Guided tour Behind the scenes

Name: Guided tour Behind the scenes
Start: 2023-09-16T11:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T15:30:00+02:00
Location: Château de Fontainebleau

European Heritage Days 2023

16 and 17 September 2023Passed

Conditions

Departure kiosk Cour d'Honneur

By Alexandre Quinzan, project managers in the management of buildings and gardens or Alexandre Bouclon, Château’s lecturer guide Discover how a castle is built and the different ways to decorate it. Away from the ceremonial apartments reserved for sovereigns, the visit will lead you to the discovery of guest apartments reserved for passing courtiers and their servants. Good to know: many steps to climb!

Types d'événement

Visite commentée / Conférence

Thèmes 2023

Patrimoine vivant

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Conditions de participation

Sur inscription, Gratuit

Type de public

Tout public

About the location

Château de Fontainebleau

Place du Général de Gaulle 77300 Fontainebleau

Seine-et-Marne
Île-de-France

Palace with 1,500 rooms spread out in the heart of 130 hectares of park and gardens. Residence of the French sovereigns since the 12th century, entirely rebuilt by François I who kept only the keep formerly inhabited by King Saint Louis, and had a sumptuous interior decoration executed by Italian artists under the direction of Rosso and the Primatice (group of artists known as the Fontainebleau School). Notably enlarged by Henri IV, modified from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries by his successors, who partly destroyed the decoration of the sixteenth century.
Photo: The Grille d'Honneur and the Cour des Adieux Frédéric Perrot