America's Castles

America's Architectural masterpieces and the master Architects that created them.

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Ernest Sanson’s Carolands Château built for Francis Carolan in Hillsborough, California

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Trumbauer and Sanson’s projected view of the Belmont Mansion in 1907, Washington D.C.

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🇫🇷💟🇺🇸 Day 10: Paris, Louvre Museum.

💎🇫🇷💎The French Crown Jewels -Apollo Gallery, Louvre. The Royal & Imperial Crowns and jewelry are always a mandatory stop on every visit to Louvre Museum for me. Seen here is the glittering diamond encrusted Coronation Crown of King Louis XV, the only extant diadem of the Kings of France. Along with several of the largest diamonds of the royal collection are the necklaces, crowns and tiaras of Empress Josephine. Marie-Louise & Eugenie. Missing this year from the case was Coronation Crown of the last French Empress Eugenie, perhaps in restoration? 💎🇫🇷💎

Vive-la-france!!🇫🇷

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French Crown Jewels, the Coronation Crown of King Louis XV bejeweled with hundreds of diamonds and other precious gems from the royal collection. This is the only surviving French Royal Crown from the Ancien-Regime (before the French Revolution). Now in the Apollo Gallery in Louvre Museum, Paris.

Vive-la-france 🇫🇷

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Empress Joséphine’s Sapphire and Diamond Parure, sold by Hortense de Beauharnais, Queen of Holland, to King Louis Philippe of the French in 1821.

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The exquisite Bourbon Parma fleur de lys diamond tiara in its original case. Created in 1912 by Hubner in Vienna, Austria.

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Order of the Holy Spirit badge made of diamonds and emeralds with its original leather case.

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What they took:

They dropped this ↓ and damaged it:

Stolen treasures, a crown dropped as thieves fled - and serious questions for Louvre security

The most spectacular Louvre robbery since the Mona Lisa in 1911 proves the vulnerability of French museums, writes Hugh Schofield.

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Thieves steal 'priceless' jewels from Louvre in Paris and flee on motorbikes | CBC News

Thieves broke into Paris's Louvre museum through a window on Sunday, stealing "priceless" items of jewelry before escaping on motorbikes, th

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The exquisite small private theater of the Schneider family, designed for them over 100 years ago by E. Sanson of Paris. It has been beautifully kept in their Chateau de la Verrerie.

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Early morning frost on the statues of Versailles (photo taken this morning)

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18th Century salon in the Getty Museum.

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Floor plan of the Chateau de Versailles in 1667

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The Petit Trianon, Versailles

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Sections of the Petit Trianon, Versailles