Talk:List of castles in France

message: I plan to add the following castles in the Seine et Marne list of the Ile de France region :
* "Château de Moret" at Moret-sur-Loing, "Château de Montaiguillon" (ruins) at Louan-Villegruis-Fontaine and "Château de Diant" at Diant that are "châteaux-forts" historical monuments according to the French Ministry of Culture.
* "Château de Nantouillet" at Nantouillet, "Château de Lagrange-Bléneau" at Courpalay, "Château de la Reine Blanche" at Provins and "Château du Houssoy at Crouy-sur-Ourcq that are "châteaux" historical monuments according to the French Ministry of Culture with good pictures. The 2nd and 3rd one are also in the  "ABC des châteaux-forts" list.
* "Château de Sigy" at Sigy, also a French historical monument in the Mérimée database, has its own web site : www.montjoye.net/chateau_de_sigy.
* "Château de Nangis" has "heritage" pictures of it in the IMAGES database of the French Ministry of Culture.
Jean Fex (talk) 12:39, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you Emeraude, especially for the impovement of the "English" of the Château de Nangis page. It was a lot of work to come up with this small article, getting the rights, the documentation and so on. Jean Fex (talk) 17:45, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: A pleasure. You're welcome. Emeraude (talk) 09:03, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  For Seine et Marne (77) 

message: I have removed most of the entries from this list because, quite simply, they are not castles.  The French word château is used in France to cover many types of building, including what in English we would recognise as a castle, but also 'palace', 'stately home', or large country house.  Most vineyards are called Chateau de..., but most are simply farm buildings.
I have kept those chateaux that are built around what is recognisably a proper castle (such as Amboise) and added a large number of 'real' castles.  In French, these are often distinguished with the phrase château-fort.  I will add more as time permits, but few have English Wikipedia articles, so I will also be adding links to French Wikipedia where these exist.  In the longer term, I may get round to translating some of the French articles.
Any help with these tasks - I've begun to see how enormous it is - is most welcome.  Readers of French may like to search French Wikipedia for further entries.  Emeraude 23:13, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  4 Dec 2006 

message: To quickly preload a standard template for a castle article, you can stick a &preload=User:Kaustuv/ip/château at the end. See, for example, a preloaded [ Château d'Example]. Would it be worth adding these to all the currently non-existing articles? — Kaustuv CHAUDHURI 14:13, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: No, sorry, I meant that we would just add links such as [ this one] that anyone may use to start off with a readymade framework. The article actually will not be created until the user saves the page. Regarding the Etelan issue, there is :fr:Château d'Ételan. Looks like the page was poorly named. I've moved it to Château d'Ételan. — Kaustuv CHAUDHURI 14:55, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Preload 

message: Let's get this to a featured list level. This could be the first grand collaboration of the new WikiProject France. — Kaustuv CHAUDHURI 19:31, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Push to FL 

message: I've gone through the French WIkipedia lists of Châteaux and made a list of places mentioned there that have no article in the English Wikipedia or no link from this page.  Of course, not all will be castles as we understand the word, but there is scope for an enlargement of this page.  You can see the list at User:Emeraude/To Do - any help in moving appropriate items from that list to this one will be much appreciated.  Equally, you can delete items if they are not castles.  I intend to spend as much time as I can in getting French articles translated to English.
I've also found an interesting website from the French Ministry of Culture  where you can search by department and town for historic monuments and bring up a page with details of the castle's listing in official records.  This can then be used as a source when writing articles and linked to from articles.  (See Château de Dieppe for an example.) Emeraude 22:51, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  More articles? 

message: I've started a stub on the above castle, but was able to glean very little from the English-language castles. So much so that although it was in Aquitaine I was unable to find which part. Help with this so it can be added to the list here would be great. Maybe even a little expansion so the article can qualify for DYK? The first castle to be besieged by Richard Coeur de Lion would certainly be a crowd puller. Nev1 (talk) 11:22, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I've found something in this page: Notes historiques du chanoine DURENGUES . It seems to refer to the hill of Castillou, in Bon-Encontre, east of Agen (Lot-et-Garonne). Nothing remains of the castle . — M-le-mot-dit (T) 14:54, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Castillon-sur-Agen]]

message: It was wrong in Loire, duplicate entries (which belongs to the Rhone) away.
#Jarnioux
#Lissieu
#Montmelas 
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message: Grange Fort Castle is located in Puy-de-Dôme. Not sure how to sort this castle into this list, please assist. --Xaiver0510 (talk) 03:52, 19 November 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Move article name as per other French castle naming, if my ordering is wrong, please adjust accordingly. Thanks. --Xaiver0510 (talk) 04:06, 19 November 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Grange Fort Castle]]