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Fontainebleau

Other sights in Fontainebleau

  1. Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte Fountain Displays

    Visitors swoon over the beautifully furnished Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte's interior, including its fabulous dome. In the vaulted cellars an exhibition looks at Le Nôtre’s landscaping of the formal gardens, where there are elaborate fountain displays in season. The collection of 18th- and 19th-century carriages in the château stables, included in the château visit, forms the Musée des Équipages (Carriage Museum). At weekends and school holidays, rent prince, princess or musketeer costumes for the kids (aged four to 12) to prance around in. Fun seasonal events include Easter-egg hunts.

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  2. Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte

    Privately owned Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte and its magnificent French-styled gardens, 20km north of Fontainebleau, were designed and built as a precursor to Versailles by Le Brun, Le Vau and Le Nôtre between 1656 and 1661.

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  3. Musée National des Prisons

    Fontainebleau’s Musée National des Prisons is a gruesome portrait of French prisons from the 17th century to the present in a magnificent 19th-century prison with 30 cells.

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  4. Centre Sportif d’Equitation Militaire

    This is where mounted French army officers and 50 military horses are trained each year.

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  5. Musée Motocycliste de la Gendarmerie

    This is the Police Motorcycle Museum.

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