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Marlborough Tower

Versailles

๐ŸŽถNamed after a 1722 song about General Marlborough's death
๐ŸŸOnce held 27 pike and 2,000 carp in its pond
๐Ÿ–ผ๏ธLook for Van Blarenberghe miniatures inside

This lakeside tower at Marie-Antoinette's private hamlet looks plucked from a storybook. Built as a fishing pavilion and named after a popular 18th-century ditty about a dead English general, it overlooks the water with an almost too-perfect charm.

Historic fishing tower
Marie-Antoinette's hamlet
Picturesque lake views
18th-century architecture
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