The Centre des monuments nationaux (CMN) (French, 'National monuments centre') is a French government body (Établissement public à caractère administratif) which conserves, restores and manages historic buildings and sites that are the property of the French state. It is run by the Ministry of Culture.
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.
In 2008, the CMN sites had a total of nearly 8.5 million visitors.[1] The CMN had an annual budget of €120 million in 2009, which was mainly derived from its own sales, as well as from donations and a subsidy from the Ministry of Culture. The organisation is based at the Hôtel de Sully on rue Saint-Antoine in Paris.[1]
| Monument name | Type | Location | Department | Region | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aigues-Mortes city walls | Fortifications | Languedoc-Roussillon | |||
| Amiens Cathedral, towers | Cathedral | Picardy | |||
| Château | Pays de la Loire | ||||
| Triumphal arch | Paris | Paris | Île-de-France | ||
| Château | Midi-Pyrénées | ||||
| Château | |||||
| Château | Centre-Val de Loire | ||||
| Neolithic cairn | Brittany | ||||
| Monastery | Midi-Pyrénées | ||||
| Monastery | Upper Normandy | ||||
| Besançon Cathedral and astronomical clock | Cathedral | Franche-Comté | |||
| House | Paris | Paris | |||
| Château | Centre-Val de Loire | ||||
| Palace | Centre-Val de Loire | ||||
| Bourges Cathedral, tower and crypt | Cathedral | Centre-Val de Loire | |||
| Monastery | Rhône-Alpes | ||||
| Château | Burgundy | ||||
| Château | Aquitaine | ||||
| Carcassonne, citadel and castle | Fortifications | Languedoc-Roussillon | |||
| Megalithic site | Brittany | ||||
| Château | Lower Normandy | ||||
| Château | Midi-Pyrénées | ||||
| Château | Île-de-France | ||||
| Church | Paris | Paris | Île-de-France | ||
| Château | Auvergne | ||||
| Monastery | |||||
| Chartres Cathedral, towers and treasure house | Cathedral | Centre-Val de Loire | |||
| Château | Centre-Val de Loire | ||||
| Monastery | Burgundy | ||||
| Palace | Paris | Paris | Île-de-France | ||
| Château | Picardy | ||||
| Gallo-Roman site | |||||
| Les Eyzies-de-Tayac (various sites including caves at Font-de-Gaume and Teyjat) | Neolithic sites | ||||
| Château | Rhône-Alpes | ||||
| Monastery | Pays de la Loire | ||||
| Château | Centre-Val de Loire | ||||
| Fréjus Cathedral, cloister | Cathedral | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | |||
| House | |||||
| Roman site | |||||
| Château | Midi-Pyrénées | ||||
| Château | |||||
| House | Île-de-France | ||||
| Château | Île-de-France | ||||
| Château | |||||
| Fortifications | |||||
| Fortifications | |||||
| Fortifications | |||||
| Monastery | Aquitaine | ||||
| Roman site | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | ||||
| Megalithic site | Brittany | ||||
| Château | |||||
| Fortifications | |||||
| Mont-Saint-Michel Abbey | Monastery | Lower Normandy | |||
| Château | Midi-Pyrénées | ||||
| Montcaret Villa | Gallo-Roman site | Aquitaine | |||
| Monastery | |||||
| Montmaurin Villa | Gallo-Roman site | Midi-Pyrénées | |||
| House | Centre-Val de Loire | ||||
| Notre-Dame de Paris, towers | Cathedral | Paris | Paris | Île-de-France | |
| Château | Poitou-Charentes | ||||
| Neolithic site | Aquitaine | ||||
| Palace | Paris | Paris | Île-de-France | ||
| Church | Paris | Paris | Île-de-France | ||
| Tower | Aquitaine | ||||
| Château | Picardy | ||||
| Museum | Paris | Paris | Île-de-France | ||
| Puy-en-Velay Cathedral, cloister | Cathedral | Auvergne | |||
| Château | Aquitaine | ||||
| Château | |||||
| Ornamental buildings | |||||
| Palace | Champagne-Ardenne | ||||
| Reims Cathedral, towers | Cathedral | Champagne-Ardenne | |||
| Château and park | Île-de-France | ||||
| Cathedral | Île-de-France | ||||
| Church | Paris | Paris | Île-de-France | ||
| Fortifications | Languedoc-Roussillon | ||||
| Gallo-Roman site | Poitou-Charentes | ||||
| Monastery | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | ||||
| Château | Centre-Val de Loire | ||||
| Monastery | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | ||||
| Tours Cathedral, Cloître de la Psalette | Cathedral | Centre-Val de Loire | |||
| House | Brittany | ||||
| House | |||||
| Château | Auvergne | ||||
| Fortifications | Languedoc-Roussillon | ||||
| Château | Île-de-France | ||||
| Memorial column | Nord-Pas-de-Calais | ||||
| Statue | Brittany |