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If the Macrons love spending the summer in this military fortress, they owe it to de Gaulle, who did not like the house, which was too hot.
By Emilie Lanez
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Si Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron have spent a few days every summer at Fort de Brégançon since the presidential election, they owe it to General de Gaulle. In 1959, the President of the Republic announced to his cabinet that he did not plan to go and spend his holidays at the Château de Vizille, a gigantic 17th century building located in Isère. Not only does he interrupt the presidential vacation in this sinister residence, but, in addition, it will no longer be financed by the Élysée. The unloved castle fails the department, which makes it a museum of the Revolution, and the de Gaulle spouses reflect on their destination. The apartments at the Trianon, estate of Versailles, did not foreshadow a sunny summer, Rambouillet, ditto.
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