French heritage agency
Hôtel de Sully in Paris, headquarters of the Centre des monuments nationaux The Centre des monuments nationaux (CMN) (French, 'National monuments centre') is a French government body (Établissement public à caractère administratif ) which conserves, restores and manages historic buildings and sites that are the property of the French state . It is run by the Ministry of Culture .
The CMN is responsible for the upkeep of around 85 monuments, ranging from the prehistoric megaliths at Carnac , medieval fortifications such as the towers at La Rochelle , and Renaissance châteaux such as Azay-le-Rideau , to Le Corbusier 's Villa Savoye . The CMN is also responsible for making these monuments accessible to the public, and promoting understanding of the heritage they represent through publishing books and guides, under the imprint Éditions du patrimoine .
In 2008, the CMN sites had a total of nearly 8.5 million visitors.[1] The CMN had an annual budget of € 120 million in 2009, which was mainly derived from its own sales, as well as from donations and a subsidy from the Ministry of Culture. The organisation is based at the Hôtel de Sully on rue Saint-Antoine in Paris .[1]
List of monuments [ edit ] Monument name Type Location Department Region Aigues-Mortes city walls Fortifications Aigues-Mortes Gard Languedoc-Roussillon Amiens Cathedral , towers Cathedral Amiens Somme Picardy Château d'Angers Château Angers Maine-et-Loire Pays de la Loire Arc de Triomphe Triumphal arch Paris Paris Île-de-France Château d'Assier Château Assier Lot Midi-Pyrénées Château d'Aulteribe Château Sermentizon Puy-de-Dôme Auvergne Château d'Azay-le-Rideau Château Azay-le-Rideau Indre-et-Loire Centre-Val de Loire Barnenez Neolithic cairn Plouezoc'h Finistère Brittany Beaulieu-en-Rouergue Abbey Monastery Ginals Tarn-et-Garonne Midi-Pyrénées Bec Abbey Monastery Le Bec Hellouin Eure Upper Normandy Besançon Cathedral and astronomical clock Cathedral Besançon Doubs Franche-Comté Hôtel de Béthune-Sully House Paris Paris Île-de-France Château de Bouges Château Bouges-le-Château Indre Centre-Val de Loire Palais Jacques Coeur Palace Bourges Cher Centre-Val de Loire Bourges Cathedral , tower and crypt Cathedral Bourges Cher Centre-Val de Loire Brou Monastery Monastery Bourg-en-Bresse Ain Rhône-Alpes Château de Bussy-Rabutin Château Bussy-le-Grand Côte-d'Or Burgundy Château de Cadillac Château Cadillac Gironde Aquitaine Carcassonne , citadel and castle Fortifications Carcassonne Aude Languedoc-Roussillon Carnac stones Megalithic site Carnac Morbihan Brittany Château de Carrouges Château Carrouges Orne Lower Normandy Château de Castelnau-Bretenoux Château Prudhomat Lot Midi-Pyrénées Château de Champs-sur-Marne Château Champs-sur-Marne Seine-et-Marne Île-de-France Chapelle Expiatoire Church Paris Paris Île-de-France Château de Chareil-Cintrat Château Chareil-Cintrat Allier Auvergne Charroux Abbey Monastery Charroux Vienne Poitou-Charentes Chartres Cathedral , towers and treasure house Cathedral Chartres Eure-et-Loir Centre-Val de Loire Château de Châteaudun Château Châteaudun Eure-et-Loir Centre-Val de Loire Cluny Abbey Monastery Cluny Saône-et-Loire Burgundy Conciergerie Palace Paris Paris Île-de-France Château de Coucy Château Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique Aisne Picardy Oppidum d'Ensérune Gallo-Roman site Nissan-lez-Enserune Hérault Languedoc-Roussillon Les Eyzies-de-Tayac (various sites including caves at Font-de-Gaume and Teyjat ) Neolithic sites Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil Dordogne Aquitaine Château de Voltaire Château Ferney-Voltaire Ain Rhône-Alpes Fontevraud Abbey Monastery Chinon Maine-et-Loire Pays de la Loire Château de Fougères-sur-Bièvre Château Fougères-sur-Bièvre Loir-et-Cher Centre-Val de Loire Fréjus Cathedral , cloister Cathedral