France Télévision is once again offering its program “Le Monument Préféré des Français”, presented by Stéphane Bern. 42 sites are submitted to the public vote to try to win the distinction. Here is the list.
They are all part of the French heritage. Like every year, France 3 is relaunching its major operation of the “favorite monument of the French”. After the Citadel and the Lion of Belfort in 2020 and Place Stanislas de Nancy in 2021, the public will again be able to choose its new bijou on the occasion of the 39th European Heritage Days.
The votes, open from this Monday, May 9 and until May 27, 11:59 p.m., will identify one representative per region among the 42 monuments selected. Then will open phase 2 of the competition with the 14 finalists who will have the chance to be voted on by the public. A special program for the Heritage Days, scheduled for September, and presented by Stéphane Bern will then crown the winner.
The monuments of Occitania
The Occitanie region will be represented by Saint-Martin-du-Canigou Abbey in the Pyrénées-Orientales, the Padirac Chasm in the Lot and finally the Millau Viaduct in Aveyron.
The 42 French monuments
In all, no less than 42 monuments (three per region) will flatter the national heritage, here is the list:
AUVERGNE-RHÔNE-ALPES
Rock and Saint-Michel d’Aiguilhe Chapel / Aiguilhe / Haute-Loire
Villa La Casamaures / Saint-Martin-le-Vinoux / Isère
Richard de Bas / Ambert / Puy-de-Dôme Paper Mill
BURGUNDY-FRANCHE-COMTE
House of Louis Pasteur / Arbois / Jura
Abbey of Fontenay / Marmagne / Côte-d’Or
Bazoches Castle / Bazoches / Nièvre
BRITTANY
Chapel of the Saint-Yves House / Saint-Brieuc / Côtes-d’Armor
Taurus Castle / Plouezoc’h / Finistère
National stud farm of Hennebont / Hennebont / Morbihan
CENTRE-VAL DE LOIRE
Domain of George Sand / Nohant-Vic / Indre
Azay-le-Rideau Castle / Azay-le-Rideau / Indre-et-Loire
Jacques Coeur Palace / Bourges / Cher
CORSE
Bonaparte House / Ajaccio / South Corsica
Prehistoric site of Filitosa / Sollacaro / Corse-du-Sud
Citadel of Calvi / Calvi / Haute-Corse
GREAT EAST
Parc de Wesserling / Husseren-Wesserling / Haut-Rhin
Earthenware Museum and Moulin de la Blies / Sarreguemines / Moselle
Fort de Schoenenbourg / Hunspach et Ingolsheim / Bas-Rhin
GUADELOUPE / OVERSEAS
Residence Zévallos / Le Moule / Grande-Terre
Saint-Pierre and Saint-Paul Church / Pointe-à-Pitre / Grande-Terre
Fort Delgres / Basse-Terre
TOPS-DE-FRANCE
Lewarde Mining Historic Center / Lewarde / North
Domain de Chaalis / Fontaine-Chaalis / Oise
Hortillonnages of Amiens / Amiens, Rivery, Camon and Longueau / Somme
ILE-DE-FRANCE
Basilica of Saint-Denis / Saint-Denis / Seine-Saint-Denis
Column of July and Genius of Liberty / Paris
Castle of Vaux-le-Vicomte / Maincy / Seine-et-Marne
NORMANDIE
Benedictine Palace / Fécamp / Seine-Maritime
Cherbourg transatlantic station and Le Redoutable submarine / Cherbourg-en-Cotentin / Manche
Carrouges Castle / Carrouges / Orne
NEW AQUITAINE
Monolithic Church of Saint-Émilion / Saint-Émilion / Gironde
Milandes Castle / Castelnaud-la-Chapelle / Dordogne
Transporter Bridge / Rochefort and Échillais / Charente-Maritime
OCCITANIA
Abbey of Saint-Martin-du-Canigou / Casteil / Pyrénées-Orientales
Gouffre de Padirac / Padirac / Lot
Millau Viaduct / Millau and Creissels / Aveyron
PAYS DE LA LOIRE
Robert Tatin Museum / Cossé-le-Vivien / Mayenne
Radiant House of Rezé / Rezé / Loire-Atlantique
House of Georges Clemenceau / Saint-Vincent-sur-Jard / Vendée
PROVENCE-ALPES-CÔTE D’AZUR
Arles Amphitheater / Arles / Bouches-du-Rhône
Villa and Gardens Ephrussi de Rothschild / Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat / Alpes-Maritimes
Synagogue of Carpentras / Carpentras / Vaucluse
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