This country may be small, but it has more castles per square mile than any other in Europe, making it known as the Castle ...

NORTHERN BURGUNDY, France — Deep in a forest of France's Burgundy region, a group of enthusiasts is building a medieval castle the old-fashioned way — that is, with tools and methods from the late ...

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Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... CARCASSONNE, France — Somewhere at the intersection of fantasy and history stands the medieval city of Carcassonne, a castle-on-the-hill getaway in the south ...

Archaeologists had known for years that a hotel in Vannes, France, was built on the site of a medieval castle. The 18th century mansion-turned-hotel even named itself after the castle: the Château de ...

France has more than 45,000 châteaux around the country, from 9th-century palaces to 21st-century castles that were built for a number of reasons. Of all these properties, primarily built to fortify ...

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Deep in a forest in the Burgundy region, a group of enthusiasts is building a castle the medieval way — no motorized machines included. In France, workers build a castle from scratch the 13th century ...

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