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Do make it a point to join a guided tour for an insight look at how the Kings & Queens of France used to live. Then you'll understand how/why the French Revolution started....
So, our first stop inside this grand palance is the gorgeous Queen's Chamber. If this were my bedroom, I would never, ever want to get out of bed...! Not even for US$10,000. ;-)
Written Dec 21, 2003
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That's me on the palace grounds. By the way, do you know that Fontainbleau had the noblest garden in all of France?
It was made for a King, Francois I (yes, him again), who wished to rival the great courts of Italy. Though the old knots and statuary have gone, enough of the 1528-1547 layout survives to give one a sense of how gardens were arranged in sixteenth century France.
Written Dec 21, 2003
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The impressive and opulent Sitting Room of Saint Louis drew gasps from the tour group...
Whilst browsing around this room, squint your eyes to the statue of Henry IV resting on the marbled mantelpiece. Please ensure that you give yourself lots of free time to just browse through the many treasured monuments found inside this amazing chateau... All the treasured monuments belonging to a bygone era.
Written Dec 21, 2003
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A visit to the castle of Fontainebleau is worth the stop or, when one is staying at the local campground, the detour. The many visitors lining up to visit every day might be a set back, but the gardens provide an equally grand experience for the guests who dislike standing in line for an extended period of time. Starting from the castle a horse drawn carriage makes tours through the surrounding park.
Written Jun 26, 2003
Address: Musée National du Château de Fontainebleau 77300
Phone: 01.60.71.50.70.
Website: http://www.souppes-fontainebleau.com/fontainebleau/guide.htm
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During revolution the palace was plundered, but Napoleon chose it as the residence and completely restored its furniture. They speak, that Napoleon could not live in Versailles as its luxury suppressed him. He liked modest and tiny palace in Fontenblou more.
The exposition of the museum is devoted to the emperor and his family. Sculptural and painted portraits, the weapon, awards, personal things and documents tell us about ceremony of coronation, the military companies of the emperor, his private life. The museum occupies the first and the second floors of half of the building of the palace.
Updated Jul 20, 2006
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The chapel of the Sacred Trinity settled down in a gallery of the palace. There are apartments of Napoleon at the ground floor (a throne hall, a boardroom, Maria Antoinette's room, a hall of Lui the Thirteenth, a hall of Lui the Ninth Sacred, a ballroom) .
Written Mar 21, 2006
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As advertised these horse and carriage rides will take adults for 5 euro and children for 4 euro - makes an interesting and relaxing way to see the grounds of Fontainebleu - which are quite extensive - and imagine back to the days of when this was the transport of the day.
Written Sep 27, 2007
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The castle appeared in Fontainebleau near 1100, and served as a residence to kings of Capeting dynasty. It got a present view of a palace in style of Renessanse after 1527 at Francisk the First. Italian architects were invited for this purpose. Fontainebleau was used only in autumn for hunting after construction of Versailles.
You can watch my 2 min 04 sec Video Fontainebleau Palace out of my Youtube channel.
Updated Jan 26, 2012
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This looks a bit like a tourist trap but I am sure for the romantic inclined or those with children this might be rather nice especially on a nice day.
The views looking to the dramatic big buildings around Fontainebleu would probably look rather good from across the pond in a boat too I imagine.
A little expensive though at 10 euro for half an hour.
Written Sep 27, 2007
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While Napoleon I is the most closely associated with the Chateau de Fontainebleau, you can see evidence throughout the palace of the other rulers who used the chateau as a refuge from Paris. Although the first chateau was built here in the 1100s, Francois I was the king that converted the hunting lodge here into a palace in the 1500s, you can see Francois' symbol, a salamander, throughout. Henri II left his mark on the ballroom, you can see the intertwined initials there, the H&D is for his mistress Diane de Poitiers and H&C for his wife Catherine de Medici. Napoleon's symbol was a simple N.
Fontainebleau was a bit neglected during the years of Louis XIV-Louis XVI, Louis XIV after all had the magnificent Versailles which even today remains the most impressive chateau in the Ile de France. The chateau found importance again under the reign of Napoleon I, his influence can be seen more than any of the other rulers who lived or visited here, he restored Fontainebleau after the French Revolution when it's collections were sold off. After being forced to abdicate, Napoleon survived a suicide attempt by poisoning at the Chateau. On April 20, 1814 he bid farewell to his Imperial Guard from the horseshoe staircase in the chateau's Cour d’Honneur courtyard before being exiled to the island of Elba.
The visit to the grand apartments of the chateau is currently 10€ (the website says 8€ but my receipt says 10€) and includes an audioguide. The visit is quite extensive compared to other chateaux, I think it took us a couple of hours to tour the inside.
The chateau is closed on Tuesdays. Under 18 is free, under 26 is free if you come from the EU, included on the Paris Museum Pass.
Updated Oct 11, 2011
Website: http://www.musee-chateau-fontainebleau.fr/spip.php?page=sommaire&lang=en
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