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The history of the château de Fontainebleau spans more than eight centuries. From the Middle Ages to the present day, come and see how it has changed.
Used by the kings of France from the 12th century, the medieval royal hunting lodge of Fontainebleau, standing at the heart of a vast forest in the Ile-de-France, was transformed, enlarged and embellished in the 16th century by François I, who wanted to make a 'New Rome' of it.
Le château de Fontainebleau est un château royal de styles principalement Renaissance et classique, près du centre-ville de Fontainebleau (Seine-et-Marne), à une soixantaine de kilomètres au sud-est de Paris, en France. Les premières traces d'un château à Fontainebleau remontent au XII e siècle.
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 ...
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The château de Fontainebleau is one of the most important historic palaces in France and the only example of a royal residence that was continually inhabited by monarchs for eight centuries, from the medieval period to the Second Empire.
Fontainebleau is the only château inhabited by every monarch from the 12 th to the 19 th century and the most beautifully furnished French royal palace. It features Renaissance masterpieces commissioned by Francis I of France, the lavishly decorated interiors of Marie Antoinette, the state apartment of Napoleon I, the styles preferred by ...
