FAVORITE MONUMENT OF THE FRENCH. The Circuit des 24 Heures du Mans is the winner of the “Favorite Monument of the French” this year 2024. Discover the ranking of the candidates in images.
[Mis à jour le 19 septembre 2024 à 08h07] The 9th edition of the “Favorite Monument of the French” crowned the 24 Hours of Le Mans Circuit in the Pays de la Loire. Among the 14 French candidates (13 in France metropolitan France, 1 overseas), the 24 Hours of Le Mans Circuit is ahead of the Douai belfry in the North and the Trévarez castle in Saint-Goazec in Brittany.
The verdict was announced this Wednesday, September 18, 2024. The show “Le Monument favoris des Français” presented by Stéphane Bern revealed its winner on France 3, a few days before the 41st European Heritage Days scheduled for this weekend and among the 14 sites selected from the 43,000 buildings that are registered or classified as Historic Monuments. The Sarthe enclosure is a legendary circuit and an unmissable museum that is visited each year by 200,000 people.
What is the ranking of the French people’s favorite monument in 2024?
These 14 French monuments competing in charm were the subject of a ranking which was unveiled on television on France 3 on Wednesday, September 18, 2024. Discover the ranking of the candidates in images:
Which monument won the title of “Favorite Monument of the French” in 2024?
The 24 Hours of Le Mans Circuit in the Pays de la Loire was designated “Favorite Monument of the French” in 2024, succeeding the fortified castle of Sedan in the Ardennes in the Grand Est region elected in 2023. It is the Mecca of motorsport, a world-renowned sporting heritage which has hosted numerous motor racing circuits over the last 100 years.
When did the vote for the “Favorite Monument of the French” take place in 2024?
Voting was open from July 12 to 24, 2024, the date of the election of the “Favorite Monument of the French 2024”. Viewers could vote for their favorite monument among the 14 in the running, by telephone at 32 45, or directly on the show’s website. The vote is made public during the 9th edition of the show presented by Stéphane Bern on France 3, this Wednesday, September 18, 2024.
What was the list of candidates for the “Favorite Monument of the French” in 2024?
On the same principle as the French Favorite Village, each monument represents a French region, and it is the public who voted for their favorite. Here is the list of candidates by region:
- The Le Corbusier Firminy-Vert Site (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes)
- The Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans (Burgundy-Franche-Comté)
- The Trévarez Estate (Brittany)
- The Priory of Saint-Cosme – Ronsard’s residence (Centre-Val de Loire)
- Saleccia Park (Corsica)
- the Sanctuary of Mont Sainte-Odile (Grand Est)
- the Belfry of Douai (Hauts-de-France)
- the Château de Fontainebleau (Île-de-France)
- the Lazaret of the Grande Chaloupe (Reunion / Overseas)
- Eu Castle – Louis-Philippe Museum (Normandy)
- Fort Louvois (New Aquitaine)
- Château Laurens (Occitanie)
- the 24 Hours of Le Mans Circuit (Pays de la Loire)
- the Villa & Gardens Ephrussi de Rothschild (Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur)