la place d'Albertas est l'unique exemple en France d'une place royale conçue et financée par un particulier, autour d'une fontaine et d'une architecture en triplex d'une élégance rare.

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Vézac · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Château de Marqueyssac

Perched on the limestone cliffs overlooking the Dordogne, Marqueyssac unfurls its vertiginous topiary gardens and its seventeenth-century ramparts within a breathtaking setting of Périgord greenery.

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Sarlat-la-Canéda · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Hôtel de Gérard

In the heart of Sarlat, the Hôtel de Gérard reveals three centuries of Sarlat architecture, from medieval traces to a rare 17th-century painted décor that bears witness to the turbulent times of the Périgord town.

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Hôpital-Camfrout · Bretagne

Eglise Notre-Dame de Bonne-Nouvelle

A Breton jewel from the 16th century, Notre-Dame de Bonne-Nouvelle church combines late Gothic and early Renaissance styles in a granite setting overlooking the Aulne estuary.

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Larnagol · Occitanie

Dolmen dit Peyro Cotado

A Neolithic vestige in the Lot, Peyro Cotado rises up from the limestone slabs on the Quercy limestone plateaux: a dolmen with a covered chamber listed as a Historic Monument, a silent witness to 5,000 years of human history.

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La Feuillée · Bretagne

Groupe de tumulus de l'âge du Bronze de Kerelcun

In the heart of the Finistère moors, four Bronze Age burial mounds have stood silent watch for over 3,000 years. One of the last preserved collective burial grounds in Brittany, intact and enchanting.

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Souillac · Occitanie

Sépulture collective dénommée Dolmen Laval ou Tumulus Laval

A listed Neolithic site in Souillac, the Dolmen Laval reveals a collective burial chamber over 5,000 years old, a striking testimony to the burial rites of the first farmers in Quercy.

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Périgueux · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Hôtel de Fayolle

In the heart of Périgueux, the Hôtel de Fayolle conceals a seventeenth-century porch of rare Baroque elegance, with its pediment, bull's eye crowned with laurels and projecting pilasters - a discreet jewel of classic Périgord architecture.

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Carsac-Aillac · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Manoir de La Gazaille

A solitary survivor of a vanished medieval estate, the manoir de La Gazaille displays in Carsac-Aillac its pepper-pot turret and mullioned windows in the stone silence of 15th-century Périgord.

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Ribérac · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise Notre-Dame de la Paix

An Art Deco jewel in the Périgord region, the church of Notre-Dame de la Paix in Ribérac boasts a striking interior décor and luminous stained glass windows by Francis Chigot, a master stained glass artist from Limoges.

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Guéhenno · Bretagne

Croix du 17e siècle de la Ville Martel

A stone sentinel in the heart of Morbihan, this 17th-century monolithic cross fascinates visitors with its diamond-shaped hollow centre - a formal rarity that combines popular faith with Breton sculptural daring.

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Montferrand-du-Périgord · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Halle couverte

A medieval jewel in the Périgord Noir, this hall with its sixteen stone pillars is still home to its ancient pillory - one of the largest covered market halls in the Dordogne, preserved in its age-old authenticity.

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Eymet · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Pigeonnier de la Garenne

A stone and brick sentinel in the heart of the Bergerac region, this 18th-century dovecote combines Périgord half-timbering and a characteristic mitre in an architectural balance of rare rural elegance.

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Ploemel · Bretagne

Chapelle Saint-Méen

Nestling in the heart of Morbihan, the chapel of Saint-Méen in Ploemel boasts a rare double gable with stained-glass windows and a 1556 stained-glass window, jewels of discreetly elegant 16th-century Breton architecture.

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Fourmagnac · Occitanie

Eglise

A Romanesque jewel in the Quercy region, the church at Fourmagnac boasts sculpted capitals dating from the 12th century and a cul-de-four apse, a discreet and moving example of rural Romanesque art in the Lot.

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Saint-Pardoux-la-Rivière · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Monument aux Morts de la guerre 14-18

Erected in 1925 in Saint-Pardoux-la-Rivière, this war memorial by Eugène Piron displays its monumental Poilu beneath an Ionic temple: a sculpted work of rare dignity, listed as a Monument Historique.

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Trédrez-Locquémeau · Bretagne

Eglise Saint-Quémeau de Locquémeau

Nestling opposite the English Channel in the market town of Locquémeau, this 16th-century Breton church is striking for its deliberately asymmetrical layout and Baroque bell tower, evidence of an architectural originality that is rare in the Trégor region.

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Goujounac · Occitanie

Eglise Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens

In the heart of the Quercy Blanc region, the church of Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens in Goujounac boasts an exceptional Romanesque tympanum and a 14th-century Gothic rose, crowned with Art&Craft stained-glass windows by a master stained-glass artist from Le Puy.

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Crach · Bretagne

Deux dolmens à galerie avec restes de tumulus

Two gallery dolmens nestling in the Crach countryside are silent witnesses to Neolithic Morbihan: their funerary chambers with corridors and the remains of listed tumuli evoke five millennia of Breton history.

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Saint-Médard-en-Jalles · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise

In the heart of the Médoc, the church of Saint-Médard-en-Jalles boasts a unique double Romanesque nave and rib vault housing a perched bell tower - testimony to a unique architectural adaptation dictated by the presence of a nearby powder factory.

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Mérignac · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Tour de Veyrines

A medieval sentinel in the heart of Mérignac, the Tour de Veyrines conceals an absolute surprise: a chapel adorned with 16th-century murals, created by the conversion of a fortified entrance corridor.

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