Overview
- Announced on September 17, the public vote placed the Cordouan lighthouse second and the ramparts of Guérande third.
- Fourteen sites competed in the France 3/france.tv program hosted by Stéphane Bern in partnership with ICI.
- Domaine officials hailed the title as “an immense recognition” for staff and a new step in the site's reach.
- Chantilly houses the Musée Condé, described as holding France’s second-largest collection of old-master paintings after the Louvre, along with the duke’s famed library, and the estate belongs to the Institut de France.
- The site reports drawing more than 500,000 visitors annually, and chief curator Mathieu Deldicque says the win should boost awareness, attendance and restoration resources.