Examples of château in the following topics:
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- He continued the work of his predecessors on the Château d'Amboise and also started renovations on the Château de Blois.
- He constructed the Château de Madrid in the Bois de Boulogne and rebuilt the Château de St-Germain-en-Laye.
- Chambord is the largest château in the Loire Valley.
- The château features 440 rooms, 282 fireplaces, and 84 staircases.
- Plan of the château as engraved by
Jacques Androuet du Cerceau (1576).
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- Amongst the most famous include the Catherine Palace, in Russia, the Queluz National Palace in Portugal, the Augustusburg and Falkenlust Palaces, Brühl, the Chinese House (Potsdam) the Charlottenburg Palace in Germany, as well as elements of the Château de Versailles in France.
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- Château of the Petit Trianon in the park at Versailles, designed by Ange-Jacques Gabriel, demonstrating the neoclassical architectural style under Louis XVI.
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- Two excellent examples of French Rococo are the Salon de Monsieur le Prince in the Petit Château at Chantilly, decorated by Jean Aubert; and the salons in the Hotel Soubise, Paris, by Germain Boffrand.
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- Purchase of the land and quarrying of materials began in 1377, but construction did not begin until 1383, under the architect Druet de Dammartin from Paris, who had previously designed the Duke's chateau at Sluis, and worked as an assistant in the construction of the Louvre.
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- These three artists had worked together previously on the private Chateau Vaux le Vicomte for the king's minister of finance before he was imprisoned.