2026 results of Favourite Monument of the French: Grignan Castle finishes second

Favourite Monument of the French 2026: Grignan Castle takes the podium

Broadcast on 16 September 2026 on France 3, Stéphane Bern’s show crowned an Art Deco swimming pool in the Pas-de-Calais, but Grignan Castle in the Drôme Provençale finished second among fourteen competing monuments.

Editorial journal · Carte des Châteaux · 17 September 2026

Last night, 16 September 2026, Stéphane Bern unveiled live from Chambord on France 3 the name of the big winner of the sixth edition of Favourite Monument of the French: the Art Deco Roger-Salengro swimming pool in the Pas-de-Calais, ahead of fourteen competing monuments. On this national podium, only one château features: Grignan Castle in the Drôme Provençale, which came second, just ahead of the Basilica of Sainte-Thérèse in Lisieux, in Calvados. The result crowns a public vote held from 9 to 24 July 2026.

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Château de Grignan

Perché sur son piton rocheux dominant Grignan, en Drôme provençale, le château se transforme dès le XVe-XVIe siècle, sous l'impulsion de la famille Adhémar, d'une forteresse médiévale en une demeure de plaisance, avant de devenir un haut lieu de la vie littéraire française grâce au séjour de Madame de Sévigné auprès de sa fille, la comtesse de Grignan. Restauré au XXe siècle après les dévastations révolutionnaires, il appartient depuis 1979 au Département de la Drôme et est aujourd'hui musée de France.

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The 'Favourite Monument of the French' 2026: here’s which site was crowned in Stéphane Bern’s show ↗The Favourite Monument of the French 2026 on France 3: Stéphane Bern unveils the winner from Chambord ↗

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