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    Finances, at his palatial residence, the Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte. Louis XIV was impressed by the château and its gardens, which were the work of Louis...
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    The Château de Chantilly (pronounced [ʃɑto d(ə) ʃɑ̃tiji]) is a historic French château located in the town of Chantilly, Oise, about 50 kilometres (30...
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    celebration of the sixth century of the Château des Réaux castle foundation. The contemporary art gallery in the Château des Réaux castle was awarded by the “Merit...
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    seventeenth-century Château des Comtes de Marchin and the eighteenth-century Château de Seneffe. In the United States, the word château took root selectively...
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    16 January 2010. AFA Gallery Château de Belcastel Archived 13 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine on the website of La Route des Seigneurs du Rouergue...
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    The Château des Matignon (also named the ‘château de Torigni’) is a former princely residence located in Torigni-sur-Vire in the Manche department, Normandy...
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    The Château de Bussy-Rabutin, also known as Château de Bussy-le-Grand, is a château which developed from a 12th-century castle, located in the commune...
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    The Château d'Anet is a château near Dreux, in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France, built by Philibert de l'Orme from 1547 to 1552 for Diane...
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    also had a moat dug around the château to protect it against attack. King Henry IV made more additions to the château than any king since Francis I. He...
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    medieval phase. This Château Vieux was rebuilt by Charles V in the 1360s on the old foundations. The oldest parts of the current château were reconstructed...
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