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Moëlan-sur-Mer · Bretagne

Dolmen et menhir

A Neolithic megalithic relic on the Moëlan-sur-Mer peninsula, this dolmen and its associated menhir represent 5,000 years of human presence on the edge of Brittany's Cornouaille region.

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Montbrun · Occitanie

Ruines du château

Perched above a vertiginous meander in the Lot, the ruins of Montbrun castle reveal a double system of medieval walls and a majestic keep, set between cliffs and terraced gardens.

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Malguénac · Bretagne

Cimetière désaffecté

In the heart of Morbihan, this disused cemetery in Malguénac boasts a 17th-century Calvary with striking granite sculptures: scenes from the Passion, Pietà and Christ on the Cross watch over this timeless site.

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Tréauville · Normandie

Manoir de Métot

Nestling in the Cotentin region, this 17th-century manor house combines sober Norman elegance with local stone. Listed as a Historic Monument, it epitomises the lifestyle of the rural gentry during the reign of Louis XIV.

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Ploërmel · Bretagne

Deux croix monolithes à socle commun

In the heart of Ploërmel, two monolithic crosses of Breton granite share the same plinth in a unique face-to-face encounter: the Guyot crosses, stone sentinels marked with mysterious dots since the 16th century.

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Le Guerno · Bretagne

Fontaine Sainte-Anne

Nestling in the market town of Le Guerno, this 16th-century Breton fountain dedicates its sacred waters to Saint Anne. Its stone aedicule with moulded bays, topped by an arched dome, embodies the popular piety of deep-rooted Brittany.

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Bégard · Bretagne

Manoir de Coatgouray

On the edge of the Trégor region, the manor house of Coatgouray raises its medieval gatehouse above the Jaudy. Its Renaissance dovecote and remains of a fortified house make it a discreet jewel of Breton seigneurial architecture.

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Plouharnel · Bretagne

Dolmen de Crucuno

A colossal Neolithic dolmen nestling in the heart of Morbihan, Crucuno impresses with its monumental proportions: a roof table over 4 metres long supported by nine orthostats. A masterpiece of Breton megalithic architecture.

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Chenillé-Changé · Pays de la Loire

Château des Rues

Niché dans les douces campagnes angevines, le Château des Rues déploie son élégance néo-gothique du XIXe siècle au cœur de Chenillé-Changé, entre jardins romantiques et Maine paisible.

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Beauvau · Pays de la Loire

Eglise

Nichée au cœur du bocage angevin, l'église de Beauvau dévoile un roman sobre et authentique du XIIe siècle, avec ses volumes épurés et ses chapiteaux sculptés témoignant du savoir-faire des bâtisseurs ligériens.

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Quimper · Bretagne

Ancien couvent des Ursulines

In the heart of Quimper, the former Ursuline convent displays its sober, imposing architecture at the crossroads of two historic districts. A silent witness to the Revolution and the Concordat, this eighteenth-century building is fascinating for its contrasts.

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Belvès · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Château

In the heart of Belvès, this 16th-century dwelling features four exceptionally elegant pointed arches, sculpted mullioned windows and a round tower that illustrates the ambitions of the Périgord bourgeoisie at the height of the Renaissance.

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Campagne · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Domaine du château de Campagne

Nestling in the heart of the Périgord Noir region, Château de Campagne combines 15th-century medieval towers with a Renaissance gallery, in a green setting redesigned in the 19th century by a Bordeaux nurseryman.

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Saint-Romain-la-Virvée · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Cimetière

On the outskirts of Saint-Romain-la-Virvée, this 17th-century baroque cemetery boasts two sculpted porticoes of rare elegance, adorned with pediments, statue niches and wrought-iron crosses, discreet witnesses to the funerary art of the Gironde.

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Vaudelnay · Pays de la Loire

Eglise Saint-Pierre

Joyau néo-classique niché au cœur de l'Anjou rural, l'église Saint-Pierre de Vaudelnay fut érigée en 1827 selon les préceptes de Vitruve et Palladio — une rareté architecturale en Maine-et-Loire, inscrite aux Monuments Historiques.

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Pléguien · Bretagne

Château du Bois de la Salle

An aristocratic showcase dating from the early 18th century, the Château du Bois de la Salle in the heart of the Goëlo region boasts a majestic main courtyard, an orangery garden and a chapel with sculptures by Corlay.

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Plomeur · Bretagne

Dolmen de Lestrigniou

A stone sentinel standing 5,000 years ago in the Finistère region of Plomeur, the Lestrigniou dolmen is one of the best-preserved megalithic remains on Cap Caval, listed as a Historic Monument in 1927.

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Treffiagat · Bretagne

Menhir

A stone sentinel that has stood since the Neolithic period in the commune of Treffiagat, this Finisterian menhir, listed as a Historic Monument, embodies five millennia of human presence in the heart of the Bigouden region.

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Carsac-Aillac · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Château de Lascours

Nestled in the Périgord Noir, the château de Lascours displays its understated elegance: a 15th–16th century manor house crowned with a pepper-pot tower, surrounded by a pleasure garden preserved in the heart of the vallée de la Dordogne.

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Sainte-Marie-du-Mont · Normandie

maison

At 36 place de l'Église in Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, this Norman house contains German wall paintings dating from 1940-1944 - unique in situ relics of the Occupation and the Liberation on 6 June 1944.

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Langonnet · Bretagne

Fontaine de la Trinité-Bezver et son enceinte

The baroque jewel of Morbihan, the Trinité-Bezver fountain features a semi-octagonal aedicule crowned by a granite dome carved with the Holy Spirit, in the heart of an octagonal enclosure unrivalled in the region.

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Dol-de-Bretagne · Bretagne

Manoir des Beauvais, actuellement Maison des Jeunes et de la Culture

Nestling in the heart of Dol-de-Bretagne, the Manoir des Beauvais has been standing with its medieval stones since the 14th-15th centuries. Its U-shaped floor plan with covered porch is a testament to Breton seigneurial architecture in all its authenticity.

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Campagne · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Grotte préhistorique de la Muzardie

Tucked away in the cliffs of the Périgord Noir, the Muzardie cave is home to rare, discreet Palaeolithic parietal engravings, discovered by chance in 1978 - a rock sanctuary long ignored by mankind.

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Le Buisson-de-Cadouin · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise Saint-Barthélémy de Salles

The former chapel of the hermit Géraud de Salles, founder of Cadouin Abbey, this twelfth-century Romanesque church conceals a fascinating medieval fortification and sculpted capitals of rare finesse beneath its modest exterior.

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