Chateau
The French country seat: a large house with the symmetry, steep roofline and axial approach of the French tradition, whether or not it retains defensive fabric.
Also called château.
How it connects
In other taxonomies
- châteauxGetty AAT, 300005738the same thing
- HousesUniclass, En_45_10_39theirs is wider
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Where it sits
One rule per term beside it, taller for each narrower term
Top of the axis
Chateau
7 terms, Cottage to Cabin
Record
Parented to house rather than castle on a judgement call. The French word covers both and some châteaux are genuinely fortified, but the term as the trade uses it means a grand house; where the fabric is actually defensive, castle is the better term.
- Also called
- château
- Broader
- House
- Provenance
- authored@instruments/taxonomy ADR 0001
For machines
Permanent address
/id/typology/chateauKnowledge graph
Stored incoming and outgoing relations from the public V1 graph. Ancestors, descendants, and siblings are labelled as derived views rather than stored facts.
- has-conceptTypologyincoming
- has-conceptTypologyincoming
- belongs-to-axisTypologyoutgoing
- belongs-to-facetTypologyoutgoing
- broaderHouseoutgoing
- narrowerHouseincoming
Derived hierarchy views
Crosswalks
| Scheme | Identifier | Their label, or the search | How close |
|---|---|---|---|
| Getty AAT | 300005738 | châteaux | the same thing |
| Uniclass | En_45_10_39 | Houses | theirs is wider |