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

Château d’If in Bouches-du-Rhône is in the running to be France’s favourite monument
Sophie Parsons
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The hunt is on for France’s favourite monument - and now you can have your say.

Every year, three monuments are put forward for each region in France. Members of the public are then invited to cast their votes online to decide which of the three will represent the region at the national level.

There is then another vote to choose France’s favourite from a nationwide list of 14 monuments.

You can vote here for your regional choice. But you must do it before Friday, May 26 at 23:59.

The national winner will be revealed in mid-September.

Which monuments have been nominated in each French region?

Auvergne Rhône-Alpes

Credit: Loïc Julien @ Châteaux de la Drôme
  • Château de Grignan - Drôme
  • Basilique Notre-Dame de Fourvière - Rhône
  • Cuivrerie de Cerdon - Ain

Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

  • Abbaye de Cluny - Saône-et-Loire
  • Grande Forge de Buffon - Côte-d’Or
  • Château de Joux - Doubs

Bretagne

  • Château du Taureau - Finistère
  • Domaine départemental de la Roche-Jagu - Côtes-d’Armor
  • Citadelle de Port-Louis - Morbihan

Centre-Val de Loire

  • Domaine de George Sand - Indre
  • Château royal de Blois - Loir-et-Cher
  • Palais Jacques Cœur - Cher

Corse

  • Citadelle d’Ajaccio - Corse-du-Sud
  • Couvent Saint-Dominique - Corbara, Haute Corse
  • Cathédrale Sainte-Marie - Bastia, Haute Corse

Grand Est

Mont Sainte Odile ©Ch.HAMM_
  • Château fort de Sedan - Ardennes
  • Gare de Metz - Moselle
  • Sanctuaire du Mont Sainte-Odile - Bas-Rhin

Hauts-de-France

  • Hortillonnages d’Amiens - Somme
  • Maison natale de Charles de Gaulle - Nord
  • Domaine de Chaalis - Oise

Île-de-France

  • Domaine départemental de la Vallée-aux-Loups - Hauts-de-Seine
  • Villa Savoye - Yvelines
  • Bibliothèque nationale de France Site Richelieu - Paris

Normandie

  • Haras national du Pin - Orne
  • Palais Bénédictine - Seine Maritime
  • Château & Jardins de Boutemont - Calvados

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Nouvelle-Aquitaine

© Phare de La Coubre
  • Villa Arnaga - Maison d’Edmond Rostand - Pyrénées-Atlantiques
  • Château ducal de Cadillac-sur-Garonne - Gironde
  • Phare de la Coubre - Charent Maritime

Occitanie

  • Viaduc de Millau - Aveyron
  • Gouffre de Padirac - Lot
  • Place Nationale - Tarn-et-Garonne

Outre-Mer (Martinique)

  • Bibliothèque Schoelcher - Fort-de-France
  • Fort Saint-Louis - Fort-de-France
  • Théâtre Aimé Césaire - Fort-de-France

Pays de la Loire

Trois-mâts Belem © Philip Plisson
  • Château de Brissac - Maine-et-Loire
  • Trois-mâts Belem - Loire-Atlantique
  • Abbaye royale de l'Épau - Sarthe

Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur

  • Cap Moderne, Eileen Gray et Le Corbusier au Cap Martin - Alpes Maritimes
  • Château d’If - Bouches-du-Rhône
  • Sites antiques de Vaison-la-Romaine - Vaucluse

Have your say

What is your favourite monument in France? Let us know via news@connexionfrance.com

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