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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 miles) north of Paris. The site comprises two attached buildings: the Petit Château, built around 1560 for Anne de Montmorency , and the Grand Château, which was destroyed during the ...
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Chantilly (/ ʃ æ n ˈ t ɪ l i / shan-TIL-ee, [3] French: ⓘ; Picard: Cantily) is a commune in the Oise department in the Valley of the Nonette in the Hauts-de-France region of Northern France. Surrounded by Chantilly Forest , the town of 10,863 inhabitants (2017) falls within the metropolitan area of Paris .
Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé had his architect Jean-François Leroy design seven rustic cottages for the grounds of the Château de Chantilly in 1774: le Salon 'the parlor', le Billard 'the billiard room', la Salle à manger 'the dining room', la Cuisine 'the kitchen', le Moulin 'the mill'; l'Étable 'the stables' and le Cabinet de lecture ...
Pay a visit to Chanceford Hall, an 18th-century home located at 209 West Federal St. in Snow Hill, Maryland, that operates as a Bed and Breakfast.
Constructed from 1907 to 1911, the castle (transformed into a hotel by Jean Pierre Hermier in 1989) [1] was a great architectural success. Under the façades, the bas-reliefs made by Georges Gardet celebrate the pleasures of the hunt. The interior includes, notably, a theatre, a replica of that of the Opéra-Comique.
Rosecliff in Newport, Rhode Island, was built for a silver heiress during the Gilded Age. It measures 28,800 square feet and features 30 rooms, including Newport's largest ballroom.
The castle remained a ruin for more than two centuries. Napoleon I bought it in 1810 for less than 3,000 francs . During the 19th century, with the rediscovery of the architectural heritage of the Middle Ages , it became a "romantic ruin": in August 1832, Louis-Philippe gave a banquet there on the occasion of the marriage of his daughter Louise ...