WHEN I WAS in my 20s and everyone liked classical houses, my home in Paris was a white cube,” recalls French decorator Jacques Garcia, now 69. “Yves Klein, Lucio Fontana on the walls. All my friends ...

The landlocked Orne department of Normandy is quintessential French countryside, with rolling fields, tiny villages and earthly pleasures like Camembert cheese, apple cider, foie gras and boudin noir.

Most visitors to France have probably had at least one stint in Normandy. Places like Monet's garden are within an hour's drive of Paris and for beaches it's two or three, making it a long-time ...

One of the few attractions in the commune of Ermenouville is the Château d’Arnouville, which happens to be owned by a friend’s grandmother. The château features two distinct styles. The first, dating ...

Elizabeth Bonner has been renovating the 18th-century chateau, located in Orne, Normandy, since she and her husband purchased it in 2005. Over the past several years, the Baltimore-based Bonner family ...

This castle fortress was amazingly built in a mere two years, between 1196 and 1198, at the direction of Richard the Lionheart, King of England and the Duke of Normandy to protect Rouen against the ...