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Palace of fontainebleau floor plan.
The famed and remarkably well preserved palace of fontainebleau is a masterpiece of french architecture and art and rightly deserves its unesco world heritage site status.
Fɔ tɛnblo or château de fontainebleau located 55 kilometers 34 miles southeast of the center of paris in the commune of fontainebleau is one of the largest french royal châteaux the medieval castle and subsequent palace served as a residence for the french monarchs from louis vii to napoleon iii.
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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.
Fontainebleau is immense and immensely varied.
A royal hunting lodge in the middle ages king francis i s residence in the 16th century and napoleon bonaparte s favourite place to stay in the early 19th century today it attracts visitors from all over the world.
The ballroom is a place suitable for dancing.
The roof alone has a surface area of five acres and covers more than 1 500 rooms.
The fontainebleau palace is full of beautiful corridors and the most famous is the gallery of francois i.
This is the famous napoleon room in the fontainebleau palace.
The gardens and outer grounds extend over 230.
The emperor s historic house.
I really like this photo but in the crowds of versailles its not like this.
Palace and park of fontainebleau.