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Castles in Paris
Paris boasts vast and splendid castles - royal residences of French kings and emperors, like the great Napoleon Bonaparte. Majestic architecture, magnificent design and elegance interweave in the ambience of each one of them. The largest castle in Paris, Versaille, will bring you back to the 16th Century, when leading French and Italian painters created their masterpieces on its walls and prominent sculptors have left their traces in its halls. Vaux-le-Vicomte is another fantastic châteaux, where special performances are organized in the summer. They include opera, music, fountains, fireworks and a candlelight tour which will lead you to the chambers of Maria Antoinette and Barbizon dining rooms. The splendour of Parisian castles will leave you breathless.
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Château de Versailles
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Address: Versailles
Phone: +33 1 30 83 75 05
e-mail: handicap@chateauversailles.fr
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Price: 25 - 0 EUR
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Website: http://www.chateauversailles.fr
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Opening Hours: Monday-Sunday 08 -18
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Le Chateau de Versailles, or Palace of Versailles, the largest palace in Europe, was built around 1668 by King Louis XIV, who commissioned architects Louis le Vau and Jules Hardouin to build the château on the site of his father’s hunting lodge. It was to become home of the Court of France and Royal Castle, and to accommodate some 5,000 guests and 20,000 courtiers.
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Château de Chantilly
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Address: Chantilly
Phone: +33 3 44 62 62 62
e-mail: ngarnier@chateaudechantilly.com
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Price: 6 - 8 EUR
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Website: http://www.chateaudechantilly.com
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Opening Hours: Monday-Sunday 10 -18
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The Château de Chantilly is a mansion located in the town of Chantilly, France, built by Pierre Chambiges in 1528–1531 for Constable Anne de Montmorency. The original estate was built in 1484. It comprises two attached buildings; the Grand Château, which was destroyed during the French Revolution and the Petit Château, which was built around 1560. In 1632, the Grand Condé inherited the estate from his mother, a Montmorency. The Grand Château was restored by Condé and completely rebuilt between 1875 and 1881 by Henri d'Orléans, duc d'Aumale, to the designs of Honore Daumet.
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Château de Breteuil
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Address: Choisel, Chevreuse
Phone: +33 1 30 52 05 02
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Price: 9 - 12 EUR
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Website: http://nb2.breteuil.fr/intro/fr.php
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Château de Breteuil is one of the most fascinating castles situated in the vicinity of Paris. The castle is located in the Yvelines departement. Since 1600 Château de Breteuil has belonged to Breteuil family who is famous for ministers, ambassadors, military officers and other officials. Some members of this well-known French family still live here. Nevertheless the castle is opened for visitors. Weddings, meeting and other special ceremonies may also be organised here. Moreover film directors who want to create movies in Château de Breteuil interiors or gardens are also welcome. The castle is opened all year long. You can get to it by using means of public transportation system. There is even special helipad meant for all those who want to travel by helicopter.
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Château de Thoiry
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Address: Thoiry
Phone: +33 1 34 87 49 26
e-mail: chateau@thoiry.net
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Price: 6 - 27 EUR
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Website: http://www.thoiry.net/index.2.php
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Opening Hours: Monday-Sunday 10 -18
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Château de Thoiry is one of the greatest castles in the vicinity of Paris. It was built in the Renaissance period in a small village named Thoiry situated about 20 km west of the Paris city centre. The project of the castle was designed by the famous French architect Philibert de L'Orme. Then the château was transformed by Jean-Michel Chevotet who is known for his project of Champlâtreux castle. Château de Thoiry is popular among Parisians and tourists as it features wonderful gardens as well as the ZOO. It is quite unique as animals don't live in cages, but walk on the meadows freely.
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Château de Vincennes
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Address: Avenue de Paris, Vincennes
Phone: +33 1 48 08 31 20
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Price: 4 - 5 EUR
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Website: http://www.chateau-vincennes.fr
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Opening Hours: Monday-Sunday 10 -17
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The Château de Vincennes is now a huge 14th-century royal castle in the town of Vincennes, east of Paris, which initially was built as a hunting lodge for Louis VII around 1150 in the woods of Vincennes. In the 13th Century, Louis IX built a larger manor, and about 1337 Philip VI added a 520 metre high tower which made the castle the tallest Medieval fortified structure in Europe. Around 1410, Valois built 330 x 175 metre walls, with six towers and three 42 metre high gates. Now, the castle boasts a 1,100 metre long outer wall with nine massive towers surrounded by a 27 metre wide moat and a Gothic chapel, designed to the likes of Île de la Cité.
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Château et Parc de Courances
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Address: Courances
Phone: +33 1 64 98 07 36
e-mail: info@courances.net
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Price: 9 - 0 EUR
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Website: http://www.courances.net
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Opening Hours: Monday-Sunday 14 -18
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Only 50 kilometres from Paris, the Louis XIII Château et Parc de Courances, and its 500-year Renaissance garden history, has been in the same family since 1872. First established in the 16th Century, the 190-acre landscape features running water, wide lawns and unique stonework. Courances is a marvelous blend of seventeen main and some secret, springs offset by a colourful Japanese garden.
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Château de Bagatelle
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Address: Bois de Boulogne
Phone: +33 1 45 01 20 10
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Price: 4 - 65 EUR
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Website: http://www.chateaudebagatelle.com/
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The Château de Bagatelle used to be a mere three-room hunting lodge built in 1720, which had neither kitchen nor bedroom and only a flat terrace roof. Now it is a charming 18th-century château in the northwestern part of the Bois de Boulogne in Paris, set in the midst of beautiful gardens. The château is the only one in the Bois de Boulogne which was not destroyed during the French Revolution.
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Château d'Auvers-sur-Oise
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Address: Rue de Léry, Auvers-sur-Oise
Phone: +33 1 34 48 48 40
e-mail: info@chateau-auvers.fr
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Price: 7 - 11 EUR
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Website: http://www.chateau-auvers.fr
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Opening Hours: Monday-Sunday 10 -16
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The Château d'Auvers-sur-Oise is an elegant 17th-century castle, or Renaissance château, which was built for an Italian banker from Marie de Médicis’ family. It is situated picturesquely on a hill overlooking the riverside village of Auvers-sur-Oise.
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