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The Franco-American museum is in Picardy, in the commune of Blérancourt, in the Aisne, 110 km north-east of Paris. The château, built in 1619 by Salomon de Brosse, is set in green surroundings.
The site is known to garden lovers for its 17th-century park and gardens, and also for its arboretum, laid out in a former kitchen garden with plants from the American continent.
The castle occupies the summit of a rocky spur. It communicated with the fortified town by a gate squeezed between two cylinders.
The keep of Vic stands near the châteaux of Pierrefonds, Compiègne and Blérancourt.
Built in the 18th century, the Château de Montgobert belonged to Pauline Bonaparte, sister of Napoleon I.
A remarkable 14th-century keep 45 metres high, the former pleasure residence of the bishops of Soissons.
A few kilometres from Soissons, the village of Septmonts is known above all for its keep, an impressive remnant of the bishops of Soissons' residence.
A fine example of late 19th-century military architecture, this historic monument belongs to the defence system devised by General Séré de Rivières.