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Favourite monument in France: which won the 2024 contest?

The rather unusual ‘monument’ won out over chateaux, a villa, and grand gardens

National heritage guardian helps to make history come alive for millions

The Centre des monuments nationaux has prepared its historic sites for the global spotlight

PHOTOS: High tides make Mont Saint-Michel an island again

The phenomenon only happens for a few days each year

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Seven facts about France's Mont-Saint-Michel abbey as it turns 1,000

We take a deeper look at Normandy’s most iconic landmark 1,000 years after construction began

'France will win Notre-Dame rebuild challenge', says general in charge

We spoke to the project chief, former general Jean-Louis Georgelin, before his death in August 2023

Families launch appeal to save French WW2 massacre ruins

The ruins at Oradour-sur-Glane have been maintained as a permanent memorial to the hundreds of civilians killed during its destruction by Nazi soldiers in 1944

Which is your favourite monument in France?

You can vote for your preferred monument in each French region before the overall winner is chosen later this year

Botched repairs on historic French bridge to be redone by same builder

A building company is told to try again after work on the damaged thirteenth century bridge left locals shocked and disappointed

Fantastical French pebble palace among 10 most-Googled cultural sites

The building, which was built by hand from pebbles over 33 years, has taken on ‘an international dimension’ this year, and was listed alongside the Louvre and Buckingham Palace

French fortress set for auction again after €900,000 bid falls through

A new auction is now due to take place in March with a starting price of €892,000

How the Revolution gave France a head for heritage conservation

Today, France leads the way in looking after old buildings and sites, but it is largely due to the country’s tumultuous past

Paris’s Sacré-Cœur finally to be classed as a historic monument

The listing has long been at the centre of a political and historical controversy surrounding the site on which the basilica was built

PHOTOS: See the 14 places vying to be France’s most loved monument

The shortlist has been revealed ahead of the final result of this year’s competition in two weeks' time

Brittany's new 'Stonehenge' site will reconnect us to roots

Philippe Abjean’s latest project in Brittany, StoneBreizh, will highlight the region’s cultural history since the Neolithic period

Belgian farmer moves boundary marker to make France two metres smaller

The France-Belgium border was settled over two centuries ago until a local farmer moved the stone marker with his tractor so he could access a field more easily

Knight’s iron giants may guard Brittany’s shores

British sculptor Sir Antony Gormley, best known in the UK for his Angel of the North statue, hopes to build four giant sculptures that would sit on the coast of northern France and look towards Britain.

Fire damages tower in medieval French city Carcassonne

A tower in the medieval city of Carcassonne (Aude, Occitanie) has been damaged by a fire caused by a fireworks display held to celebrate the Fête Nationale on July 14.

French Notre-Dame MP responds to restoration critics

The reconstruction of Notre-Dame after fire will be an “exemplary project” that will “not deviate from rules safeguarding heritage”, the MP in charge has said, responding to critics this week.

Paris memorial will honour war animals

Eight million horses and unknown numbers of mules and donkeys died on Europe’s battlefields during World War One.

Secret French illegal clock restorer gets the job

One of the men involved in a clandestine restoration of the clock at the Panthéon in Paris has been appointed its official restorer – more than a decade after being taken to court.

€21m more for heritage from lottery

An extra €21million has been awarded for historical monument restoration after an outcry about the tax take from the Loto du Patrimoine lottery.

Macron in Corsica to unveil monument

President will visit on February 6

Heritage lottery plan unveiled

Special draws and scratchcard games set to raise funds to preserve historic venues and artefacts across France

Monument

Favourite monument in France: which won the 2024 contest?

National heritage guardian helps to make history come alive for millions

PHOTOS: High tides make Mont Saint-Michel an island again

Seven facts about France's Mont-Saint-Michel abbey as it turns 1,000

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