Centre des monuments nationaux
Hôtel de Sully, rue Saint-Antoine, Paris, headquarters of the Centre des monuments nationaux
The Centre des monuments nationaux (CMN, English: National monuments centre) is a French government body (Établissement public à caractère administratif) which conserves, restores, and manages historic buildings and sites which are the property of the French state. It is run by the Ministry for Culture and Communication.
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. During 2008, the CNM sites had a total of nearly 8.5 million visitors.[1]
The CMN had an annual budget of €120 million for 2009, which was mainly derived from its own sales, as well as from donations and a subsidy from the Ministry of Culture and Communication. The organisation is based at the Hôtel de Sully in Paris.[1]
List of monuments
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Palais Jacques Coeur | Palace | Bourges | Cher | Centre |
| Bourges Cathedral, tower and crypt | Cathedral | Bourges | Cher | Centre |
| 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 |
| Château de Châteaudun | Château | Châteaudun | Eure-et-Loir | Centre |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Towers of La Rochelle | 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 |
| 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 |
| Thoronet Abbey | Monastery | Draguignan | Var | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Tours Cathedral, Cloître de la Psalette | Cathedral | Tours | Indre-et-Loire | Centre |
| 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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