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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

The movie introduces Eugenie and Dodin in a leisurely scene that finds them preparing a lavish dinner for friends at their rustic chateau in the Loire Valley.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 29, 2023

In the morning, the Americans take the chateau and the last anti-air battery and free the prisoners held at Fort National.

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

It was Caland’s generous hospitality and boisterous wit that made her custom château a gathering place for a vibrant Westside art circle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

I slipped on waterproof shoes, grabbed a pair of shears and, still in my pajamas, tiptoed down the grand staircase of the château and out onto the dewy grass of the garden.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026

Established as an inn that served the lords of King Henry III, it became known as the Hostellerie de la Tour d’Argent, or silver tower, after an adjacent château that was built of silvery stone.

From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2024

Bertie had envisioned a French château in an ornate style, with elaborate exterior decoration and richly carved paneling and fireplace mantels in the major rooms of the main floor.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 14, 2023

They've reserved two rooms for the week at the Saint James Paris, an exclusive château hotel.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins

When Lee started to feel sick at Medoc, she skipped a few of the châteaus and drank water instead.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

It reached its zenith during the Rococo and Neoclassical periods, gracing the interiors of palaces, châteaus and grand estates.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 29, 2023

“If the châteaus are offering wine that I don’t have, I’ll pay a little more to know that it’s sat in their cellar all these years,” Devine said.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 18, 2020

Cove wants to see how these faux châteaus affect woodrats’ chances of becoming a cat’s dinner.

From Scientific American ● Apr. 1, 2020

Meanwhile, seventy-two châteaus have flamed aloft in the Maçonnais and Beaujolais alone.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 12 — Modern History by Sir John Alexander Hammerton

“There’s been a lot more interest from top châteaux, even in France,” Sokol said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025

Today, Walla Walla is a much different scene, with more than 100 tasting rooms, from grand châteaux to humble “shack”-teaux dotting the landscape.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 9, 2018

Based on these discoveries, investigators determined that scores of bottles from Kurniawan’s cellar had been produced not by the acclaimed châteaux on their labels but by Kurniawan himself.

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 14, 2016

Huge profits in store for firm that can make a great leap in battery technology Chargers, châteaux and the Channel Tunnel: can you really do a driving holiday in a Tesla?

From The Guardian ● Jun. 22, 2016

There were some fine photographs of the châteaux of the Loire, and an article as well.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier




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