Half-Day Tour To The Castle of Fontainebleau -Including a Private Guided Tour

Half-Day Tour To The Castle of Fontainebleau -Including a Private Guided Tour

Visit with your personal Certified Tour Guide the palace of Fontainebleau .The Royal residence of many kings of France from Saint Louis to Louis XIV ! It is also the last place where Napoleon Ist stayed before leaving to Elba ! Fontainebleau is famous for its gallery commissionned by king Francis I and its ballroom commissionned by king Henri II ! both reigned in France during the 16C. It has its own Renaissance style ! We can appreciate here the fusion between Italian artists (such as Il Primaticcio,Rosso ,Dell'abbate ...) and French artists ! together they founded the "School of Fontainebleau " On our way to Fontainebleau we'll stop by the quaint village of Barbizon.This is the very place where many artists decided to stay during the 19C. Their goal was to escape the urban life. They wanted to go back to a simple life and to paint the local people.The best example is given by the painter Millet who painted in Barbizon his most famous canvas "L'Angelus" exhibied today in Orsay.museum.

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Stop At: Fontainebleau, Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, Ile-de-France

Guided tour of the castle and its park - village of Barbizon .

Duration: 20 minutes