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  2. List of castles in France - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of castles in France, arranged by region and department. Notes The French word château has a wider meaning than the English castle : it includes architectural entities that are properly called palaces, mansions or vineyards in English.

  3. List of châteaux in France - Wikipedia

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    This list of châteaux in France is arranged by region. The French word château (French pronunciation:; plural: châteaux) has a wider meaning than the English castle: it includes architectural entities that are properly called palaces, mansions or vineyards in English.

  4. Château - Wikipedia

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    Château de Versailles. A château (French pronunciation:; plural: châteaux) is a manor house, or palace, or residence of the lord of the manor, or a fine country house of nobility or gentry, with or without fortifications, originally, and still most frequently, in French-speaking regions.

  5. Château de Chaumont (La Serre-Bussière-Vieille) - Wikipedia

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    It is located in Chaumont, straddling the municipalities of Mainsat and La Serre-Bussière-Vieille, in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France. The path leading to the château (rue de Chaumont) is in the town of Mainsat, but the building itself is in the neighbouring town of La Serre-Bussière-Vieille. [1] [2]

  6. List of castles in Limousin - Wikipedia

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    Name Date Condition Image Ownership / Access Notes Château de Crocq: 12th century Ruins Château de Saint-Hilaire, Château des Plas: 13-17th century Intact Two adjacent châteaux, which dominate the commune of Curemonte.

  7. Palace of Fontainebleau - Wikipedia

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    Palace of Fontainebleau (/ ˈ f ɒ n t ɪ n b l oʊ / FON-tin-bloh, US also /-b l uː /-⁠bloo; [1] French: Château de Fontainebleau [ʃɑto d(ə) fɔ̃tɛnblo]), located 55 kilometers (34 miles) southeast of the center of Paris, in the commune of Fontainebleau, is one of the largest French royal châteaux.

  8. List of castles in Picardy - Wikipedia

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    Name Date Condition Image Ownership / Access Notes Château de Château-Thierry: 9–17th century Ruins Château de Coucy: c.1220 Ruins Keep was 180 ft (55 m) high, in 1917 the German army dynamited the keep and the four corner towers using 28 tons of explosives.

  9. 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 ...