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  2. Palace of Versailles - Wikipedia

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    The Palace of Versailles ( / vɛərˈsaɪ, vɜːrˈsaɪ / vair-SY, vur-SY; [ 1] French: château de Versailles [ʃɑto d (ə) vɛʁsɑj] ⓘ) is a former royal residence commissioned by King Louis XIV located in Versailles, about 11 miles (18 km) west of Paris, France . The palace is owned by the government of France and since 1995 has been ...

  3. Edinburgh Castle - Wikipedia

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    Edinburgh Castle is a historic castle in Edinburgh, Scotland. It stands on Castle Rock, which has been occupied by humans since at least the Iron Age. There has been a royal castle on the rock since at least the reign of Malcolm III in the 11th century, and the castle continued to be a royal residence until 1633.

  4. Windsor Castle - Wikipedia

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    Windsor Castle. /  51.48333°N 0.60417°W  / 51.48333; -0.60417. Windsor Castle is a royal residence at Windsor in the English county of Berkshire. It is strongly associated with the English and succeeding British royal family, and embodies almost a millennium of architectural history . The original castle was built in the 11th century ...

  5. Château de Chambord - Wikipedia

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    Region. Europe. The Château de Chambord ( French pronunciation: [ʃɑto d (ə) ʃɑ̃bɔʁ]) in Chambord, Centre-Val de Loire, France, is one of the most recognisable châteaux in the world because of its very distinctive French Renaissance architecture, which blends traditional French medieval forms with classical Renaissance structures.

  6. Were these Renaissance masterpieces some of the world’s first ...

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    In other words, this new method of mass dissemination made them go viral. Stephanie Porras, art historian and author of “The First Viral Images: Maerten de Vos, Antwerp Print, and the Early ...

  7. Bastille - Wikipedia

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    The Bastille ( / bæˈstiːl /, French: [bastij] ⓘ) was a fortress in Paris, known as the Bastille Saint-Antoine. It played an important role in the internal conflicts of France and for most of its history was used as a state prison by the kings of France. It was stormed by a crowd on 14 July 1789, in the French Revolution, becoming an ...

  8. Dunrobin Castle - Wikipedia

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    Dunrobin Castle (mostly 1835–1845 — present) is a stately home in Sutherland, in the Highland area of Scotland, as well as the family seat of the Earl of Sutherland, Chief of the Clan Sutherland. It is located one mile (1.5 kilometres) north of Golspie and approximately five miles (eight kilometres) south of Brora , overlooking the Dornoch ...

  9. Castel Sant'Angelo - Wikipedia

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    Founded. 123–139 AD. The Mausoleum of Hadrian, also known as Castel Sant'Angelo ( Italian pronunciation: [kaˈstɛl sanˈtandʒelo]; English: Castle of the Holy Angel ), is a towering rotunda (cylindrical building) in Parco Adriano, Rome, Italy. It was initially commissioned by the Roman Emperor Hadrian as a mausoleum for himself and his family.