Château de Villers-Cotterêts

metropolitan France · France

Château de Villers-Cotterêts, France
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A Renaissance royal residence where a landmark 1539 edict made French the language of administration, it has been restored as a centre devoted to the French language. Its chapel vault carries elaborate carved emblems.

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