On: Paris’s missing palace and the making of the Louvr...

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Richelieu had unused forts filled with gunpowder and blown up. I suppose it was the most efficient way to get the stones back to build other stuff.

The Regneville castle partially survived the ordeal...

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ch%C3%A2teau+De+Regn%C3%A9...

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ch%C3%A2teau+De+Regn%C3%A9...