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    Palace of Fontainebleau (/ˈfɒntɪnbloʊ/ Fon-tan-BLO, US also /-bluː/ -⁠bloo; French: Château de Fontainebleau [ʃɑto d(ə) fɔ̃tɛnblo]), located 55 kilometers...
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    favourite weekend getaway for Parisians, as well as for the historic Château de Fontainebleau, which once belonged to the kings of France. It is also the home...
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    notably the Château de Montsoreau, the Château de Langeais, the Château d'Amboise, the Château de Blois, the Château de Gaillon and the Château de Chambord...
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    their peak in the gardens of the royal Château de Fontainebleau, Château d'Amboise, Château de Blois, and Château de Chenonceau. French Renaissance gardens...
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    France, where he began an extensive decorative program for the Château de Fontainebleau. In 1532 he was joined by another Italian artist, Francesco Primaticcio...
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    feature of the Jardin de la Reine (today's Jardin de Diane) laid out west of the Galerie des Cerfs at the Château de Fontainebleau; there it was the most...
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    1706), created by the Italian sculptor Benvenuto Cellini for the Château de Fontainebleau in France. It features a long-limbed reclining nude female nymph...
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    The Château de Malmaison (French pronunciation: [ʃɑto d(ə) malmɛzɔ̃]) is a French château situated near the left bank of the Seine, about 15 kilometres...
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  • Neuilly-sur-Seine Château de Chantilly, Chantilly Château de Compiègne Château d'Écouen, Écouen Château de Fontainebleau, former royal residence in Fontainebleau Château...
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    Ambassadors from Siam at the Château de Fontainebleau". Fondation Napoléon. "Musée Chinois du château de Fontainebleau". Visit Paris Region. Lilian M...
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    Finances, at his palatial residence, the Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte. Louis XIV was impressed by the château and its gardens, which were the work of Louis...
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    The Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye (French pronunciation: [ʃɑto də sɛ̃ ʒɛʁmɛ̃ ɑ̃ lɛ]) is a former royal palace in the commune of Saint-Germain-en-Laye...
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    Place Dauphine, and some renovations at the Château de Fontainebleau. Though the second School of Fontainebleau was active in painting at the time, it is...
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    Allée de Cyprès chauves de Louisiane, the bald cypress avenue planted in 1810. Château de Rambouillet, official website]. G. Lenotre, Le Château de Rambouillet...
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    Empire. There are workshop paintings at, for example, the Château de Fontainebleau in Fontainebleau, the Hôtel des Invalides in Paris, the Rijksmuseum in...
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    Château de Fontainebleau - built by Francis I of France, it is one of the largest of the French royal châteaux Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte Château de Vincennes...
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    mastermind of much of the present-day Château de Fontainebleau. In 1526, Le Breton was working at the Château de Chambord under Pierre Nepveu. In 1527...
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    The Château de Vincennes (French pronunciation: [ʃɑto d(ə) vɛ̃sɛn]) is a former fortress and royal residence next to the town of Vincennes, on the eastern...
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    Château d'Ancy-le-Franc is a Renaissance-style château of the 16th century located in the town of Ancy-le-Franc in the department of Yonne, in France....
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    Napoleon II (redirect from Roi de Rome)
    "Château de Fontainebleau". Musee-chateau-fontainebleau.fr. Archived from the original on 2012-06-18. Retrieved 2012-08-28. G. Lenotre, le Château de Rambouillet...
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    comprises two attached buildings: the Petit Château, built around 1560 for Anne de Montmorency, and the Grand Château, which was destroyed during the French...
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    Samois-sur-Seine, France, and, since 2017, in the grounds of the nearby Château de Fontainebleau. It began as a single evening festival in 1968, but in 1983, became...
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    presented at Château de Fontainebleau 3 January 1704: Le Port de mer, comedy in 1 act and in prose, with Nicolas Boindin, music by Nicolas Racot de Grandval...
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    the Château de Villandry Diane de Poitiers' garden from the Château de Chenonceau Fountain of Diana, in the gardens of the Château de Fontainebleau Aerial...
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    being Versailles and Fontainebleau. It is located in Compiègne in the Oise department and is open to the public. Even before the château was constructed,...
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    The Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile is one of the most famous monuments in Paris, France, standing at the western end of the Champs-Élysées at the centre of...
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    Bacchus, Venus and Cupid (c. 1531) Elephant, Château de Fontainebleau (c. 1536) Diana, Château de Fontainebleau The Holy Family Portrait of a Young Man Seated...
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    department in Île-de-France in northern France. It is located in the Vexin regional nature park [fr]. The commune grew around the Château de La Roche-Guyon...
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  • celebrated by Antoine de Romanet at the Cathedral of Saint-Louis des Invalides, followed by a reception at the Château de Fontainebleau. The wedding festivities...
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    is an example of this style. Once a small château between the royal residences of Vincennes and Fontainebleau, the estate of Vaux-le-Vicomte was purchased...
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