word château is a French word that has entered the English language, where its meaning is more specific than it is in French. The French word château denotes...
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Palace of Versailles (redirect from Château de Versailles)
Finances, at his palatial residence, the Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte. Louis XIV was impressed by the château and its gardens, which were the work of Louis...
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The Château d'Amboise is a château in Amboise, located in the Indre-et-Loire département of the Loire Valley in France. Confiscated by the monarchy in...
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The Fairmont Le Château Frontenac, commonly referred to as the Château Frontenac, is a historic hotel in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The hotel is situated...
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The Château d'If (French pronunciation: [ʃɑto dif]) is a fortress located on the Île d'If, the smallest island in the Frioul archipelago, situated about...
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May 1972, and was titled after the 18th century French chateau where it was recorded, Château d'Hérouville. The album reached number one on the US Billboard...
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largest château in the Loire Valley; it was built to serve as a hunting lodge for Francis I, who maintained his royal residences at the Château de Blois...
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Château DIY (formerly known as Escape to the Château DIY until 2020) is a Channel 4 formatted documentary television series which follows the stories of...
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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...
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The Château des Amerois (French pronunciation: [ʃɑto dez‿amʁwa]) is a 19th-century neo-Gothic style château in the Ardennes forest, south-east of Bouillon...
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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...
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The Château de Breteuil (previously called the Château de Bevilliers) is a château situated in the Vallée de Chevreuse in Yvelines department of France...
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London: Cassell & Company Ltd. pp. 562–563. "Château d'Yquem". Château d'Yquem. Retrieved 10 April 2022. "Chateau d'Yquem". Retrieved 7 November 2010. Harding...
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Château de Villandry. The Château de Villandry is a grand country house located in Villandry, in the département...
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The Royal Château of Blois (French: Château Royal de Blois, pronounced [ʃɑto ʁwajal də blwa]) is a château located in the city center of Blois, Loir-et-Cher...
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Château Branaire is a winery in the Saint-Julien appellation of the Bordeaux region of France. Château Branaire is also the name of the main red wine produced...
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The Château de la Muette (French pronunciation: [ʃato də la mɥɛt]) is a château located on the edge of the Bois de Boulogne in Paris, France, near the...
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The Château du Champ-de-Bataille, is a château located in the Eure department of the French region of Upper Normandy. It's a Baroque château lying between...
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The Château de la Garoupe is a château located near Garoupe Beach in Antibes, France. In 1907, British MP Charles McLaren, Baron Aberconway, bought 4 acres...
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and 1818. In 1868 the Château was purchased by Baron James Mayer Rothschild for 4.4 million francs, and the estate became Château Lafite Rothschild. Rothschild...
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fill a gap in the Norman defences left by the fall of Château de Gisors and above all Château de Gaillon, a castle which belonged to Philip and used...
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representing the story of Ulysses. Château de Cheverny, detail of the facade The hunting dogs at Château de Cheverny Château de Cheverny painting The Belgian...
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closer to the royal court so in 1736 he sold the château to the Duc de Villeroi. After that, the château went into severe decline and in 1793 was ransacked...
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45.15739; -0.73925 Château Léoville Barton is a vineyard in the Saint-Julien appellation of the Bordeaux region of France. Château Léoville Barton is...
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Vaux-le-Vicomte (redirect from Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte)
The Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte (French pronunciation: [ʃato də vo lə vikɔ̃t]) is a Baroque French château located in Maincy, near Melun, 55 kilometres...
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d'Estrées, was born in the château and would herself grow up to become mistress to another king, Henry IV of France. In 1775, the château was partially destroyed...
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The Château de Brissac is a French château in the Brissac-Quincé area of the commune of Brissac Loire Aubance, located in the department of Maine-et-Loire...
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France. Originally known as Château Brane-Mouton, its red wine was renamed by Nathaniel de Rothschild in 1853 to Château Mouton Rothschild. In the 1920s...
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Château Miraval is a château and vineyard located in the village of Correns, just north of Brignoles, a village in the Var département in the south of...
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The Château d'Hérouville (commonly referred to as Honky Château) is a French 18th-century château located in the village of Hérouville, in the Val d'Oise...
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