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Retiers · Bretagne

Menhir dit Pierre de Richebourg

A stone sentinel since the Neolithic period, the Pierre de Richebourg discreetly dominates the hedged farmland of Ille-et-Vilaine. This menhir, listed as a Historic Monument, bears witness to the prehistoric spirituality alive and well in Upper Brittany.

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Quimperlé · Bretagne

Maison du 16e siècle

A jewel of 16th-century Breton civil architecture, this timber-framed house in Quimperlé is striking for its corbelled upper storey and perfectly preserved medieval silhouette.

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Le Lion-d'Angers · Pays de la Loire

Logis

Au cœur du Lion-d'Angers, ce logis ancré dans la tradition angevine déploie quatre siècles d'architecture domestique, du sobre décor Renaissance aux remaniements classiques, témoignage rare d'une demeure bourgeoise inscrite aux Monuments Historiques.

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Tigné · Pays de la Loire

Manoir de la Roche-Coutant

Niché dans le vignoble ligérien, le manoir de la Roche-Coutant déploie ses façades de tuffeau entre Renaissance et classicisme naissant, témoignage discret mais éloquent de l'art de vivre noble en Anjou aux XVIe et XVIIe siècles.

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Les Fougerêts · Bretagne

Manoir de la Cour de Launay

An exceptional survivor of 15th-century Breton civil architecture, the Cour de Launay manor house in Les Fougerêts has preserved intact since 1469-1470 the soul of a pivotal period between the late Middle Ages and the nascent Renaissance.

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Nouvoitou · Bretagne

Croix du cimetière en granit

In the heart of the Nouvoitou cemetery, this 17th-century granite cross fascinates visitors with its fluted shaft and double Christ, who has watched over the dead for over three centuries.

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Montvalent · Occitanie

Eglise Saint-Christophe

Adjacent to a ruined medieval castle, this 13th-century Gothic church retains a flat chevet with original stone vaults, a rare testimony to the rural heritage of authentic Quercy.

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Eymet · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Pont médiéval du Bretou

Spanning the Dropt since the Middle Ages, the Bretou bridge in Eymet reveals three extradosed arches and its protective eaves, a rare example of medieval engineering in Purple Périgord.

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

Hôtel Peyronetti

In the heart of old Aix, the Hôtel Peyronetti displays its Renaissance and Provencal Baroque elegance over two centuries of gilded stone. The birthplace of General Miollis, hero of American independence.

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Sainte-Marie-du-Mont · Normandie

Ancienne redoute d'Audouville

A discreet but striking vestige of the Cotentin coastal defence system, the Audouville redoubt stands with its earthen ramparts surrounded by water ditches, an intact testimony to the military architecture of Louis XIV.

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Saint-Abraham · Bretagne

Cimetière

In the heart of Morbihan, this 16th-century Breton cemetery is home to a remarkable cross with a frame, a masterpiece of monolithic sculpture listed as a Historic Monument in 1927.

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Paule · Bretagne

Tumulus de Castellaouenan

A stone sentinel in the Breton moors, the Castellaouenan tumulus bears witness to a strong human presence in the Bronze Age, preserving beneath its thousand-year-old earth the secrets of a warrior and pastoral aristocracy.

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Quintin · Bretagne

Château

The unfinished ducal castle of Quintin, a fascinating monument to 18th-century Brittany: an interrupted building site that reveals, in its colossal foundations, the inordinate ambition of a Breton duchy.

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Locmaria · Bretagne

Réduit de Kerdonis

A crenellated sentinel standing on the island of Belle-Île, the Réduit de Kerdonis is the only 1846 model military guardhouse to have survived the ages in its original state - an absolute rarity in Brittany's defensive heritage.

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La Guerche-de-Bretagne · Bretagne

Maison

In the heart of La Guerche-de-Bretagne, these 16th-century timber-framed houses are the epitome of Breton Renaissance civil architecture in all its elegance, with bays of porches, corbels and centuries-old roof timbers intact.

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Saint-Pompont · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Château de Mespoulet

Nestling in the Périgord Noir, Mespoulet castle reveals seven centuries of defensive and seigniorial architecture: a 14th-century keep with a bretèche, a medieval round tower and a chapel housed within the fortress walls themselves.

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Augan · Bretagne

Cimetière

In the heart of the Augan cemetery, a 16th-century Calvary cross unfurls its delicate statuary: Christ, the Virgin and Saint John inhabit this octagonal stone shaft, listed as a Historic Monument in 1927.

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Le Fief-Sauvin · Pays de la Loire

Menhir de Bréau

Sentinelle de pierre dressée aux confins du bocage angevin, le Menhir de Bréau veille sur Le Fief-Sauvin depuis plus de cinq millénaires. Un monolithe mégalithique intact, inscrit aux Monuments Historiques, chargé de mystères.

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Arles · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Domaine de l'Armeillère ou l'Armeillière

Aux portes d'Arles, le domaine de l'Armeillère déploie l'élégance discrète d'un château provençal du premier XVIIe siècle, alliant rigueur classique et douceur de vivre camarguaise dans un écrin de verdure protégé.

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Meslan · Bretagne

Ancien calvaire de Bonigeard

A monumental fragment of Breton piety, this ancient Bonigeard Calvary preserves, set in granite, the poignant remains of a Passion carved between the 15th and 16th centuries.

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Plouguenast · Bretagne

Manoir de la Touche-Brandineuf

A flamboyant Gothic jewel from the early 16th century, the manor house of La Touche-Brandineuf, with its staircase tower and pointed arched doorway, stands in the heart of inland Brittany, a rare testimony to the rural nobility.

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Plourivo · Bretagne

Croix funéraire à inscription

This 10th-century stone funerary cross with inscription from Plourivo, now in Lancerf, is one of the rare examples of medieval Breton lapidary listed since 1911. A rare epigraphic emotion.

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Taden · Bretagne

Manoir de la Grand-Cour

A medieval sentinel of the Viscounty of Taden, this 14th-century gatehouse features a turret crowned with a corbelled turret, a jewel of Breton seigniorial architecture.

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Mallemort · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Ancien pont suspendu franchissant la Durance et maison de gardien (également sur commune de Mérindol, dans le Vaucluse)

Suspendu au-dessus de la Durance depuis 1848, ce pont à fil de fer pionnier conjugue prouesse industrielle du XIXe siècle et paysage provençal sauvage. Un chef-d'œuvre de l'ingénierie métallique classé Monument Historique.

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