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    Finances, at his palatial residence, the Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte. Louis XIV was impressed by the château and its gardens, which were the work of Louis...
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    The Château de Malmaison (French pronunciation: [ʃɑto d(ə) malmɛzɔ̃]) is a French château situated near the left bank of the Seine, about 15 kilometres...
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    Fontainebleau (/ˈfɒntɪnbloʊ/ Fon-tan-BLO, US also /-bluː/ -⁠bloo; French: Château de Fontainebleau [ʃɑto d(ə) fɔ̃tɛnblo]), located 55 kilometers (34 miles)...
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    comprises two attached buildings: the Petit Château, built around 1560 for Anne de Montmorency, and the Grand Château, which was destroyed during the French...
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    The Château de Vincennes (French pronunciation: [ʃɑto d(ə) vɛ̃sɛn]) is a former fortress and royal residence next to the town of Vincennes, on the eastern...
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    The Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye (French pronunciation: [ʃɑto də sɛ̃ ʒɛʁmɛ̃ ɑ̃ lɛ]) is a former royal palace in the commune of Saint-Germain-en-Laye...
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    Château de Fontainebleau - built by Francis I of France, it is one of the largest of the French royal châteaux Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte Château de Vincennes...
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    Allée de Cyprès chauves de Louisiane, the bald cypress avenue planted in 1810. Château de Rambouillet, official website]. G. Lenotre, Le Château de Rambouillet...
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    sold in 1902. Château de La Roche-de-Bran in Montamisé (Vienne), bought in 1828, destroyed by fire by the Nazis in 1944. Château de Beauvais in Lussas-et-Nontronneau...
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    Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte and Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte, jardins. Official website of the château of Vaux-le-Vicomte Federic Lees, The Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte...
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    Pont-Saint-Martin, Aosta Valley Reifenstein Castle Sarriod de la Tour Castle Bran Castle Strečno Castle Château de Chillon Stokstad, Marilyn (2005). Medieval Castles...
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    The Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac (French pronunciation: [myze dy ke bʁɑ̃li ʒak ʃiʁak]; English: Jacques Chirac Museum of Branly Quay), located in...
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    extant to this day. In 1828, he bought the Château de La Roche-de-Bran in Montamisé, Vienne. The Château was destroyed by fire by the Nazis in 1944 during...
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    The Château d'Écouen is an historic château in the commune of Écouen, some 20 km north of Paris, France, and a notable example of French Renaissance architecture...
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    Sainte-Chapelle (category Île de la Cité)
    the relics were housed at chapels at the Château de Vincennes and a specially built chapel at the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye. In 1246, fragments...
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    department in Île-de-France in northern France. It is located in the Vexin regional nature park [fr]. The commune grew around the Château de La Roche-Guyon...
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    Paris (redirect from Département de Paris)
    underground courtyard (1983–1989); Jacques Chirac (2006), the Musée du quai Branly. In the early 21st century, the population of Paris began to increase slowly...
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    1900. Champ de Mars at night (2007). Champ de Mars – view from the Montparnasse Tower (2010) The north end of Champ de Mars and Quai Branly – As viewed...
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    The Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile is one of the most famous monuments in Paris, France, standing at the western end of the Champs-Élysées at the centre of...
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    du château de Versailles [ʒaʁdɛ̃ dy ʃɑto d(ə) vɛʁsɑj]) occupy part of what was once the Domaine royal de Versailles, the royal demesne of the château of...
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    duc de Berry. The towers of the chateau are visible in the background. The Château de Vincennes and its park in 1724. The pyramid of the Bois de Vincennes...
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    Bois de Boulogne are an English landscape garden with several lakes and a cascade; two smaller botanical and landscape gardens, the Château de Bagatelle...
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    Garden of the Quai Branly museum in Paris, with Jean Nouvel Garden of the École normale supérieure de Lyon Garden of the Château de Châtenay-en-France...
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    collections were transferred to the newly created Musée National de la Renaissance at the Château d'Écouen in the northern outskirts of Paris, freeing additional...
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    Nogent-sur-Marne (category Communes of Val-de-Marne)
    de Plaisance, as well as the bottom of the enclosing wall of the gardens. Le Château de Beauté-sur-Marne, 14th century, is a royal stay. Cardinal de Richelieu...
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  • the French verb bluter which means sifting flour for the separation from bran. The Debray family acquired the two mills in 1809 for producing flour, the...
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    "Lantern of Demosthenes". Musée du château de Saint-Cloud: A five-room museum dedicated to the destroyed chateau École Normale Supérieure (E.N.S.): Located...
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    The Place de la République (known as the Place du Château d'Eau until 1879) is a square in Paris, located on the border between the 3rd, 10th and 11th...
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    The Catacombs of Paris (French: Catacombes de Paris, pronunciation) are underground ossuaries in Paris, France, which hold the remains of more than six...
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    Musée du quai Branly (1.3 million) Arc de Triomphe (1.2 million) Mont Saint-Michel (1 million) Notre-Dame de la Garde (800,000) Château de Chambord (711...
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