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Fredensborg Palace is a seasonal retreat for the Danish royals often used in the summer months, built on the island of Zealand as a country seat for Frederik IV in 1719.
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Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 16 Apr. 2024
Priorat was once a country seat for the Barcelona elite and a fine wine region, but phylloxera (a pest that destroys grapevines) swept through in the early 1900s, depleting the wine industry.
—Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 26 Nov. 2023
Spanberger splashed onto the Virginia political scene in 2017 as a former federal law enforcement officer and ex-CIA officer determined to flip a Trump-country seat blue for the first time in 50 years.
—Meagan Flynn, Washington Post, 12 Nov. 2022
Highclere Castle is a 5,000-acre estate in Hampshire, England and has been the country seat of the Earls of Carnarvon since 1679.
—Robert Reiss, Forbes, 3 June 2022
Wilton House has served as the country seat of the Earls of Pembroke for over 400 years, and the Palladian Bridge was constructed in 1736-1737 over the little River Nadder, just south of Wilton House.
—Emily Burack, Town & Country, 3 Apr. 2022
Native craftsmen soon learned to produce their own masterpieces, such as the 15-foot-high staircase designed for Cassiobury House, the country seat of the earls of Essex, around 1677-80.
—Peter Saenger, WSJ, 23 Jan. 2020
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Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 16 Apr. 2024
Priorat was once a country seat for the Barcelona elite and a fine wine region, but phylloxera (a pest that destroys grapevines) swept through in the early 1900s, depleting the wine industry.
—Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 26 Nov. 2023
Spanberger splashed onto the Virginia political scene in 2017 as a former federal law enforcement officer and ex-CIA officer determined to flip a Trump-country seat blue for the first time in 50 years.
—Meagan Flynn, Washington Post, 12 Nov. 2022
Highclere Castle is a 5,000-acre estate in Hampshire, England and has been the country seat of the Earls of Carnarvon since 1679.
—Robert Reiss, Forbes, 3 June 2022
Wilton House has served as the country seat of the Earls of Pembroke for over 400 years, and the Palladian Bridge was constructed in 1736-1737 over the little River Nadder, just south of Wilton House.
—Emily Burack, Town & Country, 3 Apr. 2022
Native craftsmen soon learned to produce their own masterpieces, such as the 15-foot-high staircase designed for Cassiobury House, the country seat of the earls of Essex, around 1677-80.
—Peter Saenger, WSJ, 23 Jan. 2020
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“Country seat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/country%20seat. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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countryseat
noun
coun·try·seat
ˌkən-trē-ˈsēt 
: a mansion or estate in the country
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