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Château Woolsack

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Château Woolsack
Château Woolsack. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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Château Woolsack or Château de Woolsack or The Woolsack is a former hunting lodge located in the commune of Mimizan in the department of Landes in the Aquitaine region of southwestern France. Built in 1911 on the shores of Lake Aureilhan by Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster, it is a replica in the Tudor style of the home of Rudyard Kipling - the author of The Jungle Book. It is on a site which has been listed and protected since 18 July 1978.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)。Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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