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2. 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.

3. Château de Chenonceau - Wikipedia

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   The Château de Chenonceau (French: [ʃɑto də ʃənɔ̃so]) is a French château spanning the river Cher, near the small village of Chenonceaux, Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire. [1] It is one of the best-known châteaux of the Loire Valley. [2] The estate of Chenonceau is first mentioned in writing in the 11th century. [3]

4. List of castles in France - Wikipedia

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   If no article appears in either English or French Wikipedias, a link is given to an external website. The number in parentheses after the name of each department indicates the department number used for administrative purposes. The number of castles in France is estimated to be about 45,000, a bit more than 1 for France's 36,000 communities.

5. Château de Chambord - Wikipedia

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   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. Palace of Fontainebleau - Wikipedia

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   It became a favorite summer residence and hunting lodge of the kings of France because of the abundant game and many springs in the surrounding forest. [6] The first chateau was a square "donjon" or keep, a fortified tower surrounded by a wall. It was three stories high, and occupied an area of about fifty square meters.

7. Palace of Versailles - Wikipedia

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   Its most famous room is the Galerie des Batailles (Hall of Battles), which lies on most of the length of the second floor of the south wing. [120] The museum project largely came to a halt when Louis Philippe was overthrown in 1848, though the paintings of French heroes and great battles still remain in the south wing.

8. List of palaces in France - Wikipedia

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   Palais de la Cité, also simply known as le Palais, first royal palace of France, from before 1000 until 1363; now the seat of the courts of justice of Paris and of the Court of Cassation (the supreme court of France) Palais de la Légion d'honneur; Palais du Louvre, second royal palace of France, from 1364 until 1789; now the Louvre Museum

9. Château d'If - Wikipedia

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   Chateau d'If is the title of a 1949, short story written by Jack Vance (previously published as New Bodies For Old). [8] The fortress was used as the location where Alain Charnier a.k.a. Frog One (Fernando Rey) meets Devereaux (Frédéric de Pasquale) to finalize the drugs shipment to the United States in the 1971 crime film The French Connection.