Heritage Lottery: Discover the 102 winning departmental sites in 2025

The Heritage Mission for the safeguarding of endangered heritage led by Stéphane Bern, deployed by the Heritage Foundation and supported by the Ministry of Culture and FDJ UNITED, is pleased to unveil the 102 winning departmental sites in mainland France and overseas in 2025.

The selected sites will benefit from financial support from the eighth edition of the Mission Patrimoine games offering, which is launched on September 1.

After a launch sequence of the new edition of the "Mission Patrimoine" games offer in the presence of Mrs. Rachida Dati, Minister of Culture, the announcement of the winners was made by the partners of the Mission Patrimoine, Monday, September 1, 2025, from the Hôtel de Magny, departmental winner 2025 for Paris with:

Stéphane Bern, in charge of the Heritage Mission
Jean-François Hebert, Director General of Heritage and Architecture at the Ministry of Culture
Alexandre Giuglaris, Director General of the Heritage Foundation
Stéphane Pallez, President and CEO of FDJ UNITED
Gilles Bloch, President of the National Museum of Natural History

What's new in the Heritage Mission in 2025

FDJ United's "Heritage Mission" game offer

The FDJ UNITED group is offering a new edition of its "Mission Patrimoine" gaming offering starting September 1st. Available in three versions, the ticket is built around six games and a bonus game, and highlights the 18 emblematic sites of the regions selected by the Mission Patrimoine in 2025. Sold for €15, it will allow players to win up to €1,5 million. The amount of the levy on bets normally going to the State, i.e. €1,83 per ticket purchased, will be donated to the Fondation du patrimoine.

In addition, the Group is offering, from September 8 to 22, eight dedicated Loto draws as part of the Mission Patrimoine scheme:

On September 8, 10, 13, 15, 17, 20, and 22, players will have the opportunity to participate in a Loto draw, with a jackpot of at least €2 million. A Super Loto will also take place on Friday, September 19, on the eve of European Heritage Days, with a jackpot of at least €13 million. €0,54 will be donated by the State to the Heritage Foundation for each €2,20 grid played, and €0,73 for each €3 grid played in the Super Loto.

The Heritage Mission in brief

In September 2017, the President of the Republic entrusted Stéphane Bern with a mission to identify endangered heritage sites and seek new sources of funding to restore them. This initiative gave rise to the "Heritage Lottery," an operation organized by the Fondation du patrimoine, FDJ UNITED, and the Ministry of Culture.

A partnership was established by a multi-year agreement between these three partners, which defines the operation. This original operation has generated enthusiasm among the French since its launch: more than 7.000 sites at risk have been reported on the participatory platform. www.missionbern.fr and millions of players participate each year in the preservation of heritage, by playing the “Mission Patrimoine” scratch and draw games from FDJ UNITED.

Sites can also benefit from collections of donations and patronage subject to their eligibility and, for those protected as historic monuments, from subsidies from the Ministry of Culture.

The success of the Mission is the result of its participatory and partnership-based method, which guarantees the quality and variety of the local heritage projects identified and whose cultural, economic and social interest is thus revealed to the general public.

The 2026 call for projects

The call for projects is open on the site missionbern.fr/signaler-un-site. Owners, associations, municipalities and heritage enthusiasts are invited to identify sites at risk throughout metropolitan France and in overseas communities. These reports can be made throughout the year.

To apply for the 2026 edition of the emblematic sites of the Heritage Mission, files must be submitted before November 16, 2025;
To apply for the selection of departmental sites for the 2026 edition of the Heritage Mission, applications must be submitted before February 28, 2026.

More information in the “Frequently Asked Questions” available on the site missionbern.fr/faq.

The selection procedures

Applications submitted on the site www.missionbern.fr are instructed by the departmental and regional delegations of the Heritage Foundation, composed of volunteers and employees. The Ministry of Culture, through its regional directorates of cultural affairs, participates in this first examination, in particular of buildings protected as historic monuments.

Heritage support associations, such as La Demeure historique, also participate by submitting projects and relaying information to their members.

After the local examination of applications, particularly with regard to the Mission's criteria, the list of projects and their financing is drawn up by the Fondation du patrimoine based on available resources, on the proposal of the selection committee chaired by Stéphane Bern and composed of representatives of the Fondation du patrimoine, FDJ UNITED and the Ministry of Culture. It meets twice a year.

