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Rosporden · Bretagne

Eglise Notre-Dame

A granite sentinel in the heart of Finistère, the church of Notre-Dame de Rosporden intrigues visitors with its unusual medieval bell tower, the spire of which rises in a pattern unparalleled in Breton architecture.

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Questembert · Bretagne

Moulin de Lançay

A rare example of 18th-century milling in Brittany, the Moulin de Lançay in Questembert has kept intact its two milling systems - stone millstones and mechanical cylinders - a unique technological coexistence.

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Saint-Chamas · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Viaduc

Élégant viaduc ferroviaire du Second Empire enjambant l'étang de Berre, le viaduc de Saint-Chamas allie prouesse technique et grâce néoclassique, ponctué de deux arcs de triomphe qui en font une œuvre unique en Provence.

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Le Faouët · Bretagne

Ancien couvent des Ursulines

Founded in 1658 in the heart of Brittany's Faouët region, the former Ursuline convent, with its angled main building and corner chapel, is a rare example of Baroque conventual architecture in inland Brittany.

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Sarlat-la-Canéda · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Chapelle des Pénitents Blancs

Nestling in the medieval heart of Sarlat, this discreet 17th-century chapel boasts an exceptional façade adorned with a scrolled pediment supported by Doric columns - a listed Baroque jewel since 1944.

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Baneuil · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Canal de Lalinde (écluse de la Borie-Basse)

Joyau discret du Périgord, l'écluse de la Borie-Basse sur le canal de Lalinde révèle l'audace du génie civil du XIXe siècle, où pierre dorée et eaux de Dordogne composent un tableau saisissant.

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Saint-Nicolas-du-Pélem · Bretagne

Chapelle Saint-Eloi

The Gothic jewel of Brittany's Trégor region, the chapel of Saint-Éloi in Saint-Nicolas-du-Pélem captivates visitors with the singular elegance of its bell tower and the decorative virtuosity of its 15th-century granite window mullions.

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Lamonzie-Montastruc · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Château de Montastruc

Perched on a rocky outcrop surrounded by a moat, Montastruc combines medieval defences with classic 18th-century elegance, and bears the imprint of five centuries of conflict between the kings of France and England.

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Izon · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Château d'Anglade

An elegant 18th-century Bordeaux residence, Château d'Anglade is laid out in a U-shape around a well-kept main courtyard, the discreet heir to a long medieval feudal lineage.

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Picauville · Normandie

Chapelle du Bon Sauveur (également sur commune d'Etienville)

A jewel of Norman sacred brutalism, the Bon Sauveur chapel in Picauville features a monstrance plan unique in France, designed by René Levavasseur, with exceptional ironwork by Raymond Subes.

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Surzur · Bretagne

Manoir de Cohanno

Built in 1676 by Jean le Sénéchal de Kerguizeh on the ashes of a vanished manor house, Cohanno in Brittany's Morbihan region displays its sober 17th-century refinement between the main building and the outbuildings, a discreet reminder of the tenacious nobility of Brittany.

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Bénodet · Bretagne

Menhir de Poulquer

A stone sentinel standing at the gateway to the Odet estuary, the Poulquer menhir has watched over Bénodet for almost 5,000 years. A silent witness to the first builders of Brittany.

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

Hôtel de Suffren (ou de Forbin d'Oppède)

Joyau baroque du Cours Mirabeau, l'hôtel de Suffren-Forbin d'Oppède incarne l'aristocratie aixoise du Grand Siècle, avec sa façade ordonnancée et ses balcons de fer forgé caractéristiques.

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Allauch · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Chapelle Notre-Dame de Beauvois et vestiges du château

Perched on the heights of Allauch, the Notre-Dame de Beauvois chapel and the remains of its medieval castle are a rare reminder of 13th-century Provence, with centuries-old stonework and breathtaking views over Marseille.

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La Forêt-Fouesnant · Bretagne

Tertre tumulaire de Kerleven

A stone sentinel that has stood on the Fouesnant peninsula since Neolithic times, the Kerleven burial mound is one of the few listed prehistoric funerary monuments in southern Finistère, the silent guardian of a funeral rite that dates back over 5,000 years.

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L'Hôtellerie-de-Flée · Pays de la Loire

Château de la Faucille

Discret joyau du Maine angevin, le château de la Faucille déploie ses volumes classiques du XVIIe siècle au cœur du bocage de l'Hôtellerie-de-Flée, témoignant de l'élégance sobre de la noblesse provinciale angevine.

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Audierne · Bretagne

Mât-pilote Fénoux

Standing sentinel over the Breton waves, the Fénoux pilot mast at Audierne is a masterpiece of nineteenth-century maritime ingenuity, invented to tame one of the most formidable bars in the Atlantic.

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Arles · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

La Tourvieille (ou château de la Tourvieille ou Tour du Tanpan)

Aux portes d'Arles, la Tourvieille conjugue tour médiévale et demeure provençale du XVIIe siècle dans un écrin de Camargue. Un joyau discret inscrit aux Monuments Historiques depuis 1933.

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Locmaria · Bretagne

Tour-modèle de Port-Andro

A Napoleonic lookout converted into a dwelling, the model tower of Port-Andro has dominated the island of Groix since 1846, a reminder of the English landing of 1761 on these wild Breton coasts.

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Bourg · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Ruines gallo-romaines

At Bourg-sur-Gironde, mysterious Gallo-Roman ruins reveal the thermal baths, apses and aqueducts of a sumptuous villa from the Late Roman period, perhaps celebrated by the 5th-century poet Sidoine Apollinaire.

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La Meurdraquière · Normandie

Eglise Saint-Martin

Set in the heart of the Normandy bocage, the church of Saint-Martin de La Meurdraquière boasts intact medieval architecture, crowned by a cross tower typical of the Mance bell towers of the Cotentin region.

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Sauliac-sur-Célé · Occitanie

Dolmen de la Pierre Levée du Cloup Prioun

On the edge of the Célé gorges, this Neolithic dolmen, set in a cairn sixteen metres in diameter, is a striking reminder of the funerary rites of the 3rd millennium BC.

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Caudan · Bretagne

Fontaine de Trescoët

Nestling in the Morbihan bocage, the Trescoët fountain unfurls its sinuous stone dome and spindle-shaped pillars, a discreet jewel of 17th-18th century Breton sacred art.

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Saint-Mitre-les-Remparts · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Enceinte de la ville

Ceintes de remparts médiévaux quasi intacts, les ruelles de Saint-Mitre-les-Remparts révèlent un village provençal fossilisé dans son écrin de pierres dorées, suspendu entre étangs et ciel de Méditerranée.

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