château

Also known as chateau, landschloss, castle

thumb|300px|The Palace of Versailles|Château de Versailles, France's best-known château

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Commons category: Châteaux
OpenStreetMap tag: castle_type=stately
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Contents

Definition
Concept
French châteaux—particular regions
Bordeaux region
Loire Valley
French châteaux—selected examples
Château de Chenonceau
Château de Dampierre-en-Yvelines
Château de Montsoreau
Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte
Château de Versailles
Gallery
See also
References
External links

thumb|300px|The Palace of Versailles|Château de Versailles, France's best-known château

A château (plural châteaux, both pronounced ) is a manor house, or palace, or residence of the lord of the manor, or a fine country house of nobility or gentry, with or without fortifications, originally, and still most frequently, in French-speaking regions.