Castles, Palaces, Royal Houses

[Duke]

Luxembourg look like a nice places with many good scenary!!
Anymore photos about it!! By the way, is Luxembourg famous for anything, like chocolate?? And do the luxembourg royals led a very luxurious and spoil life, are they very rich or are they very down-to-earth?

[kelly9480]

It's very important to the EU and is known for banking, but I don't know of any commercial things, like the Swiss have chocolate and watches, and the French have fashion.

you can find plenty of photos at www.corbis.com -- just search for Luxembourg.

Luxembourg seems to be one of the more casual courts in Europe. Henri, MT, Jean and JC live in palaces -- Guillaume (Henri's brother, not his son), apparently moved back to Luxembourg after his car crash, but I don't think he lives in one of the family's official residences.

[Chanel]

HRH Prince Guillaume and Princess Sybilla live with the Grand Dukes and thier children at Comer-Berg.

As far as I know!

[Duke]

I read somewhere that Luxembourg is a very small country? Anyone know how small is it? And if is an banking hub and is important to EU, then can we assume that Luxembourg is like anyother big city such as london and is a rich Country!!!

[kelly9480]

http://www.gouvernement.lu/tout_savoir/sta...tatistique.html -- this is in French

http://www.statec.lu/html_en/statistiques/...fres/index.html -- this is in English

[Iain]

Originally posted by Duke@Jan 12th, 2004 - 3:55 am
I read somewhere that Luxembourg is a very small country? Anyone know how small is it? And if is an banking hub and is important to EU, then can we assume that Luxembourg is like anyother big city such as london and is a rich Country!!!

Luxembourg covers 1,000 sq miles. There are many smaller countries in the world.

[carlota]

in fact, there are many small countries, and most of them are really important and rich... some of them? monaco, luxembourg or the vaticano.. :)

[Nathalian]

Do you guys have photos of the houses or palaces that the Ducal Family has??Or, at least, information?

[Danielle]

Here are some threads that have information on the Palaces and Houses of the family:
Castles, Palaces, Royal Houses
Symbols, functions, palaces and important moments in the life of Grand Duke Henri

Hope this helps!

[gaggleofcrazypeople]

Is Jean still at Fisbach or however you spell it?

[Nathalian]

Hey.....Thank´s a lot Danielle! I´m very pleased......do you know if there are summer houses....like the other families?

[drimal]

Originally Posted by Nathalian

Hey.....Thank´s a lot Danielle! I´m very pleased......do you know if there are summer houses....like the other families?

Yes they have a holiday villa in Cabasson on the Côte d'Azur. It was bought in 1949 by Grand Duchess Charlotte.

[gaggleofcrazypeople]

Isn't it owned by the country of Luxembourg. Or just the castles and palaces are owned by the country?

[hillary_nugent]

Do they own any other residences in other countries? They probably could afford it...

[msfroyste]

other than their family vacation/summer/ beach house in cabasson, not to my knowledge.

[gaggleofcrazypeople]

They probably should buy more property, but I think it would be better if they bought some in their own country.

[pasiphaé]

Here is a picture of their summer home

[pasiphaé]

Royal houses:)

[gaggleofcrazypeople]

Which ones are which? I have a feeling the last one is Fisbauch.

[Danielle]

Originally Posted by pasiphaé

Royal houses:)

I haven't seen those photos before. Thanks pasiphaé. They really do have beautiful palaces/homes.