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Guéhenno · Bretagne

Croix monolithe

Standing on a Breton road between two medieval chapels, this monolithic cross from the High Middle Ages is fascinating in its sobriety: a single stone, patté arms, a thousand-year-old presence that defies time.

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Saint-Pol-de-Léon · Bretagne

Dolmen de Boutouiller, appelé aussi dolmen de Keranguez ou de Kerivin

A Neolithic megalith with many names, the Boutouiller dolmen has stood guard over Léon for 5,000 years, bearing witness to the first builders of Armorican Brittany.

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Saumur · Pays de la Loire

Menhir dit La Pierre Longue

Sentinelle de pierre dressée depuis le Néolithique aux portes de Saumur, la Pierre Longue est l'un des menhirs les mieux conservés du Val de Loire, classé Monument historique dès 1889.

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Saint-Servant · Bretagne

Croix du bourg

In the heart of Saint-Servant, this 16th-century granite cross features a bas-relief of rare delicacy: Christ on the Cross flanked by the Virgin Mary and Saint John, while two angels collect his blood in a chalice.

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Saint-Pol-de-Léon · Bretagne

Manoir de Kéroulas

Nestling in the Léonard bocage, Kéroulas Manor boasts the understated elegance of the 16th-century Breton Renaissance: kersanton and granite facades, sculpted dormer windows and that timeless atmosphere that only the manor houses of Lower Brittany know how to preserve.

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Amfreville · Normandie

Château d'Amfreville

A Norman feudal vestige whose origins date back to William the Conqueror, Amfreville castle retains its medieval postern, its main building and a Gothic chapel with a soberly elegant rib vault.

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Lalinde · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Canal de Lalinde (écluse, y compris l'aqueduc et le canal de communication des biefs, le pont supérieur qui lui fait suite et le bassin de chargement avec sa cale de radoub)

A masterpiece of 19th-century river engineering, the Lalinde canal bypasses the formidable Gratusse jump on the Dordogne thanks to a system of locks, aqueduct and dry dock of rare technical elegance.

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Bergerac · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Immeuble

In the heart of Bergerac, this Renaissance building conceals an exceptional wooden gallery: Ionic columns, pendentive arches and herringbone bricks make up a rare combination in the Périgord.

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Clayes · Bretagne

Croix en granit du 15e siècle

Standing on its three granite steps, this 15th-century cemetery cross in Clayes conceals a rare iconography: the Virgin and Child and Christ on the Cross sculpted on opposite arms, a poignant testimony to the Breton medieval faith.

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Saint-Martin-de-Bonfossé · Normandie

Eglise

In the heart of the Cotentin region, this medieval church boasts a 13th-century Romanesque choir, a slender bell tower and a Renaissance chapel adorned with striking bosses of purple pudding - a rare stone that gives it a unique character.

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Riec-sur-Belon · Bretagne

Allée couverte

A silent Neolithic vestige buried deep in the Finistère countryside, this covered walkway at Riec-sur-Belon reveals Breton megalithic art in its purest and most striking form.

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Sarlat-la-Canéda · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Immeuble des Contributions

In the heart of Sarlat, the Contributions building houses a Renaissance staircase with a straight flight of rare elegance, crowned by a wrought-iron banister testifying to Perigordian craftsmanship in the 16th century.

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Plédran · Bretagne

Château de Craffault

Château de Craffault, the Breton jewel of Plédran: a 16th-century Renaissance façade meets Belle Époque extensions designed by Martenot, in a rare architectural marriage between ancient stone and the art of restoration.

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Plouarzel · Bretagne

Château de Kervéatoux

On the edge of Finistère, Kervéatoux unfurls its neo-Gothic silhouette between moorland and the sea. Crenellated towers, terraced gardens and 15th-century sculpted decorations make it a secret jewel of western Brittany.

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Moëlan-sur-Mer · Bretagne

Menhir et dalle

Standing in the Finistère countryside, this Neolithic menhir in Moëlan-sur-Mer, with its funerary slab, bears witness to 5,000 years of megalithic spirituality and has been listed as a Historic Monument since 1977.

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Saint-Gilles-Pligeaux · Bretagne

Chapelle seigneuriale Saint-Laurent

A flamboyant Gothic gem dating from 1531, the granite bell tower of Saint-Laurent chapel stands in Brittany's Trégor region, combining sculpted foliage, elaborate brackets and austere seigniorial elegance.

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Villetoureix · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Tour château de la Rigale

An exceptional Gallo-Roman vestige in the Périgord, the Rigale tower is astonishing with its eight-metre diameter, its masonry and its strings of ancient bricks, a rare testimony to Roman times preserved in the heart of a modern castle.

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Touchay · Centre-Val de Loire

Château de l'Isle-sur-Arnon

A stone sentinel of deep Berry, the Château de l'Isle-sur-Arnon stands with its circular towers and flamboyant Gothic machicolations in an unspoilt landscape - the jewel in Louis XI's chamberlain's crown.

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Le Pian-sur-Garonne · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Domaine de Bellecroix

Nestling in the Gironde vineyards, Domaine de Bellecroix reveals the sober elegance of the Grand Siècle: a residence dating from 1670, flanked by a round tower and set in a setting of French-style outbuildings.

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Saint-Juvat · Bretagne

Croix du cimetière

A seventeenth-century stone sentinel, the cross in the Saint-Juvat cemetery stands out for its square shaft with chamfers, its coat-of-arms and its elegant pedestal base - a fine example of Breton Baroque stonework.

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Landerneau · Bretagne

Pont de Rohan et maisons

The jewel of Brittany, the Pont de Rohan is one of the oldest inhabited bridges in Europe and was built over the River Elorn in 1510. It combines medieval technical prowess with Renaissance domestic architecture.

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Laniscat · Bretagne

Croix de Rosquelfen

A sculpted jewel from the 16th century, the Rosquelfen cross stands in Laniscat with its knobbed shaft and pedestal adorned with figures, a rare example of Breton popular piety during the Renaissance.

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Saint-Maudez · Bretagne

Deux croix de cimetière

Two 16th-century cemetery crosses in Saint-Maudez, witnesses to Breton fervour engraved in granite, one of which bears the indelible mark of a 20th-century storm.

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Saint-Dolay · Bretagne

Chapelle Sainte-Anne

A 15th-century flamboyant Gothic gem nestling in Brittany, the chapel of Sainte-Anne de Saint-Dolay dazzles with its sculpted pinnacles, its eaves filled with fantastic creatures and its finely carved wooden vault.

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