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Print. Fontainebleau: 800 years of history. Fontainebleau is not just one monarch’s palace, it belonged to them all, a “ family home ” for the kings of France, passed down from generation to generation from the Middle Ages to the 19 th century. While the medieval origins of the castle are still visible in the former keep – which ...
Palace of Fontainebleau (/ ˈ f ɒ n t ɪ n b l oʊ / FON-tin-bloh, US also /-b l uː /-bloo; French: Château de Fontainebleau [ʃɑto d(ə) fɔ̃tɛnblo]), located 55 kilometers (34 miles) southeast of the center of Paris, in the commune of Fontainebleau, is one of the largest French royal châteaux.
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Château de Fontainebleau History. The historic Château de Fontainebleau was first built in the twelfth century as a hunting lodge for the French kings, but fell into disrepair by the fifteenth century. In the sixteenth century King Francois I orchestrated its restoration and it was transformed into the castle we know today. This residence has ...
Jan 28, 2019 · “The concept of a maison de famille is very important; like when one inherits a house that belonged to one’s mother or grandfather, one never destroys it completely,” emphasises Jean-François Hébert, the president of Fontainebleau, who has presided over the château for eight years. “This is quite rare in a château, especially for ...
The cradle of the French Renaissance. Both near and far from Paris, Fontainebleau had everything to please Francis I. He was a humiliated king, returning from a trying period of imprisonment in Madrid (1525-1526), who set his sights on this prestigious medieval ruin and undertook its reconstruction. In 10 years, the project to redevelop a ...
Sep 21, 2023 · Public domain. 2. A mix of styles Louis IX (1226-1270) Louis IX, the only French king to be sainted, often used his “dear Fontainebleau” as a retreat for prayer and in 1254, on returning from a crusade to the Holy Land, he founded the Couvent des Trinitaires next to the château, overseeing the building of a monastery, a church and a ...
The medieval palace. The origins of the Château de Fontainebleau remain a mystery. Of its primitive silhouette, the keep, a massive square-shaped building, and the oval layout of the oldest of its courtyards still remain. While the name Fontainebleau first appears in 1137, in a Latin charter of King Louis VII, its construction could date back ...
