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    See Château de Sully-sur-Loire, France

    See Château de Sully-sur-Loire, France

    The Château de Sully-sur-Loire is a castle, converted to a palatial seigneurial residence, situated in thecommuneof Sully-sur-Loire, Loiret, France. The château is the seat of the duc de Sully, Henri IV's minister Maximilien de Béthune (1560–1641), and the ducs de Sully. It is a château-fort, a true castle, built to control one of the fe...
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    See Château de Talcy, France

    See Château de Talcy, France

    The Château de Talcy is a historical building in Talcy, Loir-et-Cher, France. It lies on the left bank of the Loire River, in the Loire Valley, known for its 16th-century châteaux. It was commissioned around 1520 by Bernardo Salviati, a Florentine condottiero and cardinal with connections to the Medici family. The château, which is embedded in the vi...
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    See Château de Valençay, France

    See Château de Valençay, France

    Château de Valençay is a residence of the d'Estampes and Talleyrand-Périgord families in the commune of Valençay, the Indredépartementof France. Although geographically it is part of the province of Berry, its architecture invites comparison with the Renaissance châteaux of the Loire Valley, notably the Château de Chambord...
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    See Château de Villandry, France

    See Château de Villandry, France

    The Château de Villandry is a castle-palace located in Villandry, France. Its famous Renaissance gardens include a water garden, ornamental flower gardens, and vegetable gardens. The gardens are laid out in formal patterns created with low box hedges. In 1934, Château de Villandry was designated a Monument historique. Like all the other châteaux of t...
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    Visit Château de Vincennes, France

    Visit Château de Vincennes, France

    The Château de Vincennes is a massive 14th and 17th century French royal castle in the town of Vincennes, to the east of Paris, now a suburb of the metropolis. Only traces remain of the earlier castle and the substantial remains date from the 14th century. The castle forms a rectangle measuring more than a kilometer in length (330 x 175m), with six towers and th...
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    See Château d'Haroué, France

    See Château d'Haroué, France

    The château de Craon, also known as the château d'Haroué or palais d'Haroué is a French château located in a small valley in the centre of the village of Haroué, in the Saintois, in the département of Meurthe-et-Moselle and the région of Lorraine. It was built between 1720 and 1732 by Germain Boffrand during the per...
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    Visit Château du Clos Lucé, France

    Visit Château du Clos Lucé, France

    The Château du Clos Lucé (or simply Clos Lucé) is a small château in the city of Amboise, France. The place is famous for being the official residence of Leonardo da Vinci between 1516 and 1519. Clos Lucé is located at 500 metres from the royal Château d'Amboise, to which it is connected by an underground passageway. Built by Hug...
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    Visit Château du Haut-Kœnigsbourg, France

    Visit Château du Haut-Kœnigsbourg, France

    The château du Haut-Kœnigsbourg is located at Orschwiller, Alsace, France, in the Vosges mountains just west of Sélestat. The castle is nestled at a strategic location on a high hill overlooking the Alsatian plain; as a result it was used by successive powers from the Middle Ages until the Thirty Years' War when it was abandoned. In 1900 it was rest...
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    See Château du Plessis-Bourré, France

    See Château du Plessis-Bourré, France

    Château du Plessis-Bourré is a château in the Loire Valley in France, situated in the commune of Écuillé in the Maine-et-Loire department. Built in less than 5 years from 1468 to 1472 by Finance Minister Jean Bourré, the principal advisor to King Louis XI. The château has not been modified externally since its construction...
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    See Château Gaillard, France

    See Château Gaillard, France

    Château Gaillard is a ruined medieval castle, located 90 m above the commune of Les Andelys overlooking the River Seine, in the Eure département of Normandy, France. It is located some 95 kilometres (59 mi) north-west of Paris and 40 kilometres (25 mi) from Rouen. Construction began in 1196 under the auspices of Richard the Lionheart, who was simultaneous...
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    Stay at Château Laurier, Ottawa, Ontario

    Stay at Château Laurier, Ottawa, Ontario

    This upscale hotel, set in a grand limestone property overlooking the Rideau Canal, lies a 7-minute walk from the National Gallery of Canada and 650 m from Parliament Hill. The stately rooms feature desks, Keurig coffeemakers and tea facilities, as well as flat-screens and Wi-Fi. Some have Parliament or city views. Pull-out sofas and minifridges (fee) are availab...
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    See Chateau of Cecilienhof, Potsdam, Germany (UNESCO site)

    See Chateau of Cecilienhof, Potsdam, Germany (UNESCO site)

    Schloss Cecilienhof is a palace in the northern part of the Neuer Garten park in Potsdam, Germany, close to the Jungfernsee lake. Since 1990 it is part of the Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin UNESCO World Heritage Site. Cecilienhof was the last palace built by the Hohenzollern family. Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany had it erected for his son Crown Prince Wilhelm...
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    Visit Château Ramezay, Old Montreal, Canada

    Visit Château Ramezay, Old Montreal, Canada

    The Château Ramezay is a museum and historic building on Notre-Dame Street in Old Montreal, opposite Montreal City Hall. Built in 1705 as the residence of then-governor of Montreal, Claude de Ramezay, the Château was the first building proclaimed as a historical monument in Quebec and is the province’s oldest private history museum. It was designated...
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    See Château's of the Loire Valley, France (UNESCO sites)

    See Château's of the Loire Valley, France (UNESCO sites)

    Loire Valley is known as the Garden of France and the Cradle of the French Language. It is also noteworthy for the quality of its architectural heritage, in its historic towns such as Amboise, Angers, Blois, Chinon, Nantes, Orléans, Saumur, and Tours, but in particular for its castles, such as the Châteaux d'Amboise, Château de Chambord, châte...
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    Visit Chateau-sur-Mer, Newport, Rhode Island

    Visit Chateau-sur-Mer, Newport, Rhode Island

    Chateau-sur-Mer is the first of the grand Bellevue Avenue mansions of the Gilded Age in Newport, Rhode Island. Located at 424 Bellevue Avenue, it is now owned by the Preservation Society of Newport County, and is open to the public as a museum. Chateau-sur-Mer's grand scale and lavish parties ushered in the Gilded Age of Newport, as it was the most palatial residence ...
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