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Saint-Martin-d'Arcé · Pays de la Loire
Niché dans le Val d'Anjou, le château de Sancé déploie ses façades Renaissance et classiques au cœur d'un écrin de verdure. Une demeure seigneuriale classée, témoin discret de trois siècles d'histoire angevine.
Quiberon · Bretagne
A stone sentinel on the Quiberon peninsula, this Neolithic mound-tumulus reveals the secrets of a megalithic civilisation that disappeared five millennia ago, in a setting of windswept Breton moors.
Brantôme · Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Completed in 1565, this Périgord dwelling combines a polygonal tower with a spiral staircase, corbelled turrets and a mullioned Renaissance façade - a discreet jewel nestling in the greenery of the Brantôm region.
Lalinde · Nouvelle-Aquitaine
A work of hydraulic engineering from the 19th century, the Lalinde canal winds its way 12 kilometres along the Dordogne, combining a feat of engineering with the breathtaking beauty of the Périgord landscape.
Valognes · Normandie
A former 18th-century Norman inn, the Hôtel du Louvre in Valognes was a favourite haunt of Barbey d'Aurévilly and boasts splendid Art Deco painted panels by Alice Courtois.
Saint-Nicolas-du-Pélem · Bretagne
Erected in the 16th century in the heart of the Trégor-Goëlo region, the Kerléouret cross is a rare example of Breton sculptural genius, combining iconographic finesse with the robustness of Armorican granite.
Fouesnant · Bretagne
A stone sentinel that has stood since Neolithic times in the Finistère region of Fouesnant, the Lanveur menhir embodies five millennia of human presence on the Breton coast, and has been listed as a Historic Monument since 1967.
Josselin · Bretagne
In the heart of Josselin, these two 17th-century timber-framed houses form a striking picture: their slightly projecting half-timbering and their link with the castle's caretaker's lodge make up one of Brittany's most beautiful urban ensembles.
Thénac · Nouvelle-Aquitaine
A discreet Romanesque jewel in the Périgord region, Monbos priory boasts a 12th-century church with striking historiated capitals and an absolutely pure cul-de-four apse, mentioned as early as 1135 in the Cadouin Cartulary.
Arles · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Au cœur d'Arles antique, l'hôtel de Nicolay dévoile l'élégance discrète de l'aristocratie provençale : une façade sculptée et des intérieurs raffinés témoignant du faste des grandes familles parlementaires d'Ancien Régime.
Saint-Erblon · Bretagne
A discreet jewel in the crown of Brittany, Manoir de la Salle in Saint-Erblon boasts classic 17th-century features that were remodelled in the 19th century, and bear authentic witness to the rural gentry of Ille-et-Vilaine.
Verdelais · Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Erected in 1630 after a plague epidemic, this votive cross in Verdelais embodies the fervour of a grateful people. Sober and solemn, it has stood guard for nearly four centuries over one of the most important places of pilgrimage in the Bordeaux region.
Saint-Denis-lès-Martel · Occitanie
On the edge of Quercy, the Oulié fountain guards the secret of the last Gallic stronghold against Caesar. A major archaeological site where water itself was a weapon of war in 51 BC.
Moëlan-sur-Mer · Bretagne
Standing in the Finistère countryside since Neolithic times, this menhir at Moëlan-sur-Mer embodies five millennia of Breton memory. A solitary, silent stone, it defies time in the heart of the Land of Rain.
Saint-Mitre-les-Remparts · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Nichée dans les remparts provençaux, la chapelle Saint-Blaise conjugue la sobriété romane du XIe siècle et les grâces de la Renaissance, gardienne silencieuse d'un bourg médiéval hors du temps.
Gigouzac · Occitanie
Nestling in the heart of the Quercy region, the church of Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens in Gigouzac boasts a 14th-century Gothic chevet with historiated culs-de-lampe and houses the fascinating tomb of the Valon de Gigouzac family.
Plounérin · Bretagne
A discreet jewel of the Trégor region, this 17th-century Breton manor house reveals the sober elegance of the local granite, with its pedimented dormers and classical layout, testimony to the rural nobility's attachment to their land.
Turqueville · Normandie
Nestling in the Norman bocage of Turqueville, Sébeville church reveals a sober and authentic Romanesque style, the silent guardian of a land shaped by centuries and the limestone of the Cotentin region.
Ploërmel · Bretagne
Standing in the heart of Morbihan, this monolithic cross in Ploërmel fascinates with its medieval sobriety: carved from a single block of granite, its arms with rounded ends have defied the centuries since a time that no one has yet been able to date with any certainty.
Sarlat-la-Canéda · Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Sarlat's medieval jewel, the Hôtel de Plamon boasts a Gothic façade crowned with Renaissance accents, where ogival arches and Louis XIII balconies combine in a rare architectural dialogue.
Sizun · Bretagne
In the heart of Finistère, the chapel of Saint-Ildut in Sizun combines a medieval rubble stone nave with a baroque choir of cut granite, crowned by two classical portals of rare elegance, dated 1677.
Guitté · Bretagne
Nestling in the hedged farmlands of the Côtes-d'Armor region, Château de Couëllan unfurls its classic Breton elegance between cobbled courtyards and peaceful moats, a rare testament to the noble lifestyle of the 17th and 18th centuries.
Gourdon · Occitanie
A Gothic jewel in the Quercy region, the Cordeliers church in Gourdon features a rib-vaulted nave and the moving remains of a medieval Franciscan cloister that no longer exists.
Baud · Bretagne
Erected in Baud in the twilight of the 17th century, the Ténuel Cross fascinates with its granite shaft imitating a tree trunk and its four shell niches - a discreet masterpiece of Breton statuary.