Safeguard heritage. At the end of the 5th edition of the Loto du patrimoine, an endowment of more than 25 million euros will be allocated to the Heritage Foundation, the Ministry of Public Accounts announced on Thursday.
This year again, the State will pay “all the taxes levied on heritage games for the benefit of the general budget of the State, to the Heritage Foundation to finance the restoration of historical monuments located in mainland France and overseas”, has reminded the ministry in a press release. This aid will be distributed among the 100 departmental sites selected in 2022 for the 5th edition of the Heritage Loto, launched at the end of August.
Stéphane Bern, muse of the Heritage Mission
Among the 100 sites selected, the blast furnaces of the Ans forge (Dordogne), the Florentin windmill and vine hut (Tarn), the former priory of Saint-Romain-le-Puy (Loire), the Fort de Feyzin (Rhône), the hop dryer in Bèze (Côte-d’Or), the Eiffel footbridge of the Kermezen estate in La Roche-Jaudy (Côtes-d’Armor) or the maritime heritage of Audierne (Finistère ).
“In five years, State support for the Heritage Mission has reached more than 125 million euros thanks to the Heritage Loto” and “has made it possible to restore 215 remarkable heritage sites and 235 other sites are in the process of being restoration”. In total, 745 sites have benefited from the support of the Heritage Mission since 2018, led by Stéphane Bern.