From tiny crumbling estates to splendid gilded palaces, France is home to some of the world’s finest castles. And we've recently learned that everyone should apparently party in a French chateau at least once. The Château de Clos Lucé, Amboise, Indre-et-Loire departmentThis Renaissance château is most famous for its connection with Leonardo Da Vinci. The English captured it again during the Hundred Years’ War, but from 1449 onward it stayed in French hands. The Château de Flaugergues, near Montpellier, LanguedocStory continues below…The Château de Flaugergues is a seventeenth-century mansion found near Montpellier in Languedoc.

Source: The Local September 14, 2016 15:22 UTC