A Castle In France For Your Ultra Fashionable Destination Wedding

A French Wedding Castle is becoming incredibly fashionable and they are now all the rage following the weddings of Madonna, Tom Cruise,  David Beckham and Eva Longoria and Tony Parker.   But you do not need to be a celebrity to get married in France.  Anyone can rent a chateau and and have a fairytale wedding in France.

Eva Longoria star of “Desperate Housewives” and Tony Parker NBA basketball champion held their celebrity wedding in France.  The civil ceremony was conducted by non-other than the mayor of Paris on the Friday.  The couple held their religious ceremony on the 7th July 2007 at a 16th century cathedral opposite the Louvre.

The couple then held their wedding reception at 17th Century Chateau Vaux-le- Vicomte one hour south east of Paris. This luxury privately-owned chateau near the village of Maincy is said to have inspired Versaille. Louis XIV had its creator Nicolas Fouquet imprisoned for the rest of his life, because he did not like the guests applauding someone else, or visiting a home more luxurious than his old palaces. This envy fuelled his desire to destroy his then finance minister who wound up spending the rest of his life imprisoned. There is a famous saying about Nicolas Fouquet by Voltaire regarding the opening of Chateau Vaux-le-Vicomte in 1661: “On 17 August, at six in the evening Fouquet was the King of France: at two in the morning he was nobody.”

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After the ceremony there was a fountain show within the French style gardens. More than 2,000 candles were lit throughout the Chateau and gardens to create the romantic effect. 

 The chateau is also where of Indian steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal’s daughter was married at what has been claimed to be the most expensive nuptials of all time at over $55 million.

Renting the facilities for five hours will set you back upwards of $47,596. Eva’s lavish wedding was splashed on the pages of OK! magazine for a reported 2 million dollar exclusive deal which will helped cover the costs of their nuptials.

But do not despair, you do not need to be able to sell your wedding photos for 2 million to have a fairytale french wedding in France.