Chateaux

Cliveden – inspired by the Cinquecento villas of Genoa (Photo: Alamy) Even with an asking price of £35 million, there will be no shortage of buyers for Cliveden, the Buckinghamshire palazzo that went on the market last week. The hotel is up for sale after its owner went into administration – but even if another … Continue reading »

Special to National Post Jul 9, 2011 – 5:00 AM ET | Last Updated: Jul 7, 2011 5:49 PM ET Hamilton 362 Bay St. S. (Aberdeen Avenue and James Mountain Road) Asking price: $3.6-million Taxes: $16,607 (2010) Bedrooms: 6 Bathrooms: 4 MLS# 2028453 By Connie Adair Dundurn isn’t Hamilton’s only castle. “An heiress saw a … Continue reading »

The mediaeval city of Carcassonne. Photo: Getty Images Andrew Purcell sets off on a gastronomic ramble through the mediaeval villages of the Languedoc. In French country towns where life progresses in happy defiance of progress, according to centuries-old rhythms, even the festivals unfold at walking pace. At a balade gourmande, small groups of friends set … Continue reading »

Humans have been developing ingenious ways of killing each other for millennia. Some weapons are simple and brutal while others show a horrifying creativity, but eventually all become quaint museum artifacts. Such are the exhibits in Chateau Castelnaud, a 13th-century fortress high above the Dordogne valley, in France’s Périgord region, now a privately owned museum … Continue reading »

New winemaker at Pichon Lalande 7th July, 2011 by Rupert Millar Philippe Moreau has been appointed the new technical director at Bordeaux second growth Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande. Moreau’s appointment follows a string of changes among some of Bordeaux’s top estates. Moreau replaces Pichon Lalande’s former winemaker, Thomas Dô Chi Nam, who has … Continue reading »

July 7, 2011, 12:51 pm Winter in July By CATHY HORYN The invitation for the White Fairy Tale ball called for white and silver, and most guests on Wednesday at the Château de Wideville near Paris obliged. The party, given at his estate by Valentino Garavani and the model Natalia Vodianova, to raise money for … Continue reading »

Published on 6 July 2011. Arras, 6 July 2011, Art Media Agency (AMA). A partnership agreement has been signed between the Chateau de Versailles and the Musée des Beaux-arts in Arras. The museum will receive a free loan of works from the Versaille collections. The agreement will extend to five eighteen-month exhibitions over the next … Continue reading »

Chateau d’Ouchy, on Lausanne waterfront, sold to Lausanne Palace GENEVA / LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – The Loterie Romande’s offshoot, Romande des Jeux, Monday 4 July sold the Chateau d’Ouchy to the Lausanne Palace hotel and spa for CHF45 million. The Loterie Romande paid CHF35m for it several years ago with the idea of turning it into … Continue reading »

Semily, East Bohemia, July 1 (CTK) – A district court Friday confirmed the claim of Johanna Kammerlander, heiress of the Walderode noble family, to the confiscated family property in the Czech Republic she has been seeking for years. Kammerlander claims the Hruby Rohozec chateau and some adjacent land property. Her lawyer Roman Heyduk said this … Continue reading »

skip to main | skip to sidebar I promise, no more photos of chateaux after this, but Chenonceau on the river Cher is so stunning, I can’t resist. Chenonceau is known as the “Chateau des Dames” for its many famous women residents. The first Dame was Katherine Briçonnet, who had the castle built in 1513. … Continue reading »