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Palace of Fontainebleau (/ ˈ f ɒ n t ɪ n b l oʊ / FON-tin-bloh, US also /-b l uː /-bloo; [1] French: Château de Fontainebleau [ʃɑto d(ə) fɔ̃tɛnblo]), located 55 kilometers (34 miles) southeast of the center of Paris, in the commune of Fontainebleau, is one of the largest French royal châteaux.
Fontainebleau (/ ˈ f ɒ n t ɛ n b l oʊ / FON-ten-bloh, US also /-b l uː /-bloo, French: [fɔ̃tɛnblo] ⓘ) [3] is a commune in the metropolitan area of Paris, France.It is located 55.5 kilometres (34.5 mi) south-southeast of the centre of Paris.
Palace of Fontainebleau France: Fontainebleau: 46,500 square metres (500,522 sq ft) Castle dating back to 1137, continuously used by French monarchs up until 1870. It contains more than 1500 rooms, also houses the museum Napoleon I. [60] Palace of Fontainebleau: 31 Berlin Palace Germany: Berlin: 45,000 square metres (484,376 sq ft)
Palace of Fontainebleau, Fontainebleau Accessible; Château de Forges, Montereau; Château de Fortoiseau, Villiers-en-Bière, place of death of Philippe Néricault Destouches, actor and dramatist. Château de Grandpuits, Grandpuits-Bailly-Carrois; Château de la Grange-Bléneau, Courpalay; Château de la Grange-le-Roy, Grisy-Suisnes
The throne room at the Palace of Fontainebleau, France.. A throne room or throne hall is the room, often rather a hall, in the official residence of the crown, either a palace or a fortified castle, where the throne of a senior figure (usually a monarch) is set up with elaborate pomp—usually raised, often with steps, and under a canopy, both of which are part of the original notion of the ...
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Palace and Park of Fontainebleau: Île-de-France: cultural 1981 - [27] 83 Palace and Park of Versailles: Île-de-France: cultural 1979 2007 [28] 600 Paris, Banks of the Seine: Île-de-France: cultural 1991 2024 [29] 229 Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière, and Place d'Alliance in Nancy: Grand Est: 18th century cultural 1983 - [30] 334 Pont ...
The Principality of Elba (Italian: Principato d'Elba) was a non-hereditary monarchy established on the Mediterranean island of Elba following the Treaty of Fontainebleau on 11 April 1814. It lasted less than a year, and its only head was Napoleon Bonaparte , who returned to rule in France before his ultimate defeat and the dissolution of the ...