August, from the Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry showing a group of travelers and the Duc's Château d ' Étampes in the background

fr: Château de Balmoral

File: Crème Chantilly. jpg | Crème Chantilly was created at the Château de Chantilly

fr: Château de Kenilworth

When Germany occupied the Sudetenland, many important artworks such as the Mona Lisa were temporarily moved to the Château de Chambord.

Select sculptures such as Winged Victory of Samothrace and the Venus de Milo were sent to the Château de Valençay.

Rosso Francois I Gallery, Château de Fontainebleau, France

Château de Beaufresne, near Paris, France

Château de Falaise in France

Château de Richelieu.

In 2007, Foster bought the Château de Vincy in Gilly, Switzerland from the German industrialist Charles Grohe.

The negotiations succeeded ; while the war was in its final phase King William of Prussia was proclaimed German Emperor on 18 January 1871 in the Hall of Mirrors in the Château de Versailles.

* Château de Roquetaillade

It was agreed that pope and emperor should meet at the Château de Mousson, near Rheims, and in October the new Pope opened the council at Rheims attended by Louis VI of France with most of the barons of France and more than four hundred bishops and abbots.

* the Château de Rambouillet is normally open to visitors when not used for ( rare ) official meetings ;

Geoffrey de Rancon's Château de Taillebourg, the castle Richard retreated to after Henry II's forces captured 60 knight s and 400 archers who fought for Richard when Saintes was captured.

He took refuge in Château de Taillebourg for the rest of the war.

The fall of Château de Gisors to the French in 1196 opened a gap in the Norman defences.

In his final years, the castle became Richard's favourite residence, and writs and charters were written at Château Gaillard bearing " apud Bellum Castrum de Rupe " ( at the Fair Castle of the Rock ).

Only in mid-1921 was he able to find a permanent residence in the Château de Muzot in the commune of Veyras, close to Sierre in Valais.

Versailles () is a city in the Yvelines département in Île-de-France region, word-widely renowned for its château, the Château de Versailles and the gardens of Versailles, designated UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

Besides, the Congress of France-the name given to the body created when both houses of the French Parliament, the National Assembly and the Senate, meet-gathers in the Château de Versailles to vote on revisions to the Constitution.

The Château de Rastignac compared to the South Portico of the White House, ca.

In 1939, shortly before the outbreak of World War II, the art collections of the Louvre and Compiègne museums ( including the Mona Lisa and Venus de Milo ) were stored at the Château de Chambord.

They also worked at Josephine's Château de Malmaison, at the Château de Montgobert for Pauline Bonaparte, and did alterations and decorations for former Bourbon palaces or castles at Compiègne, Saint-Cloud, and Fontainebleau.

* Château de Compiègne, 1750 onwards

File: Horloge Compiègne MdSE. jpg | Gilt-bronze mantel clock, dial signed Ferdinand Berthoud ( Château de Compiègne ).

The Empress Eugénie Surrounded by her Ladies in Waiting ( 1855 ), Château de Compiègne.

* The Goldsmith Ladies ... in a Peugeot ( 1897 ), Musée du Château de Compiègne, France

File: Julius LeBlanc Stewart-Les Dames Goldsmith au blois de Boulogne en 1897 sur une voiturette. jpg | The Goldsmith Ladies ... in a Peugeot ( 1897 ), Musée du Château de Compiègne, France

Jacob-Desmalter, principal supplier of furniture to the Emperor, also received commissions from Pauline Borghese, Napoleon's sister in Rome, and the Empresses Joséphine and Marie Louise, for whom he supplied numerous pieces for the Château de Malmaison, the Château de Compiègne, the Tuileries Palace, and other imperial residences.

A large proportion of his brilliant achievement as a designer and chaser in bronze and other metals was executed for the crown at Versailles, Fontainebleau, Marly, Compiègne, Choisy and the Château de La Muette, and the crown, ever in his debt, still owed him money at his death.

The population of permanent residents hovers about 300,, but there is a large influx of tourists during the pleasant months of the year, because the village is home to the former royal Château de Chenonceau, one of the most popular destinations in France.

Henry was born in the royal Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, near Paris, the son of Francis I and Claude, Duchess of Brittany ( daughter of Louis XII of France and Anne, Duchess of Brittany ).

Prior to the French Revolution in 1789, it had been a royal town and the Château de Saint-Germain the residence of numerous French monarchs.

The royal Château at Amboise is a château located in Amboise, in the Indre-et-Loire département of the Loire Valley in France.

The king's adoration for Diane caused a great deal of jealousy on the part of Queen Catherine, particularly when Henry entrusted Diane with the Crown Jewels of France, had the Château d ' Anet built for her, and gave her the Château de Chenonceau, a piece of royal property that Catherine had wanted for herself.

The royal Château de Chambord at Chambord, Loir-et-Cher, France, is one of the most recognizable châteaux in the world because of its very distinct French Renaissance architecture which blends traditional French medieval forms with classical Renaissance structures.

Chambord is the largest château in the Loire Valley ; it was built to serve as a hunting lodge for François I, who maintained his royal residences at Château de Blois and Château d ' Amboise.

Clos Lucé is a mansion in Amboise, France, located 500 metres from the royal Château d ' Amboise, to which it is connected by an underground passageway.

During Louis XIV's reign, his minister Jean-Baptiste Colbert brought French luxury industries, like textile and porcelain, under royal control and the architecture, furniture, fashion and etiquette of the royal court ( particularly at the Château de Versailles ) became the preeminent model of noble culture in France ( and, to a great degree, throughout Europe ) during the latter half of the seventeenth century.

Louis XV lavished well-deserved gifts on Saxe, including the royal Château de Chambord, for Saxe had been present where needed, in spite of his debilitating illness, to deal with every crisis of the battle from rallying troops, to directing and leading reserves, encouraging the king and counseling with his officers.

* Château de Saint-Hubert, a royal mansion in Perray-en-Yvelines

Outside the château proper, he built the Grand Trianon and the Orangerie, as well as subsidiary royal dwellings not far away, such as the Château de Marly ( begun in 1679 ).

It is the site of the Château de Neuilly, an important royal residence during the July Monarchy.

In 1548 Henry II gave him the supervision of Fontainebleau, Saint-Germain-en-Laye — where he built the Château Neuf ( illustration, left ) — and the other royal buildings ; but on the King's death ( 1559 ) Philibert fell into disgrace.

Having little confidence in the fidelity of the Normans, the King of France installed French administrators in his new possession and built a powerful fortress, the Château de Rouen, as a symbol of royal power.

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.

* Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, royal French chateau in the Île-de-France west of Paris

Image: Logis royal Loches. jpg | Logis royal du Château de Loches

The Ecole de Fontainebleau ( c. 1530 – c. 1610 ) refers to two periods of artistic production in France during the late Renaissance centered around the royal Château de Fontainebleau, that were crucial in forming the French version of Northern Mannerism.

In 1552, Nicolò moved to France, where he worked at the royal Château de Fontainebleau as a member of the decorating team under the direction of Francesco Primaticcio.