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  2. List of châteaux in the Île-de-France - Wikipedia

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    Château de Saint-Ange de Villecerf, Villecerf; Château de Sainte-Assise, Seine-Port; Château de Sigy, Sigy; Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte, Maincy, former residence of Nicolas Fouquet, Superintendent of Finances to Louis XIV. Accessible; Château de Villiers-Chapuis, Pamfou; Château de Villiers-les-Maillets, Saint-Barthélemy

  3. Scarlet Sails (tradition) - Wikipedia

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    Crowds with about one million people are treated to a wide variety of free entertainment provided by the city of St. Petersburg. [1] [unreliable source?] Entertainment also includes appearances by popular rock-stars, as well as the St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra, ballet and other classical acts, performing on several stages simultaneously during the event.

  4. List of largest palaces - Wikipedia

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    Saint Petersburg: 233,345 square metres (2,511,705 sq ft) Used as the official residence and imperial palace of the Emperor of Russia between 1732 and 1917. Briefly served as the seat of the Provisional Government. Currently part of Hermitage Museum. [8] [7] The Winter Palace: 4 Istana Nurul Iman Brunei: Bandar Seri Begawan

  5. History of the Palace of Versailles - Wikipedia

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    Collection des cartulaires de France. Tome I: Cartulaire de l'abbaye de Saint-Père de Chartres. Paris: Crapelet. Copy at Google Books. Hazlehurst, F. Hamilton (1980). Gardens of Illusion: The Genius of André Le Nostre. Nashville, Tennessee: Vanderbilt University Press. ISBN 9780826512093. Hoog, Simone (1996).

  6. Beloselsky-Belozersky Palace - Wikipedia

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    Beloselsky Belozersky Palace (Russian: Дворе́ц Белосе́льских-Белозе́рских; also known before the Revolution as the Palace of the Grand Duchess Elizabeth Fyodorovna, the Sergei Palace, and the Dmitry Palace) is a Neo-Baroque palace at the intersection of the Fontanka River and Nevsky Prospekt in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

  7. Châteaux of the Loire Valley - Wikipedia

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    Toward the end of the 17th century, Louis XIV made the Île-de-France the permanent locale for great royal residences when he built the Palace of Versailles. Nonetheless, those who gained the king's favour, as well as the wealthy bourgeoisie , continued to renovate existing châteaux or build lavish new ones in the Loire Valley as summer ...

  8. Peterhof Palace - Wikipedia

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    The Peterhof Palace (Russian: Петерго́ф, romanized: Petergóf, IPA: [pʲɪtʲɪrˈɡof]; [1] an emulation of German "Peterhof", meaning "Peter's Court") [2] is a series of palaces and gardens located in Petergof, Saint Petersburg, Russia, commissioned by Peter the Great as a direct response to the Palace of Versailles by Louis XIV of France. [3]

  9. Château de Chantilly - Wikipedia

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    The château is owned by the Institut de France, which received it from Henri d'Orléans, Duke of Aumale. A historic monument since 1988, it is open to the public. The château's art gallery, the Musée Condé, houses one of France's finest collections of paintings. It specialises in French paintings and book illuminations of the 15th and 16th ...