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This impressive moated château of stone and brick, built by François Mansart (whose uncle built Versailles) in the 1640s, has always been in the same family.
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The left wing is all that remains of the original Henri IV house. In the park is a splendid vaulted beech avenue known as La Cathédrale.
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The former home of Maréchal de Villars, this late-17th-century château displays a rare consistency of architectural style.
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Visit the Montebello salon and the Marquis de Miromesnil’s bedroom and study in the 16th-to 17th-century mansion where Maupassant was born.
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Savour the breathtaking view along the Seine from this ruined 11th-century fortress, named after a mythical character. Its museum tells the story of the Viking invaders.
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This 17th-century house of rosy brick and stone has a large garden with a hornbeam maze by Le Nôtre’s leading gardener, Colinet.
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A striking example of the 15th-century Flamboyant Gothic, this château – in two parts linked by a magnificent stone staircase – has a jewel of a chapel.
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Queen Victoria came to stay in Louis Philippe’s 16th-century holiday home, now the Musée Louis-Philippe, newly restored and crammed with antiques.
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This 11th-century fort (remodelled in the 18th century) has a spectacular clifftop setting and a park with avenues of ash.
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A glorious Italian Renaissance manor, built for polymath Jehan Ango in the early 16th century.
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