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chateau

[sha-toh, shah-toh] / ʃæˈtoʊ, ʃɑˈtoʊ /


château


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"I invent things, you can't stop me," he told the France 3 channel in 2019 while showcasing another of his castles, the medieval chateau d'Excideuil in southwest France.

From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026

Between 1774 and 1785, Marie Antoinette redesigned the house and gardens of Le Petit Trianon, a satellite chateau of Versailles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

As with the chateau in Season 1, Castello Rosato is not a Vanderpump property.

From Salon • Apr. 24, 2025

He had accepted an off-season role in “The Dirty Dozen,” a big-budget, multi-star movie about hardcore military prisoners offered a suicide mission against a French chateau held by top Nazi officers during World War II.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2023

“The fortress at La Cite, sir. We are evacuating. Leaving everything. We still hold the chateau and the Bastion de la Hollande. All other personnel are to fall back.”

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr




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