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The Château de Chaumont is a castle in Chaumont-sur-Loire, Loir-et-Cher, France.
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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
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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.
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However, after King Henry II died in 1559, his strong-willed widow and regent Catherine de ' Medici forced Diane to exchange it for the Château Chaumont.
Immediately thereafter, Catherine banished Diane from Chenonceau to the Château de Chaumont.
Château de Chaumont in 2008
Later in the 15th century Château de Chaumont was rebuilt by Charles I d ' Amboise.
Château de Chaumont stands above the River Loire.
When her husband, Henry II, died in 1559 she forced his mistress, Diane de Poitiers, to exchange Château de Chaumont for Château de Chenonceau which Henry had given to de Poitiers.
However, in 1789, the new French Revolutionary Government seized Le Ray's assets, including his beloved Château de Chaumont.
She donated Château de Chaumont to the government in 1938.
The Château de Chaumont is currently a museum and every year hosts a Garden Festival from April to October where contemporary garden designers display their work in an English-style garden.
* Photos of Château de Chaumont and other Loire castles
Jacques-Donatien Le Ray de Chaumont by Jean-Baptiste Nini ( 1771 ), Château de Chaumont
He made a fortune in shipping and, in 1750, he acquired the Château de Chaumont as a country home where he established a glassmaking and earthenware factory.
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* Le Château de Chaumont ( 1851 )
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Sauternes is a subregion of Graves known for its intensely sweet, white, dessert wines such as Château d ' Yquem.
Nearby is the Château Vieux, some of which dates back to the 12th century, where the governors of the city were based, including the English Black Prince.
At the back of Petit Bayonne is the Château Neuf, among the ramparts.
One of the most famous and rare wines in the world, Château Pétrus, is almost all Merlot.
An elliptical portico at Château de Rastignac in La Bachellerie, France with nearly identical curved stairs is speculated as the source of inspiration due to its similarity with the South Portico, although this matter is one of great debate.
* The Château de Goulaine vineyard is founded in France.
* The Château de Compiègne royal residence is built in France.
Today the Château is a museum dedicated to the author's life.
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* Marcel Pagnol ( 1895 – 1970 ), born in Aubagne, is known both as a filmmaker and for his stories of his childhood, Le Château de la Mere, La Gloire de mon Pere, and Le Temps des secrets.
Château d ' Yquem 1999, a noble rot wineMakers of dessert wines want to produce a wine containing high levels of both sugar and alcohol, yet the alcohol is made from sugar.
As a critic of art, his recommendation of a young artist named François Boucher appeared in a design memorandum Bachaumont presented the duc de Bouillon, who was occupied with renovating interiors at the Château de Navarre in Normandy, in 1730: " he is very quick, works fast and is not expensive ".
Château ( plural châteaux ; ) or chateau is a manor house or residence of the lord of the manor or a country house of nobility or gentry, with or without fortifications, originally — and still most frequently — in French-speaking regions.
The word château is also used for castles in French, so where clarification is needed, the term château fort is used to describe a castle, such as Château fort de Roquetaillade.
For example, the Château de Versailles is so called because it was located in the countryside when it was built, but it does not bear any resemblance to a castle, so it is usually known in English as the Palace of Versailles.
In the U. S., the word château took root selectively, in the Gilded Age resort town of Newport, Rhode Island, the châteaux were called “ cottages ”, but, north of Wilmington, Delaware, in the rich, rural “ Château Country ” centred upon the powerful Du Pont family, château is used with its original definition.
Moreover, in other French-speaking European regions, such as Wallonia ( Belgium ), the word Château is used with the same definition.
In Belgium, a strong French architectural influence is evident in the seventeenth-century Château des Comtes de Marchin and the eighteenth-century Château de Seneffe.
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