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Château de Cheverny
Château de Cheverny, Loir-et-Cher, France. The château belongs to the Hurault de Vibraye family and has been home to the same family for over six centuries. It was made even more famous by the cartoonist Hergé who was inspired...
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Château du Lude
Château du Lude, Le Lude, France. One of the most northerly of the Loire châteaux, the site was already occupied in the Middle Ages as a strategic point on the borders of Maine, Anjou and Touraine. Occupied by the English during...
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Château de Chenonceau
Château de Chenonceau, Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire. France. Built in the first decades of the 16th century.
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Map of the Château of Amboise
Château of Amboise during the Renaissance, showing the castle as it was during the reign of Henry III of France (1574-1589), illustration by Jacques Androuet du Cerceau. Only the buildings shown in black can still be...
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Orléans' Bedroom, Château of Amboise
Located on the second floor of the Château d'Amboise, Amboise, Loire Valley, France, the Orléans Room, which was once used by Louis-Philippe, Duke of Orléans (reign 1830-1848), is decorated in the 'Empire' style...
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Château de la Brède
Château de la Brède, near Bordeaux, France. The castle was famously the home of the French philosopher Montesquieu (1689-1757), who was Baron de la Brède from 1696.
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Royal Lodge, Chateau d'Amboise
The 15th century CE Royal Lodge of the Chateau d'Amboise, Amboise, France.
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Château des Réaux
Château des Réaux, chouzé-sur-Loire, Indre-et-Loire, France. The castle's history can be traced back to the 14th century when it belonged to the Countess of Sancerre. It then became the property of Jean Briçonnet (d. 1493), the...
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Château de Chaumont-sur-Loire
Château de Chaumont-sur-Loire, Loir-et-Cher, France. First built in the 10th century CE, it was destroyed by Louis XI in 1465. The reconstruction started in 1469 and continued into the 16th century CE.
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Château de Serrant
The Château de Serrant is located in France, in the commune of Saint-Georges-sur-Loire in the department of Maine-et-Loire. Initiated under Francis 1st of France (r. 1515 - 1547) and completed under Louis XIV of France (r. 1643...