Fontainebleau Castle - France

Unesco's Scientific, Educational and Cultural Organization recognized the French Fontainebleau Castle as a World Cultural Heritage in 1981.

Fontainebleau Castle - World Cultural Heritage in France

Fontainebleau Castle is located in the city of Fontainebleau of France. This is the royal residence of France from the time of King Francois I to Emperor Napoleon III. Fontainebleau Castle holds many imprints of the imperial dynasties of France. Fontainebleau Castle consists of two parts of architecture, palace architecture and park architecture. The castle is about 50 km south of Paris, in the middle of a 17,000-square-foot forest. It can be said that this is an architectural masterpiece combining the styles of France and Italy.

The first castle was built in Fontainebleau in 1137, at that time the castle was not as large as it is now. By 1214, under the reign of King Saint Louis (1214-1270), the castle continued to be built and expanded. In 1494 - 1547, under King Francois's reign, the castle continued to be built and refurbished according to Renaissance architecture . In order for the building to have an overall look of Renaissance architecture, King Francois destroyed many old buildings to build a new one, only the gazebo in Ovale yard was kept intact. For the castle to be magnificent and magnificent, King Francois invited an Italian painter Rosso Fiorentino to design and take charge of the construction. Because of his great interest in this architecture, King Francois personally inspected and monitored the process of building and decorating the castle. In the castle, there is a corridor of 60 meters long, this corridor is very famous because it exhibits many famous and famous paintings of the Renaissance. Besides, the castle's ballroom is also a pride because the ballroom has an area of ​​up to 300 square meters with extremely gorgeous and luxurious design to meet the royal banquets.

Very fond of his work, King Francois wishes to turn Fontainebleau Castle into a place to keep Renaissance masterpieces. For many years King Francois had people go around collecting the Renaissance artwork on display in the castle. In addition to paintings, statues, artworks collected from many places, King Francois also made Italian-style works of the Renaissance period. Because it is decorated with many works of art and Italian-style architecture, Fontainebleau Castle is also known as Rome Nouvelle (new Rome). Also since the completion of the Fontainebleau castle building, this work has become a model in architecture throughout Western Europe.

Under King Henry IV's reign, the castle was expanded and received nearly 1,000 servants and servants at the same time. Also under this dynasty, a royal playground was built in the castle. This playground was built primarily to serve the King and those of the Royal Family with noble sports games. As soon as the playground was completed, King Henry IV continued to dig a 1.2 km long canal so that the king could take a boat for a stroll. This canal later frequently took place with the Royal Yachts. Louis Sun King loved the Versailles palace but still liked Fontainebleau castle, so the famous king in this French history built a Royal theater in this Castle to be able to come here often. roam, listen to musicals. In the 17th century, the famous French gardener Andre Le Nootre designed the garden around the castle , which is still well cared for and preserved.

In French history, during the French revolution, all of Fontainebleau castle's furniture was taken away. The castle became a barracks and then a prison. In 1804, Napoleon restored Fontainebleau's position when he redecorated his belongings and regularly held parties and concerts here. At this Fontainebleau castle, Napoleon signed a declaration of abdication in 1814. In 1946, Fontainebleau castle was the place where the historic Fontainebleau Conference took place.Fontainebleau conference discusses peace for Indochina between the French government and the Democratic Republic of Vietnam government at that time.