Château Louis XIV
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 Location within France
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| Location | Louveciennes, France |
| Coordinates | 48°51′00″N 2°07′13″E / 48.8499°N 2.1204°ECoordinates: 48°51′00″N 2°07′13″E / 48.8499°N 2.1204°E |
| Construction started | 2008 |
| Completed | 2011 |
The Château Louis XIV is a château constructed between 2008 and 2011 in the commune of Louveciennes in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region.
The chateau was built by the property developer Emad Khashoggi's property development company COGEMAD using traditional craftsmanship techniques and materials. Located between Versailles and Marly-le-Roi on a 23-hectare (57-acre) walled site, the property is surrounded by moats and has a constructed surface area of 7,000 m2 (75,350 ft2), 5,000 m2 (53,800 ft2) of which are living space. The property pays various tributes to Louis XIV of France, France's Sun King and stands on a land which once formed part of the Versailles estate.
Khashoggi had previously restored the Palais Rose in Le Vésinet and the Château du Verduron in Marly-le-Roi. The Chateau Louis XIV was built on the site of the former Chateau du Camp in Louveciennes, with the aim of building a modern house, with automated hi-tech controls incorporated within a 17th-century aspect, layout, and materials.
In 2013, Kim Kardashian scouted the Chateau Louis XIV as a possible wedding venue.
The chateau was sold to an unidentified individual from the Middle East for $301,000,000 ($304 million as of 2017), setting a world record price for a residential property.
In the late 17th century, the property where the current Château Louis XIV was built consisted of several plots of land, chestnut groves and woodland. In the early 18th century, the royal regiment was in charge of participating in a major excavation project in Marly-le-Roi. They thus decided to set up camp in an existing clearing on these very plots of land.
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