France. According to the official description, the castle once welcomed guests like King Louis XIII and now hosts weddings on its main floor. However, Reckert and Figueira will be taking on the ...

A modest hunting lodge under King Louis XIII, the architectural crown jewel of France's royalty has been greatly expanded and ...

By 1789 France was broke. The nobility refused to pay more taxes, and the peasants simply couldn't. Even the opulent King Louis XVI, fonder of hunting and locksmithing than governing, recognized ...

He named it after France’s King Louis XIII, who was the first monarch to recognise cognac as a category of brandy in its own right. Since then, generations of cellar masters have used extraordinary ...

Laura French The Château de Versailles ... former residence had pretty humble-ish beginnings. His father, King Louis XIII favored the site for its hunting potential and built a brick and stone ...