Search results
Palace of Fontainebleau. 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.
- ii, vi
- Cultural
- Palace and Park of Fontainebleau
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.
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 ...
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 ...
Print. 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 ...
Fontainebleau, Palace and Park - Visit time : half-day. If Versailles is the pinnacle of an era and of a king (Louis XIV), Fontainebleau illustrates eight centuries of French history. Over thirty rulers resided within these walls, and each one has left his mark, his extension, and his style, making the Palace a patchwork of architectural ...
Palace of Fontainebleau, located 55 kilometers southeast of the center of Paris, in the commune of Fontainebleau, is one of the largest French royal châteaux. It served as a hunting lodge and summer residence for many of the French monarchs, beginning with Louis VII. Francis I, Henry II, Louis-Philippe, Napoleon Bonaparte and Napoleon III. Though the monarchs only resided there for a few ...
