Château de Loches, dating back to the 6th century, became a royal residence in 1249. It was here that Jeanne d'Arc persuaded Charles VII to go to Reims. Other ... read more
Château de Meillant, open to the public, dates back to the 13th century and is still a private family home of the House de Rochechouart de Mortemart, one of the oldest ... read more
Château d'Ussé, dating back to the 15th century, has changed hands many times. However since the end of the 19th century it became the family home of the House of ... read more
Château de Valençay's impressive construction with its remarkable collections, beautiful park and gardens of 53 ha, are unmistakable linked to the famous statesman, ... read more
Château de Villandry, built in the 16th century around the remains of an earlier castle from the 14th century, is since 1906 the family seat of the Cavallo family. It is ... read more
Château Royal de Cazeneuve is still a family home, fully furnished with periodic furniture, and inhabited by the same Ducal family, the Sabran-Pontevès. It is open to ... read more
Château de Hautefort, open to the public, owns its present condition to a remarkable couple, Baron and Baroness Henry de Bastard. It is now owned by foundation, the ... read more
The Château de Pau was the birthplace of Henry IV of France and Navarre (1553). Today it is a National Museum which displays the works preserved from the days of Henry ... read more
The Château de Roquetaillade has always been in private hands, up to the present days. The de Mauvesin family has opened the estate for the public since 1956, who can ... read more
Château d'Aulteribe, with its rich collection of furniture, paintings and objets d'art, was bequeathed to the state in 1954 by its last private owner the ... read more
Château de Flaugergues, dating from the very last end of the 17th century, has been handed over from generation to generation and is today owned by the de Colbert family. ... read more
Château de Montal, a beautiful Renaissance castle, has been rescued by the industrialist Maurice Fenaille. Between 1908 and 1913 he spent a fortune for restoration and ... read more
Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild is the incomparable landmark of elegance created by Baroness Béatrice de Rothschild. The Villa-Museum and gardens are open to the public with ... read more
Château de Fléchères, surrounded a French and English style garden of 30 ha, dates from the early 17th century. Privately owned today, the château and gardens are open ... read more
Château de Vizille-Museum of the Revolution, is a museum to commemorate and display the fact that the French Revolution started here. The modernised castle-museum, is ... read more
Lackenbach Palace, a former Seat of the Hungarian viceroy in the seventeenth century, is today a modern nature theme park and museum. read more
Esterházy Palace is, for more than three hundred years, the principal residence and administration centre of the Esterházy family. The public can visite a number ... read more
Ambras Castle is closely connected with Archduke Ferdinand II of Austria (1529–1595). The castle-museum served as his residence from 1563 to ... read more
The Kaiservilla, Bad Ischl, surrounded by a beautiful park, is the former summer residence of Emperor Franz Josef I and presently still owned and inhabited by his ... read more
Eggenberg Palace's history is closely linked to the Princes von Eggenberg and the Counts von Herberstein, who got the palace into their hands by inheritance in the ... read more