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Moustiers Sainte Marie

Château d'Oraison, French Château

Château d'Oraison, Alpes de Haute-Provence, is located in the city center. It was built at the end of the Middle Ages or during the Renaissance by the Oraison Family. It was rebuilt by the Fulque family who bought it in 1720. It was sold after the Revolution of 1789 to become a silkworm factory. Louis Pasteur came here to study. It is now the police station

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A voir, à faire sur place – Voyages-sncf.com

Chateau de Chenonceau, Loire

All things Europe

Chateau de Beynac, France

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Château

Château de Courances

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Castello di Josselin

Castello di Josselin ~ Chailly, Centre, France

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Hampton Court Palace. Cardinal Thomas Wolsey took over the site of Hampton Court Palace in 1514. He was Henry VIII's Chief Minister. Henry stayed in the state apartments as Wolsey's guest immediately after their completion in 1525. Wolsey only owned the palace for a few years. In 1528, he gave the palace to Henry as a gift in order to win the King's favor. This was Henry's primary residence. Much of Henry’s Tudor palace can be viewed today and is the only surviving Tudor palace

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What's On

Audley End House is an early 17th century country house in Essex.

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H. Goodman

The Bowes Museum, Darlington, England. A French Chateau in deepest Durham. John Bowes was passionate about all things French, hence the style of the house. French decorative art and crafts

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English Manor Houses Country Estate

These 10 English Manor Hotels Will Fulfill Your 'Downton Abbey' Dreams

The ancestral home of Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould (best known for writing the hymn "Onward, Christian Soldiers"), Lewtrenchard Manor is filled with light from leaded windows that look out onto the gardens, and with unique features like a gilded leather frieze in the front room.

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California Wedding Venues

Architectural Details

Wood Bridge

England Travel

16 Incredible Mansions In The UK Where You Must Sleep Over

Butley Priory, Suffolk, England

Wilton House

Pride And Prejudice 2005

Chatsworth House

Mr Darcy

English House

English Country House

Beautiful Chandelier

Filming Locations

English House Film Locations From "Pride and Prejudice" (2005)

Chatsworth House in Derbyshire, England.

Top 10 Medieval Ruins in England - Medievalists.net

Wingfield Manor, Derbyshire, England. Abandoned since 1770, this monument to late medieval ‘conspicuous consumption’ was built in the 1440s for the wealthy Ralph, Lord Cromwell, Treasurer of England. Later the home of Bess of Hardwick’s husband, the Earl of Shrewsbury, who imprisoned Mary Queen of Scots here in 1569, 1584 and 1585.

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English Estates

Malfoy Manor

Chesterfield Derbyshire

Hardwick Hall

Harry Potter Filming Locations

Derbyshire England

Hardwick Hall, Chesterfield, Derbyshire

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