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Empress Eugénie and the Fairytale Château de Pierrefonds

Two centuries after her birth, Empress Eugénie is celebrated at the Château de Pierrefonds, the fairy-tale castle she called home She was born in Granada, died in Madrid and reigned from Paris – yet it was a turreted neo-Gothic castle in the forests of Picardy that Empress Eugénie chose as her legacy. This year, on the 200th anniversary of her birth, the Château de Pierrefonds is returning…

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