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    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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    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 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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    Château Miranda (English: Miranda Castle), also known as Château de Noisy (English: Noisy Castle) was a 19th-century neo-Gothic castle in Celles, province...
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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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    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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    French Ministry of Culture. Château des Milandes, also in Castelnaud-la-Chapelle List of castles in France Base Mérimée: Château de Castelnaud, Ministère...
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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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  • 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 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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    Château de Purnon is a French château located in the commune of Verrue in the department of Vienne. The château was constructed between 1779 and 1788...
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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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    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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    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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    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 Château Lagorce is a former castle, converted into a château, in the commune of Haux in the département of Gironde, France. According to a document...
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    The Château de la Muette (French pronunciation: [ʃɑto 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 Louis XIV is a château constructed between 2008 and 2011 in the commune of Louveciennes in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region...
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    Adoree and their family as they bought and renovated the 19th-century Château de la Motte-Husson, in Martigné-sur-Mayenne, France, while simultaneously...
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    lived in Château d'Œx 1935–1937 Kitty Muggeridge (1903 in Château d'Œx – 1994) a British writer and translator, David Niven (1910 – 1983 in Château d'Œx)...
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    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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    Second Battle of the Marne. The arrondissement of Château-Thierry is called the country of Omois. Château-Thierry is one of 64 French towns to have received...
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    uncomfortable medieval castle of Château de Castelnaud-la-Chapelle. In 1940, the entertainer Josephine Baker rented the château and then bought it in 1947....
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    The Château de la Motte-Husson is a Neo-Renaissance style château. It is located in the small market town of Martigné-sur-Mayenne, in the Mayenne département...
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    Pavillon Rouge du Château Margaux, a third wine named Margaux de Château Margaux, a dry white wine named Pavillon Blanc du Château Margaux which does...
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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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  • 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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    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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