Château d'Eu

Eu, France

Open to visitors

The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.

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The Château d'Eu is a former royal residence in Normandy, northern France, standing at the centre of the town of Eu in Seine-Maritime. Built in the 16th century to replace a fortress demolished in 1475, the château was initiated by Henry I, Duke of Guise, and his wife, Catherine de Clèves, in 1578, and completed nearly a century later by Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier. The chapel preserves the tombs of the Guise couple. After passing to the House of Orléans in 1657, it served as King Louis-Philippe I's summer residence from 1830 to 1848 and hosted Queen Victoria twice, in 1843 and 1845. The château subsequently became a residence for the Brazilian Imperial Family in exile; Princess Isabel, who abolished slavery in Brazil, died here in 1921. Restored and enlarged by architects Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine and Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, the château was acquired by the city in 1964 and now houses the City Hall and the Musée Louis-Philippe. It remains classified as a Monument historique.