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The small French town is also home to the magnificent but underrated Chateau de Chantilly ... with its wood-panelled interior and roaring fire. It’s great for celebrity spotting: I whiled ...

8.This mid-1700s well that was glassed over and eventually became part of a home's kitchen: 9.This 18th century French chair for reading books: ...

Betancourt has pleaded guilty to fleecing millions from Venezuelan investors to fund his lavish lifestyle, including luxury condo in Miami and wedding at French chateau. Miami Herald archive A ...

The Kimbell Art Museum has acquired a rare 18th-century French painting previously caught at the center of a lawsuit between an international auction house and a private buyer. The Fort Worth art ...

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