Region

Île-de-France

8 monuments listed

Fontainebleau · Île-de-France

Château de Fontainebleau

The Château de Fontainebleau is a royal castle built in the Renaissance and Classical styles, near the town centre of Fontainebleau, some 60 km south-east of Paris in France. The first traces of a château in Fontainebleau date back to the 12th century. The latest works

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Versailles · Île-de-France

Château de Versailles

The Château de Versailles is a French château and historic monument located in Versailles, in the Yvelines department. It was the principal residence of the French kings Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI. The king, court and government resided there permanently from 6 May 1682 to 6 October 1789.

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Vincennes · Île-de-France

Château de Vincennes

A royal fortress at the gateway to Paris, Château de Vincennes boasts a 52-metre medieval keep - the highest in France - set against a Gothic Sainte-Chapelle of striking elegance. Seven centuries of Capetian history at a glance.

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Paris · Île-de-France

Sainte-Chapelle

The Sainte-Chapelle, also known as the Sainte-Chapelle du Palais, is a palatial chapel built on the Île de la Cité in Paris, on the site of the chapel of Saint-Nicolas-du-Palais, at the request of Saint Louis, to house the Holy Crown of Thorns, a piece of the True Cross, as well as various other objects.

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Rambouillet · Île-de-France

Château de Rambouillet

The Château de Rambouillet, a former royal, imperial and presidential residence, is located in Rambouillet, the administrative centre of the southern Yvelines department in France, in 980 hectares of parkland in the heart of the Rambouillet forest.

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Saint-Denis · Île-de-France

Basilique de Saint-Denis

France's royal necropolis and the cradle of Gothic architecture, the basilica of Saint-Denis is home to a thousand years of monarchy and some of the finest recumbent figures in medieval funerary art.

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Paris · Île-de-France

Conciergerie

The term "conciergerie" can refer to:the Conciergerie de Paris, a former courthouse and prison in Paris, a vestige of the Palais de la Cité, now the Musée de la Conciergerie; a private concierge service, a personal assistance company; a corporate concierge service, a range of personal assistance services.

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Maincy · Île-de-France

Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte

The Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte, located in the French commune of Maincy (Seine-et-Marne), 50 km south-east of Paris, near Melun, is a 17th-century château (1658-1661) built for Louis XIV's superintendent of finances, Nicolas Fouquet. It now belongs to a