What Disney Castles Truly Looked Like in Real Life

Hôtel de Soubise

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The Beast’s ceiling is an example of rococo design (as namedropped by Cogsworth when he makes his awful baroque joke), and while the Hôtel de Soubise may not have been the exact inspiration for the castle ballroom, it is an excellent example of the style that the Disney artists were aiming to emulate.

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