Château de Pau
Castle in Pau, France / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Château de Pau (English: Pau Castle, Basque: Paueko gaztelua) is a castle in the centre of the city of Pau, the capital of Pyrénées-Atlantiques and Béarn. It dominates that quarter of the city.
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Henry IV of France and Navarre was born here on December 13, 1553, and it was once used by Napoleon as a holiday home during his period of power.
The château has been classified as a Monument historique since 1840 by the French Ministry of Culture.[1] Nowadays, as the Musée national du Château de Pau, it contains a collection of tapestries.