One suggestion is opening luxury hotels in chateaux including Chambord in the central Loire Valley and Rambouillet outside Paris. From Wordnik.com. [Cash-Strapped France Turns To Tourism For Financial Aid] Reference
My parents lived in one of those country houses called chateaux, which are merely old houses with pointed roofs, to which are attached three or four adjacent farms. From Wordnik.com. [Selected Writings of Guy De Maupassant] Reference
There may be nothing architecturally new in these modern 'chateaux' and. From Wordnik.com. [Normandy Picturesque] Reference
Hangard Chateau -- one of the finest chateaux in France. From Wordnik.com. [The Seventeenth Highland Light Infantry (Glasgow Chamber of Commerce Battalion) Record of War Service, 1914-1918] Reference
The country literally swarmed with chateaux and with nobles. From Wordnik.com. [The King's Warrant A Story of Old and New France] Reference
The chateaux of France are very prolific in producing talent. From Wordnik.com. [Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86] Reference
In Belgium: 10 properties including five chateaux and an estate. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Rambouillet is one of the most famous of the minor royal chateaux of. From Wordnik.com. [Royal Palaces and Parks of France] Reference
This is not universal for each of these chateaux, nor is it every year. From Wordnik.com. [Wine Cops, on the Case] Reference
I knew not the location, and there were so many chateaux of the kind in the province!. From Wordnik.com. [Lucile Triumphant] Reference
Many and many a time she had read descriptions of French chateaux -- ah, that was it!. From Wordnik.com. [Lucile Triumphant] Reference
It reminded Mary a bit of France, of the great hunting chateaux there, only in miniature. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles]
Not all the interesting royal palaces and chateaux of France are those with the best known names. From Wordnik.com. [Royal Palaces and Parks of France] Reference
It is interesting to note that nearly all of the women of talent have been born in cities and chateaux. From Wordnik.com. [Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86] Reference
For several years she had had a private garden of her own on the grounds of one of the smaller chateaux. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles]
Not only did guests arrive for dinner, but there were several families from the neighboring chateaux staying at. From Wordnik.com. [Calvert of Strathore] Reference
The chateaux and castles and large manor-houses were strongly fortified, and there were inner courts for exercise. From Wordnik.com. [Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today] Reference
Why are certain of the cities and the chateaux more fertile than most cities and the country in producing the talented?. From Wordnik.com. [Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86] Reference
Of the 16 of poor or no education 13 were born in Paris, other large cities, or chateaux, and three in other localities. From Wordnik.com. [Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86] Reference
There are numerous castles and chateaux in the vicinity, which in peace times are visited annually by thousands of tourists. From Wordnik.com. [In the Flash Ranging Service Observations of an American Soldier During His Service With the A.E.F. in France] Reference
I got the ladies of the chateaux near by to aid me; they were so interested that many came down from Paris to see the wedding. From Wordnik.com. [In and out of Three Normady Inns] Reference
The husband goes to Italy or Germany or passes his time in various chateaux, where he is sure of a warm welcome and good cheer. From Wordnik.com. [The Women of the French Salons] Reference
Included is lunch in the village of Flavigny, where the movie "Chocolat" was filmed, trips to chateaux and a Roman battlefield. From Wordnik.com. [Chocolate and Wine] Reference
Every day he proposed some new jaunt, an excursion to see some view, to visit all the ruined chateaux or abbeys in the neighborhood. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The defeated monarch was not able to bring away from Padua any trophies of war; but he brought plans of chateaux, and gardens as well. From Wordnik.com. [Royal Palaces and Parks of France] Reference
"The core client base of many Bordeaux chateaux has shifted to investors and rich collectors," he notes, leaving loyal customers behind. From Wordnik.com. [The Money Is All Bottled Up] Reference
One cannot attempt to confine the limits where these chateaux are to be found, for they actually covered the length and breadth of France. From Wordnik.com. [Royal Palaces and Parks of France] Reference
Nothing could provide a more stark contrast than the architecture of the two chateaux, which are among the most dramatic in all of Bordeaux. From Wordnik.com. [A Tale of Two Ch] Reference
The French sent their treasures into hiding in chateaux outside Paris for most of the war — the "Mona Lisa" was moved six times in as many years. From Wordnik.com. [Art Lovers, Art Looters] Reference
Gabler noted that Jefferson was especially wary of wine fraud and always insisted on purchasing wines directly from the chateaux that produced them. From Wordnik.com. [Wine: Trailing Jefferson in France] Reference
A town in northern France noted for its lace-making, its horse races, and two beautiful chateaux built by the Prince of Condé, one of the French nobility. From Wordnik.com. [Short Stories of Various Types] Reference
Grand Seigneur here was settling down to beautifying his surroundings and framing his chateaux, manors and country-seats in dignified and most appealing pictures. From Wordnik.com. [Royal Palaces and Parks of France] Reference
The peasantry almost everywhere rose, like galley-slaves whose chains had been suddenly struck off, and gutted the chateaux, the strongholds of feudal extortion and injustice. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866] Reference
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