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Europe and North America. Palace of Fontainebleau ( / ˈfɒntɪnbloʊ / FON-tin-bloh, US also /- bluː / -bloo; [1] 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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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 dominates the ...
Palace and Park of Fontainebleau. 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.
The medieval palace had seen the birth, in 1268, of the future King Philip IV the Fair. It was in this same royal residence, on the first floor of the old keep, that this ‘iron king’ died in 1314, after a reign that considerably strengthened the authority of the Capetians. In 1323, Isabella of France, Queen of England, came to Fontainebleau ...
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 ...
Nov 16, 2023 · Vladislav Zolotov/Getty Images. Château de Fontainebleau welcomes visitors every day except Tuesdays, and it’s closed on Jan. 1, May 1, and Dec. 25. Tickets are 14 euros, and guided tours (only ...
During World War II the palace of Fontainebleau was a German headquarters. Liberated in 1944 by U.S. Gen. George Patton, it was the seat of a Western Allied headquarters from 1945 to 1965. The national forest of Fontainebleau is one of the most scenic wooded tracts in France. It covers 42,000 acres (17,000 ha); nearly a quarter of it is rocky.
