"From elegant town houses to lavishly decorated Châteaux, France boasts luxury properties in all shapes and sizes. The aristocratic residences around Paris and the Loire Valley are internationally famous, but high-end houses pop up all over the country. Gillian Thornton explores some of the most fascinating architectural jewels of France. Romans and Medieval Luxury living did not start with the Renaissance. In the golden age of the Roman Empire, well-to-do citizens lived in sprawling villas with intricate mosaic floors and interior courtyards."
"Nor did you have to be a duke to be comfortable. The 14 th century Donjon de Bours in Pas de Calais is a sandstone tower house with six turrets fringed by the remains of the original moat. A rare example of a knight's residence, the interior display shows daily life during the Hundred Years War between England and France."
France contains a wide range of luxury historic residences, from elegant town houses to richly decorated châteaux. Roman-era wealth produced sprawling villas with mosaic floors and interior courtyards, preserved and interpreted at sites such as NarboVia, Vaison La Romaine and Saint-Romain-en-Gal. After the Roman departure, medieval fortresses incorporated comfortable apartments for lords and ladies, exemplified by Falaise Castle. Smaller noble residences such as the 14th-century Donjon de Bours display knightly domestic life and wartime experience. The French Renaissance from the late 15th century sparked a major surge in grand Loire Valley palaces as royalty and aristocracy relocated from Paris to the countryside.
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