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Chapultepec, the Mexican Castle That Drove a Belgian Princess to Madness and an Austrian Archduke to the Firing Squad
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Leonardo Hernandez/Courtesy of Castillo de Chapultepec
A haphazard, rambling palace resembling a riverboat-fortress, its place as a central part of Mexican history stretches from the dawn of the Aztecs.
William O’Connor
Former Travel Editor
Published
May 27 2018
9:37PM EDT
William O’Connor
Former Travel Editor
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