Eighteen emblematic heritage projects from metropolitan regions and overseas communities and one project per department are selected each year, according to four main criteria:

heritage and cultural interest;
the state of peril;
the maturity of the project;
its impact on the territory and the development project.

The results

The Heritage Mission revealed the general public's interest in the richness and attractiveness of local heritage. Nearly 770 new projects were reported for the 2025 edition on the platform. www.missionbern.fr.

Since the first edition in 2018, the Heritage Mission has helped more than 1.000 sites with their restoration work, including more than 140 emblematic regional heritage projects and more than 900 departmental sites (one site per metropolitan department and overseas community). Today, more than 75% of the projects selected during the first 7 editions have already been saved: 290 are underway and 440 are completed.

Reminder: 2025 project allocations

The amount of the allocation for each departmental site will be announced at the end of the year based on sales of the “Heritage Mission” games.

The allocation granted to each of the 18 emblematic sites in the regions, which were revealed last March, will be announced during the European Heritage Days on September 19, 20 and 21, 2025.

Funding granted

Since the first edition of the Heritage Mission, more than 325 million euros have been raised to support the restoration work on all the selected sites:

More than 180 million euros from the Heritage Lottery;
103 million euros of credits allocated by the Ministry of Culture to projects relating to historic monuments;
More than 42 million euros collected by the Fondation du patrimoine, from corporate sponsorship, individual donations and its own resources.

Finally, the funding granted through the Heritage Lottery is allocated by the Heritage Foundation, which monitors the smooth running of the work and compliance with the heritage characteristics of the sites in conjunction with State services.

AUVERGNE – RHONE-ALPES

House located opposite the Porte d'En-Haut in Pérouges (01)
Tithe barn of the Riau castle in Villeneuve-sur-Allier (03)
Medieval tower of the Empurany castle in Empurany (07)
Escorolles Castle in Cheylade (15)
Grand Serre office in Grand-Serre (26)
Chardon Turning Mill in Saint-Pierre-d'Entremont (38)
Cornes d'Urfé Castle in Champoly (42)
Ruins of Rochebaron Castle in Bas-en-Basset (43)
Chapel of Sainte-Magdeleine in Saint-Saturnin (63)
Small greenhouses in the Parc de la Tête d'Or in Lyon (69)
Fort de la Platte in Bourg-Saint-Maurice (73)
Ecumenical Chapel of Flaine in Araches-la-Frasse (74)

BURGUNDY – FRANCHE-COMTÉ

Saint-Saturnin Church in Saulieu (21)
Former Schiste tile factory in Lods (25)
Gardener's house at the Château de Verreux in Arbois (39)
House of Aldermen in Corbigny (58)
Washhouse-Fountain-Drinking Trough in Nantilly (70)
Tiniller of the Monks’ Castle in Berzé-la-Ville (71)
Cistercian barn of Beauvais in Venouse (89)
Saint-Martin Church in Morvillars (90)

France

Former linen merchant's house in Uzel (22)
Notre-Dame-de-Penhors Chapel in Pouldreuzic (29)
Papegault Tower in Montfort-sur-Meu (35)
Logis Saint-Vincent Ferrier in Vannes (56)

CENTER - LOIRE VALLEY

Culan Castle (18)
Saint-Rémy Church in Auneau-Bleury-Saint-Symphorien (28)
Boutet Mill at Pont-Chrétien-Chabenet (36)
Abbey of Clarté-Dieu in Saint-Paterne-Racan (37)
Pontlevoy Abbey Riding School (41)
Priory Castle in Villemoutiers (45)

CORSE

Ajara irrigation canal in Bastelica (2A)
Church of Saint-Cyprian in Morsiglia (2B)

GREAT EAST

Basilica of Our Lady of Hope in Charleville-Mézières (08)
Baltard Hall in Chaource (10)
Forge Valentin in Outines (51)
Former commandery of Mormant in Leffonds (52)
Chapel of Our Lady of Hope at the University Hospital in Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy (54)
Civet House in Euville (55)
Traditional house in Obergailbach (57)
Vineyard Pavilion in Scherwiller (67)
Miquey Garden Pavilion in Mulhouse (68)
Saint-Elophe Church in Viviers-le-Gras (88)