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  2. 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.

  3. French provincial architecture - Wikipedia

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    In the United States the style remained popular though the 1920s. [1] By 1932 nearly one in three homes in America had French Provincial design elements.The style fell out of favor in the 1930s, [6] but had a resurgence in the 1960s. [1] In the United States architect Frank J. Forster promoted the style. He was recognized by his peers as a ...

  4. History of the Palace of Versailles - Wikipedia

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    The palace was the site of seminal events in French and European history during the Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871) and the subsequent birth of the French Third Republic. During the Franco-Prussian War, the town of Versailles was occupied by invading German troops and became the headquarters of the German General Staff . [ 71 ]

  5. Manorialism - Wikipedia

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    Manorialism, also known as seigneurialism, the manor system or manorial system, [1] [2] was the method of land ownership (or "tenure") in parts of Europe, notably France and later England, during the Middle Ages. [3]

  6. Quizlet - Wikipedia

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    Quizlet is a multi-national American company that provides tools for studying and learning. [1] Quizlet was founded in October 2005 by Andrew Sutherland, who at the time was a 15-year old student, [ 2 ] and released to the public in January 2007. [ 3 ]

  7. French Renaissance architecture - Wikipedia

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    The middle of the 15th century was a key period for the Loire Valley in the history of France and its architectural heritage. The greats of the kingdom settled in the region, fitting out medieval fortresses or erecting new buildings.

  8. Gardens of the French Renaissance - Wikipedia

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    Gardens of the Château de Villandry View of the Diane de Poitiers' garden at the Château de Chenonceau Medici Fountain in the Jardin du Luxembourg, Paris. Gardens of the French Renaissance were initially inspired by the Italian Renaissance garden, which evolved later into the grander and more formal jardin à la française during the reign of Louis XIV, by the middle of the 17th century.

  9. Château (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Chateau (Pittsburgh), a neighborhood in the city of Pittsburgh, PA; The Chateau (Denver, Colorado), a building on the National Register of Historic Places in Denver, Colorado; Chateau Theatre or The Chateau, a building in Rochester, Minnesota, listed on the NRHP; Oregon Caves Chateau or The Chateau, a historic hotel in Oregon Caves National ...