France's Château de Maintenon: The castle of Louis XIV's secret wife • FRANCE 24 English

This French Renaissance-style castle would probably have remained largely unknown if it hadn't become home to the secret wife of Louis XIV, Madame de Maintenon. Françoise d'Aubigné - her real name - was a woman of humble origins who is often compared to Cinderella. After Louis secretly married her, the Château de Maintenon underwent numerous transformations as she put her own stamp on it. Meanwhile, the French-style garden was designed by renowned landscape architect André Le Nôtre but was only laid out in 2013.
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France is beautiful.

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The glaring omission of this short and fascinating video is any mention of the aqueduct. I’m assuming it’s Roman but absolutely nothing was said about it. That was incredibly frustrating.

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What was the opening music piece?? Starting at 0:15.

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Thai Royal doesn't need secret wives but openly..

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Yes, it's not Kiev🤓🤓🤓

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