In six years, by collecting more than 155 million euros, it has helped more than 950 sites for their restoration work, including more than 125 emblematic regional heritage projects and more than 835 departmental sites (one site per metropolitan department and overseas community). Today, more than 70% of them have already been saved: 370 have been completed and 280 projects are in progress.
Twelve sites in danger
More than 6,300 sites at risk have been reported on the platform, including 790 in 2024. Around a hundred of them have been selected for this edition, including a dozen in Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
– The ramparts of the castle of Montignac-Charente (Charente)
– The Sablanceaux redoubt in Rivedoux-Plage (Charente-Maritime)
– The accommodation of the rural complex of the Rivière in Saint-Éloy-les-Tuileries (Corrèze)
– The dovecote-porch of the castle in Arfeuille-Châtain (Creuse)
– The former hospital commandery in Condat-sur-Vézère (Dordogne)
– The Prat fortified house in Générac (Gironde)
Blayais: the Prat fortified house resists the ravages of time
The building located in Générac is the first Gironde project to be awarded the Heritage and Local Tourism program of the Heritage Foundation. Owners Bertrand and Marie-Laure Dietrich are continuing the renovations of this place full of history
– The Landes house known as “master’s house” in Sabres (Landes)
– The remains of the former Jacobin convent in Port-Sainte-Marie (Lot-et-Garonne)
– The Saint-Vincent-Deacon church in Hendaye (Pyrénées-Atlantiques)
– The outbuildings of the castle of La Forêt-sur-Sèvre (Deux-Sèvres)
– The old spinning mill in Ligugé (Vienne)
– The dovecote at Palais-sur-Vienne (Haute-Vienne)
The amount of the grant for each site will be announced at the end of the year. The amounts of the grants awarded to the 18 regional emblematic sites will be known during the next European Heritage Days, on 20, 21 and 22 September 2024.
Sud Ouest and TV7 open their doors to the public
Saturday, September 21, 2024, on the occasion of the newspaper’s 80th anniversary and the Heritage Days, the Sud Ouest Group is renewing the tradition of its open days to allow its various audiences to discover the behind the scenes of a regional media group.
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