château

(noun)

French castle, fortress, manor house, or large country house.

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Examples of château in the following topics:

  • French Architecture in the Northern Renaissance

    • 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).

  • Architecture

    • Château of the Petit Trianon in the park at Versailles, designed by Ange-Jacques Gabriel, demonstrating the neoclassical architectural style under Louis XVI.

  • Rococo Architecture

    • 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.

  • Rococo in French Decoration

    • 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.

  • America's Early Role

    • The AEF helped the French Army on the Western Front during the Aisne Offensive (at Château-Thierry and Belleau Wood) in June 1918.
    • The Harlem Hellfighters fought as part of the French 16th Division, earning a unit Croix de Guerre for their actions at Chateau-Thierry, Belleau Wood, and Sechault.

  • Neoclassical Architecture

  • The Call to Arms

    • The AEF helped the French Army on the Western Front in June 1918 during the Aisne Offensive at Château-Thierry and Belleau Wood, and later that year fought major actions in the Saint-Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne.
    • He made an exception for African-American combat regiments who were used in used in French divisions, notably the Harlem Hellfighters, who earned a Croix de Guerre unit medal for actions with the French 16th Division at Chateau-Thierry, Sechault and Belleau Wood.

  • The New Royals and Their People

    • A year later, Louis XVI bought the Château de Saint-Cloud from the duc d'Orléans, in the name of his wife.

  • Napoleon's Upbringing

    • In 1779, he was enrolled at a religious school in Autun but the same year, he was admitted to a military academy at Brienne-le-Château.

  • France's Fiscal Woes

    • Louis XV, by Louis Michel van Loo, (Château de Versailles), Library and Archives Canada.