Maintenon Castle

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Place Aristide Briand
28130 Maintenon

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The château of Louis XIV’s secret wife, and where Vauban left his only unfinished aqueduct.

Less than an hour from Paris, the Château de Maintenon in Eure-et-Loir reveals the astonishing rise of Madame de Maintenon and the remnants of Vauban’s only civil project. We set off to explore this sublime château and its gardens, and we’ll tell you everything about this heritage treasure.