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Step
through the gates to enter the sunny courtyard of this bastide of the
twelfth, fifteenth and seventeenth centuries, Château
d'Ambrus. These massive stone walls hide a lovely château
with thirty rooms covering over 15,000 square feet of living space.
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The donjon ~ tower ~ is a prominent
feature of the château and is one of the oldest parts of the
structure. Once you enter, you will sense the history and
importance of the château. The parkland of twenty hectares
borders on Europe's largest forest and is in a wild but peaceful valley.
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Enter the
château onto these beautiful ancient stone floors ~ a feature
found throughout the castle. A Medieval atmosphere surrounds you,
but in more recent history this is also a château in Gascony, the
land of The Three Musketeers.
Charles de Batz-Castelmore d'Artagnan was the real person on whom
Alexandre Dumas based his romantic novel, and he was born in
Lupiac, only 68 kilometers south of Château d'Ambrus. Visit
the Musée d'Artagnan
in the village.
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