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Château de la Ferté-Saint-Aubin
Château de la Ferté-Saint-Aubin, Loiret, France. First built in the 16th century, it was confiscated during the French Revolution. François-Victor Masséna, son of André Masséna (1758-1817, Marshal of the Empire under Napoleon Bonaparte...
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Château de Meung-sur-Loire
Château de Meung-sur-Loire, Meung-sur-Loire, Loiret, France. It was built from the 11th century onwards and served as the residence of the bishops of Orléans and as a prison. François Villon, the 15th-century bandit and poet, was undoubtedly...
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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 the Hundred...
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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 by it to make...
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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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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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Château de Langeais
Built by Louis XI of France in 1465, the Château de Langeais stands in the French commune of Langeais in the department of Indre-et-Loire, in the Centre-Val de Loire region. It replaced an earlier fortified castle built at the end of the...
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Château Gaillard, Les Andelys - Reconstruction
This animation shows the ruins of Château Gaillard (Les Andelys, France) being reconstructed to what it might have looked. The castle was first built in 1196 CE by Richard I of England. Created by NeoMam Studios for BudgetDirect.com...
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Château d'Ussé
Château d'Ussé, Rigny-Ussé, Indre-et-Loire, France. Built as a stronghold in the Middle Ages, it gradually evolved over the centuries and became a model of Renaissance architecture, before becoming a refined leisure residence in the 17th...
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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.