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Grand Est

The châteaux of Grand Est in the Index — 2 so far, each fact-checked against the historical record. Back to the map.

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Grand Est · Bas-Rhin

Château du Haut-Kœnigsbourg

12th century; rebuilt 1900–1908 · Medieval mountain castle, imperial reconstruction

A pink-sandstone eagle's nest at 750 metres on the Alsace wine route, ruined since 1633 and spectacularly rebuilt for Kaiser Wilhelm II by Bodo Ebhardt as a manifesto of German imperial romanticism — Alsace was then German. Returned to France in 1919, it is now one of the country's most visited monuments.

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Grand Est · Ardennes

Château Fort de Sedan

1424 onwards · Bastioned medieval fortress

A mountain of masonry on the Meuse frontier — with some 35,000 m² on seven levels, it claims the title of the largest fortified castle in Europe. Seat of the independent Principality of Sedan until 1642, birthplace of the great Turenne, and a garrison right up to the 20th century.

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