Château d'Auvers-sur-Oise was built in 1635 for Zanobi Lioni, a rich Italian financier associated with Marie de Medici. It is surrounded by eight hectares of ... read more
Château Clos Lucé is famous for having served as residence for Leonardo da Vinci from 1516 up to his death in 1519. Today it is a Leonardo da Vinci museum. read more
Château d'Angers, housing today the world famous Apocalypse Tapestry, dates back to the 9th century and is open to the public. read more
Château de Bussy-Rabutin dates back to the 12th century built by Renaudin de Bussy. Owned today by the state, the castle and gardens are open to the public. During its ... read more
The Château de Carrouges dates from the 14th century and served as a fortress and comfortable residence. It is linked in particular with the family of Le Veneur de ... read more
The Château de Chambord is one of the best known castles in the world and a landmark for the French Renaissance. The national Domain of Chambord is also the largest ... read more
The Château de Champs with beautiful furniture, Rococo and Chinoiserie decor, surrounded by 85 ha of gardens, is a unique witness of 18th century style of life. The ... read more
Château de Chaumont was built by Odo I, Count of Blois around 970. The name derives from the French 'chauve mont', meaning 'bald hill'. Today the ... read more
Château de Compiègne was built for King Louis XV as one of the three official seats for the royal government, the other ones being Versailles and Fontainebleau. It was ... read more
The Château de Fontainebleau, originally a medieval castle, served as residence for the French monarchs. It was the preferred residence of Napoleon and it was here where ... read more
Château de Josselin, mentioned already 1081, came into the hands of the Rohan family in 1488, where it is staying up to the present day. Being a private residence, the ... read more
The Château de la Napoule, now a museum and art centre, dates back to the 14th century, and was constructed by the de Villeneuve family. The castle is surrounded by a ... read more
The Château de Maisons, built for René de Longueil and his wife, in the first half of the 17th century, has served Louis XIV as an inspiration for Versailles. It came ... read more
Château de Malmaison, a beautiful manor house, is today a Napoleonic National Museum. It is closely linked to Napoleon and in particular his wife Joséphine de ... read more
The Château de Pau was the birthplace of Henry IV of France and Navarre (1553). Today it is a National Museum which displays the works preserved from the days of Henry ... read more
The Château de Roquetaillade has always been in private hands, up to the present days. The de Mauvesin family has opened the estate for the public since 1956, who can ... read more
Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte is one of these impressive pearls of European and above all, French culture and refinement. The present owners, the Count and Countess de ... read more
Château de Vendeuvre is a jewel of an aristocratic norman countryside residence of the 18th century. Building started in 1741 for Count Alexandre de Vendeuvre, it ... read more
Château de Versailles is one the most famous palaces in the world. Not only the palace itself, but also its monumental park and gardens are the best known and most ... read more
Château de Vizille-Museum of the Revolution, is a museum to commemorate and display the fact that the French Revolution started here. The modernised castle-museum, is ... read more