Château de Fontainebleau

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château historic monument palace royal residence

The Château de Fontainebleau is a vast former royal residence southeast of Paris, renowned for its rich architectural history and role as a favored palace of French monarchs from the Middle Ages through the 19th century.

Aliases (4)

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	château → historic monument → palace → royal residence →
architect	Androuet du Cerceau family → Gilles Le Breton → Louis Le Vau → Philibert Delorme NERFINISHED →
country	France →
function	museum →
hasArchitecturalStyle	Classical architecture → Medieval architecture → Renaissance architecture →
hasArtisticMovement	School of Fontainebleau →
hasCollection	Imperial apartments of Napoleon I → Renaissance frescoes and stuccoes → Royal apartments of the Ancien Régime →
hasPart	Cour de la Fontaine → Cour du Cheval-Blanc → English Garden → Galerie François Ier → Galerie des Cerfs → Grand Parterre → Porte Dorée → Throne Room of Napoleon I → Trinity Chapel → Étang aux Carpes →
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site →
inception	12th century →
landscapeArchitect	André Le Nôtre →
locatedIn	Fontainebleau →
locatedInRegion	Île-de-France →
locatedSoutheastOf	Paris →
openToPublic	yes →
ownedBy	French state →
significantEvent	Further development under Henry II → Major Renaissance expansion under Francis I → Napoleon I abdicated there in 1814 → Napoleon I bid farewell to the Imperial Guard in 1814 → Residence of French kings from the Middle Ages to the 19th century → Restorations under Napoleon III →
UNESCOWorldHeritageCategory	Cultural →
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince	1981 →
usedBy	Francis I of France → Henry II of France NERFINISHED → Henry IV of France NERFINISHED → Louis XIII of France NERFINISHED → Louis XIV of France → Louis XV of France → Louis XVI of France → Napoleon I of France NERFINISHED → Napoleon III of France →

Referenced by (13)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Elisabeth of France ("Palace of Fontainebleau") → Francis II of France → Louis, Grand Dauphin →	birthPlace
Gardens of Fontainebleau (modifications) ("Palace of Fontainebleau") →	associatedWith
Seine-et-Marne →	contains
Fontainebleau ("UNESCO World Heritage Site Château de Fontainebleau") →	hasHeritageSite
Fontainebleau →	hasPart
Gardens of Fontainebleau (modifications) ("Palace and Park of Fontainebleau") →	heritageDesignationOf
Gardens of Fontainebleau (modifications) ("Palace of Fontainebleau") →	heritageSite
Henrietta of England, Duchess of Orléans ("Palace of Fontainebleau, France") →	marriagePlace
Louis XIII of France →	placeOfBirth
French royal court ("Palace of Fontainebleau") →	primaryResidenceLocation
Kings of France ("Palace of Fontainebleau") →	residence