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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 miles) north of Paris. The site comprises two attached buildings: the Petit Château, built around 1560 for Anne de Montmorency , and the Grand Château, which was destroyed during the ...
This is a list of castles in France, arranged by region and department. Notes 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.
Keep isolated by dry moat from rest of castle, used as prison until 1852. Château d'Étampes: 12th century Ruins Keep survives, known as the Tour de Guinette. Château de Montlhéry: 13th century Ruins Keep survives substantially intact.
Château de Meudon (French pronunciation: [ʃato də mødɔ̃]), also known as the Royal Castle of Meudon or Imperial Palace of Meudon, is a French castle in Meudon, Hauts-de-Seine. At the edge of a wooded plateau, the castle offers views of Paris and the Seine, as well as of the Chalais 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 ...
As of June 2021, the estate altogether covers an area of 800 hectares (8.0 km 2; 2,000 acres), [178] with the park and gardens laid out to the south, west, and north of the palace. [179] The palace is approached from the east by the Avenue de Paris, measuring 27 kilometres (17 mi) from Paris to a gate between the Grande and Petite Écuries. [180]
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