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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15 sectionsContents
- 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
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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.