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Rocamadour · Occitanie

Grotte des Merveilles

Nestling in the limestone cliffs of Rocamadour, the Grotte des Merveilles contains cave paintings dating back over 20,000 years: horses, deer and negative hands suspended in time.

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Brech · Bretagne

Chapelle Saint-Jacques

A jewel of the Breton flamboyant Gothic style, the chapel of Saint-Jacques in Brech boasts a sculpted portal of rare elegance, enhanced by a mysterious Gothic banner and coats of arms hammered by history.

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Longué-Jumelles · Pays de la Loire

Logis d'habitation de la Chesnaie-Archenon

Logis Renaissance discret niché dans le bocage angevin, la Chesnaie-Archenon dévoile la grâce sobre de l'architecture civile du XVIe siècle en Anjou, avec ses fenêtres à meneaux et sa belle maçonnerie de tuffeau.

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Le Rozel · Normandie

Domaine du château du Rozel

Perched on the Cotentin coast, Château du Rozel blends medieval defensive architecture with 19th-century crenellated romanticism, in a setting of walled gardens swept by the Normandy sea spray.

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Marseille · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Eglise Saint-Cannat

Nichée au cœur du vieux Marseille, l'église Saint-Cannat déploie une sobre élégance Renaissance provençale. Son architecture du XVIe siècle, inscrite aux Monuments Historiques, témoigne de la vitalité religieuse d'une cité portuaire en plein essor.

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Pacé · Bretagne

Nouveau cimetière

In the heart of Pacé, three 16th-century granite crosses display an exceptional Breton sculptural vocabulary: a three-lobed Virgin and Child, a frame calvary and a cross in the shape of a Roman chasuble.

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Le Fief-Sauvin · Pays de la Loire

Oppidum protohistorique et gallo-romain, dit Camp de César

Perché sur un promontoire dominant le bocage angevin, le Camp de César du Fief-Sauvin est l'un des oppida les mieux préservés du Maine-et-Loire, vestige monumental d'une occupation humaine continue de la protohistoire à l'époque gallo-romaine.

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Saint-Goazec · Bretagne

Dolmen de Guernévez dit Ty Saint-Dénès

Standing on the moors of Finistère, the dolmen at Guernévez, known as Ty Saint-Dénès, is a Neolithic burial chamber over 5,000 years old, watched over by the forest of Laz and Breton legends.

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Pont-Aven · Bretagne

Allée couverte de Moulin René

A discreet Neolithic vestige nestling in the bocage of the Finistère region, the Moulin René covered alley in Pont-Aven reveals a megalithic funerary corridor several metres long, a striking reminder of a humanity that has been building for five millennia.

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Trégastel · Bretagne

Phare des Triagoz

Standing on a rocky islet off the coast of Trégastel, the Triagoz lighthouse combines maritime power with medieval elegance: its five-storey square tower, a miraculous survivor of the Second World War, has defied the Atlantic since 1864.

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Quimper · Bretagne

Ancien Grand séminaire et sa chapelle

A jewel of classical Breton architecture, the former Major Seminary of Quimper boasts a majestic inner courtyard and an 18th-century Jesuit chapel of rare elegance.

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Josselin · Bretagne

Maison datée de 1538

In the heart of Josselin, this half-timbered house dating from 1538 impresses with its Renaissance spindle-shaped pilasters decorating the stone ground floor, topped by an elegant carved wooden panel - a Breton civil jewel listed as a Historic Monument.

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Marseille · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Hôtel Hubaud

Joyau de l'architecture civile marseillaise du XVIIIe siècle, l'hôtel Hubaud déploie l'élégance du classicisme provençal dans ses pierres calcaires dorées par le soleil méditerranéen.

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Les Arques · Occitanie

Ancien doyenné ou ancien presbytère

A vestige of the Arques priory, this medieval deanery combines a 14th-century fortified tower and a dwelling with a carved gable, silent witnesses to a Lot priory founded in the 12th century.

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Plouescat · Bretagne

Calvaire-autel de Kergoal

Built in 1667 in Finistère, the calvary-altar at Kergoal fascinates with its octagonal granite shaft, its kersanton sculptures and its iconography combining Christ, the Virgin Mary, Saint Anne and Breton saints.

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Sarzeau · Bretagne

Maison Renaissance située au Sud de l'église

In the heart of Sarzeau, this Renaissance house conceals a granite dormer window of rare sculptural virtuosity: circular pediment, female bust in shell and Breton mermaid, a 17th-century masterpiece.

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Jugazan · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise Saint-Martin

Nestling in the vineyards of Bordeaux, the church of Saint-Martin de Jugazan fascinates visitors with its exceptional Romanesque portal, its arches inhabited by fantastic creatures and its traces of a long association with the powerful abbey of La Sauve.

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Bourdeilles · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Gisement préhistorique du Pont d'Ambon

On the banks of the Dronne, the abri du Pont d'Ambon reveals 12,000 years of human history: Azilian geometric art, fishing implements and one of the oldest known domestic dogs in France.

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Saint-Georges-de-Montclard · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Château de Monclar

Standing on its ancient feudal mound in the heart of the Périgord region, Monclar castle boasts an imposing rectangular Gothic-Renaissance tower, the last vestige of a medieval fortress that has largely disappeared.

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Vains · Normandie

Manoir

Nestling in the Norman bocage of Vains, this discreet manor house boasts three centuries of history, including a 16th-century gatehouse, a devotional chapel and an L-shaped dwelling elegantly altered in the 18th century.

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Les Lèches · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Ancien prieuré de Tresseroux

In the heart of the Périgord region, the romantic ruins of the Benedictine priory at Tresseroux whisper of twelve centuries of history, with its Romanesque semi-circular arches and mysterious medieval dovecote listed as a Historic Monument.

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Saint-Symphorien · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

maison Martin-Travet

In the heart of the Médoc, the Martin-Travet house embodies the discreet elegance of Gironde bourgeois architecture, and was listed as a Historic Monument in 2017 for its unique local heritage.

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Fontanes-du-Causse · Occitanie

Dolmen dit Pierre Levée de Nougayrac

Standing on the limestone plateaux of the Lot, the Pierre Levée de Nougayrac is a Neolithic dolmen listed as a Historic Monument, a silent witness to a humanity that disappeared five millennia ago, standing guard over an austerely beautiful limestone landscape.

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Latresne · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Demeure de Valrose

An elegant 18th-century residence nestling on the slopes of Latresne, on the outskirts of Bordeaux, Valrose showcases the French art of living in a setting of vineyards and greenery.

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