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In October 2022, Dan Preston, an English expatriate and founder of the YouTube channel Escape to rural France, [12] purchased the château and started its complete restoration. [13] Preston's reconstruction was also featured in the television series, Help! We Bought a Village. In one episode he met Popeck in Paris and learned of his wartime ...
Guédelon Castle (French: Château de Guédelon [ʃɑto d(ə) ɡedlɔ̃]) is a castle currently under construction near Treigny, France.The castle is the focus of an experimental archaeology project aimed at recreating a 13th-century castle and its environment using period techniques, dress, and materials.
The castle was founded during the 12th century, or possibly slightly prior to it, upon the request of the abbots of Sarlat. At this time the Château de Commarque was only a wooden tower, and its primary concerns were to protect the abbey, [2] to discourage the ambitions of the Beynac family and to ensure the safety of the valley.
Note: The French word château has a wider meaning than the English castle: it includes architectural entities that are properly called palaces, mansions or vineyards in English. This category focuses primarily on architectural entities that may be properly termed castle or fortress (French: château-fort ), and excludes entities not built ...
«Le lendemain, à la nuit tombante, j'arrivai au château de Murol. La vieille forteresse, tour géante debout sur son pic au milieu d'une large vallée, au croisement de trois vallons, se dresse sur le ciel, brune, crevassée, bosselée, mais ronde, depuis son large pied circulaire jusqu'aux tourelles croulantes de son faîte.
Château de la Napoule. The Château de la Napoule is a restored French castle, located in Mandelieu-la-Napoule in the Alpes-Maritimes Department of France, It has been classified as an historical landmark since 1993, and the gardens are listed by the French Ministry of Culture as among the Notable gardens of France.
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Coordinates: 1]: Type: Castle, fort: Site information; Owner: Communauté de communes du Larmont: Open to the public: Yes (tours, events): Website: www.chateaudejoux.com: Site history; Built: 11th century: Built by: Lords of Joux, Dukes of Burgundy, Charles Quint, Vauban, Joffre.: In use: until 1958: Materials: Limestone and tufa: Battles/wars: 1814, 1871, 1940: The Fort de Joux (French ...