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Autrèche · Centre-Val de Loire

Abbaye de Fontaine-Les-Blanches

Nestling in the woods of the Indre-et-Loire region, this Cistercian abbey, founded in the 12th century, conceals superimposed dungeons linked by trap doors and the remains of troublingly intimate medieval paintings.

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Saint-Médard-d'Excideuil · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Tour des Charreaux

A medieval sentinel standing on the heights of the Périgord Vert, the Tour des Charreaux has watched over the Excideuil valleys since the Middle Ages. A strikingly sober fortified vestige, it is listed as a Historic Monument.

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Hédé-Bazouges · Bretagne

église Notre-Dame

Discreet but captivating, the prioral church of Notre-Dame d'Hédé-Bazouges reveals a Breton Romanesque style of rare authenticity, a direct descendant of Saint-Melaine Abbey in Rennes since the turn of the 12th century.

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Issigeac · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Ancienne prévôté

The former provost's residence in Issigeac, a civil gem in the Périgord Pourpre region, boasts classical pavilions and an elegant corner dovecote on corbels, a rare example of 17th and 18th century judicial architecture.

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Plounéour-Ménez · Bretagne

Eglise de Relecq

A Cistercian vestige in the heart of the Monts d'Arrée, Le Relecq Abbey boasts a soberly majestic 12th-century Romanesque church, founded in 1132 by monks from Bégar - a rare reminder of the Cistercian presence in Brittany.

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Teyssieu · Occitanie

Ruines de la tour

A solitary medieval vestige perched high up in the Lot, this 13th-century granite keep-tower retains its spiral staircases and hoarding corbels, eloquent testimony to the military art of the Lot.

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Plourivo · Bretagne

Croix monolithe

A granite sentinel planted in the Breton countryside, this monolithic cross in Plourivo embodies a sculptural tradition that goes back thousands of years, a blend of pre-Romanesque mystery and the popular faith of the Armorican region.

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Cléguérec · Bretagne

Chapelle Saint-André

Nestling in the Morbihan bocage, the Saint-André chapel in Cléguérec has a sober Latin cross floor plan, a bell tower with a bracketed spire and a rare stained glass panel with figures from the modern era.

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Vesly · Normandie

Manoir de Bricqueboscq

A rural gem dating from the early 16th century, the manor house at Bricqueboscq unfurls its Norman stone towers around a fanciful, well-kept dwelling, a veritable living repository of the art of living under the Ancien Régime.

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Saint-Guyomard · Bretagne

Château de Brignac

Set in the heart of the Morbihan region, Château de Brignac boasts a 15th-century tower of rare elegance, crowned with machicolations and pierced by a basket-handle door inscribed with the names of its builders - a stone capsule etched in time since 1509.

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Ile-de-Sein · Bretagne

Phare de l'île de Sein

A concrete sentinel rising from the waves off the coast of Finistère, the lighthouse on the Ile de Sein (1950) embodies post-war ingenuity: a truncated cone-shaped tower, desalinated fresh water and electricity for an entire island.

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Trébeurden · Bretagne

Croix en granit du 17e siècle

Erected in 1697 near the chapel in Trébeurden, this granite cross with a canted shaft depicts Christ facing a Virgin, bearing witness to Breton piety and the authority of the lords of Penlan.

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Roscoff · Bretagne

Demeure

A jewel of the Breton Renaissance in Roscoff, this merchant's residence houses a secret treasure: 18th-century painted panelling offering rare views of the port city and its harbour.

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Ploërmel · Bretagne

Maison du 17e siècle

In the heart of Ploërmel, this elegant 17th-century house boasts an exceptional classical façade: stacked pilasters, a circular pediment with shells and a floating ribbon escutcheon, a discreet jewel of Breton heritage.

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Melrand · Bretagne

Calvaire sur socle et autel

A jewel of Breton granite in Melrand, this composite 17th-century calvary is a blend of Renaissance and popular Baroque: twelve apostles in high relief, scenes from the Passion and the Eternal Father crown a cross of rare iconographic density.

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Saint-Martin-Lacaussade · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise

On the edge of the Blayais region, this 12th-century Romanesque church stands guard over an ancient Roman road. Its western bell tower-porch, pierced by a sober round-arched doorway, is one of the most authentic silhouettes in the Gironde.

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Ploudalmézeau · Bretagne

Tumulus à dolmen

A major Neolithic remnant in Finistère, this dolmen burial mound in Ploudalmézeau contains a megalithic burial chamber over 5,000 years old, silent testimony to the first Armorican civilisations.

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Lignol · Bretagne

Chapelle Saint-Yves

A late-Gothic jewel in the Morbihan, the chapel of Saint-Yves de Lignol has an unusual T-shaped floor plan and an elegant granite bell tower crowned with a bracketed spire, a living vestige of Breton piety during the Renaissance.

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Festalemps · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise Saint-Martin

Nestling in the heart of the Périgord region, the church of Saint-Martin de Festalemps boasts a 12th-century Romanesque dome of rare elegance, supported by columns with bases carved with remarkably fine twin colonnettes.

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Langoiran · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Maison dite maison Bouliac ou maison Rateau

An elegant neo-classical Bordeaux residence built between 1810 and 1815 for Baron Rateau, Maison Bouliac boasts a remarkable interior décor and a romantic landscaped garden overlooking the Garonne.

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Saint-Malo · Bretagne

Phare du Grand-Jardin

A granite sentinel standing in the open sea off Saint-Malo, the Grand-Jardin lighthouse embodies the modern architecture of the Reconstruction period, combining functional sobriety with elegance of form.

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Saint-Symphorien · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Ancienne usine de distillation des produits résineux

A striking vestige of the Landes resin industry, this early 20th-century distillery bears witness to a vanished skill: extracting the gem from Landes pines, the lifeblood of a forestry economy that no longer exists.

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La Chapelle-Faucher · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise Notre-Dame

Nestled in the heart of the Périgord Vert, the église Notre-Dame de La Chapelle-Faucher reveals an intact Périgord Romanesque style: six sculpted capitals from the 12th century and a trio of arcades with colonettes of rare elegance.

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Saint-Pierre-Toirac · Occitanie

Eglise

A fortress and a house of God in one, the church of Saint-Pierre-Toirac towers its medieval battlements above the Lot. A unique edifice where the sacred and the military merge into an unforgettable silhouette.

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