The medieval castle in the site and later chateau was the residence of French monarchs from Louis VII through Napoleon III. It was the traditional residence of the French monarch. It also dated back a long way too, from its beginning of an abbey, to a hunting lodge then to a palace. Unlike Versailles, Fontainebleau is not a vision of one monarch. It is a bewildering of styles from Francois I, who modelled on Florentine and Roman styles. Throughout the visit you will be able to see the changes in French tastes and the changing architectural styles Fontainebleau abiding charm comes from its relative informality and spectacular forest settings. Part of the Chateau today is devoted to the Napoleon Museum. It was here that Napoleon abdicated the throne on 5 April 1814 and made his famous farewell speech to the soldiers of the Old Guard, who followed him in his military campaigns.
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Fontainebleau Chateau
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Fontainebleau
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Royal Palace of France
2. Fontainebleau is about 75km southeast of Paris or about 75 minutes by car or 40 to 50 minutes by train.
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31. Anne of Austria’s bedroom. It is covered with tapestries form the Golilins Factory around 1860s.
Anne of Austria’s Bedroom
32. Holy Trinity Chapel
The royal worshiping area upstairs with Henry
IV and Marie de Medici’s emblem above the
door.
The magnificently decorated Holy Trinity Chapel.
33. The ceiling of the chapel with the Last Judgement in the centre.
Holy Trinity Chapel
34. The theatre was constructed between 1853 and 1855, decorated mostly in the Second Empire style.
The Theatre
35. The Chinese museum and the stone
lion, in the Fountain Courtyard outside
the museum.
Chinese Museum
47. Diana Garden
The Carp Pond on the left, Grand Parterre in the middle, the Tiber Basin on the foreground and the Waterfall Pond (right).
48. Courtyard of Offices
The north wing of the palace, the Courtyard of Offices overlooking the Grand Parterre.
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Music – Mozart’s Eine Kleine Nachtmuzik
The medieval castle in the site and later chateau was the residence of French monarchs from Louis VII through Napoleon III. It was the traditional residence of the French monarch. It also dated back a long way too, from its beginning of an abbey, to a hunting lodge then to a palace. Unlike Versailles, Fontainebleau is not a vision of one monarch. It is a bewildering of styles from Francois I, who modelled on Florentine and Roman styles. Throughout the visit you will be able to see the changes in French tastes and the changing architectural styles Fontainebleau abiding charm comes from its relative informality and spectacular forest settings. Part of the Chateau today is devoted to the Napoleon Museum. It was here that Napoleon abdicated the throne on 5 April 1814 and made his famous farewell speech to the soldiers of the Old Guard, who followed him in his military campaigns.
The castle at Fontainebleau was first mentioned in 1137 in a charter signed by King VII. The Saturninus’ chapel was consecrated by St Thomas Becket in 1169. After Queen Isabella of Bavaria, the palace was abandoned for nearly a century, during the period of Black Death. Francois I first contented with rebuilding the former palace. The old square dungeon – the “big old tower” – was preserved and given a new roof and wider openings.
Fontainebleau is renowned for the large and scenic forest of Fontainebleau, a favourite weekend getaway for Parisians, as well as for the historical Château de Fontainebleau, which once belonged to the kings of France.
This hamlet was endowed with a royal hunting lodge and a chapel by Louis VII in the middle of the twelfth century. A century later, Louis IX, also called Saint Louis, who held Fontainebleau in high esteem and referred to it as "his wilderness", had a country house and a hospital constructed there. Philip the Fair was born there in 1268 and died there in 1314. In all, thirty-four sovereigns, from Louis VI, the Fat, (1081–1137) to Napoleon III (1808–1873), spent time at Fontainebleau.
The Oval Courtyard, with the Medieval donjon (Keep) a vestige of the original castle where the King’s apartments were located, in the centre.
The connection between the town of Fontainebleau and the French monarchy was reinforced with the transformation of the royal country house into a true royal palace, the Palace of Fontainebleau. This was accomplished by the great builder-king, Francis I (1494–1547), who, in the largest of his many construction projects, reconstructed, expanded, and transformed the royal château at Fontainebleau into a residence that became his favourite, as well as the residence of his mistress, Anne, duchess of Étampes.
On 20 April 1814, Napoleon Bonaparte, shortly before his first abdication, bid farewell to the Old Guard, the renowned grognards (gripers) who had served with him since his very first campaigns, in the "White Horse Courtyard" (la cour du Cheval Blanc) at the Palace of Fontainebleau. (The courtyard has since been renamed the "Courtyard of Goodbyes".) According to contemporary sources, the occasion was very moving. The 1814 Treaty of Fontainebleau stripped Napoleon of his powers (but not his title as Emperor of the French) and sent him into exile on Elba.
The earliest record of a fortified castle at the location dated back to 1137.