Article: Chateau de La Mode.

Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte and chateau de Groussay, two extraordinary French residences, belong to different centuries--but each is a testament to the singular aesthetic of a visionary connoisseur. Vicomte, a Baroque gem that served as the architectural inspiration for Versailles, was so magnificent that its owner, Nicolas Fouquet, was jailed by a jealous Louis XIV. Count Carlos (Charles) de Beistegui, who bought the 19th-century Chateau de Groussay in 1939, fared somewhat better. The heir to a Mexican silver fortune, Beistegui had a flair for the theatrical, and ...

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