Fréjus Var Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Maison de Georges Clemenceau House Saint-Vincent-sur-Jard Vendée Pays de la Loire Glanum Roman site Saint-Rémy-de-Provence Bouches-du-Rhône Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Château de Gramont Château Gramont Tarn-et-Garonne Midi-Pyrénées Château d'If Château Marseille Bouches-du-Rhône Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Maison des Jardies House Sèvres Hauts-de-Seine Île-de-France Domaine national de Jossigny Château Jossigny Seine-et-Marne Île-de-France Château de La Motte-Tilly Château La Motte-Tilly Aube Champagne-Ardenne Lantern Tower Fortifications La Rochelle Charente-Maritime Poitou-Charentes Saint Nicolas Tower Fortifications La Rochelle Charente-Maritime Poitou-Charentes The Chain Tower Fortifications La Rochelle Charente-Maritime Poitou-Charentes Sauve-Majeure Abbey Monastery La Sauve Gironde Aquitaine Trophy of Augustus Roman site La Turbie Alpes-Maritimes Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Locmariaquer megaliths Megalithic site Locmariaquer Morbihan Brittany Château de Maisons Château Maisons-Laffitte Yvelines Île-de-France Place forte de Mont-Dauphin Fortifications Mont-Dauphin Hautes-Alpes Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Mont-Saint-Michel Abbey Monastery Mont Saint-Michel Manche Lower Normandy Château de Montal Château Saint-Jean-Lespinasse Lot Midi-Pyrénées Montcaret Villa Gallo-Roman site Montcaret Dordogne Aquitaine Montmajour Abbey Monastery Arles Bouches-du-Rhône Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Montmaurin Villa Gallo-Roman site Montmaurin Haute-Garonne Midi-Pyrénées Maison de George Sand House Nohant-Vic Indre Centre-Val de Loire Notre-Dame de Paris , towers Cathedral Paris Paris Île-de-France Château d'Oiron Château Oiron Deux-Sèvres Poitou-Charentes Pair-non-Pair cave Neolithic site Prignac-et-Marcamps Gironde Aquitaine Palais-Royal Palace Paris Paris Île-de-France Panthéon Church Paris Paris Île-de-France Tour Pey-Berland Tower Bordeaux Gironde Aquitaine Château de Pierrefonds Château Pierrefonds Oise Picardy Musée des Plans-Reliefs Museum Paris Paris Île-de-France Puy-en-Velay Cathedral , cloister Cathedral Le Puy-en-Velay Haute-Loire Auvergne Château de Puyguilhem Château Villars Dordogne Aquitaine Château de Rambouillet Château Rambouillet Yvelines Île-de-France Queen's Dairy and Shell Cottage, Château de Rambouillet Ornamental buildings Rambouillet Yvelines Île-de-France Palace of Tau Palace Rheims Marne Champagne-Ardenne Reims Cathedral , towers Cathedral Rheims Marne Champagne-Ardenne Domaine national de Saint-Cloud Château and park Saint-Cloud Hauts-de-Seine Île-de-France Basilica of St Denis Cathedral Saint-Denis Seine-Saint-Denis Île-de-France Sainte-Chapelle Church Paris Paris Île-de-France Fort de Salses Fortifications Salses-le-Château Pyrénées-Orientales Languedoc-Roussillon Sanxay Gallo-Roman site Sanxay Vienne Poitou-Charentes Saorge Monastery Monastery Saorge Alpes-Maritimes Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Château de Talcy Château Talcy Loir-et-Cher Centre-Val de Loire Thoronet Abbey Monastery Draguignan Var Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Tours Cathedral , Cloître de la Psalette Cathedral Tours Indre-et-Loire Centre-Val de Loire Maison d'Ernest Renan House Tréguier Côtes-d'Armor Brittany Villa Savoye House Poissy Yvelines Île-de-France Château de Villeneuve-Lembron Château Saint-Germain-Lembron Puy-de-Dôme Auvergne Fort Saint-André Fortifications Villeneuve-lès-Avignon Gard Languedoc-Roussillon Château de Vincennes Château Vincennes Val-de-Marne Île-de-France Column of the Grande Armée Memorial column Wimille Pas-de-Calais Nord-Pas-de-Calais Vénus de Quinipily Statue Baud Morbihan Brittany
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