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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 (/ 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.
For the kings of France, the forest had several uses, including hunting and forestry, but also a military interest, as Fontainebleau was a strategic location on the road to Sens and Burgundy. In 1137, Louis VI began construction of a hunting castle consisting of a dungeon, moat and chapel.
Diana the Huntress - School of Fontainebleau, 1550–1560, (Louvre). The School of Fontainbleau (French: École de Fontainebleau) (c. 1530 – c. 1610) refers to two periods of artistic production in France during the late French Renaissance centered on the royal Palace of Fontainebleau that were crucial in forming Northern Mannerism, and represent the first major production of Italian ...
The arrondissement of Fontainebleau is an arrondissement of France in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region. It has 85 communes . [ 2 ] Its population is 156,450 (2021), and its area is 1,228.5 km 2 (474.3 sq mi).
The prehistoric rock engravings of the Fontainebleau Forest are an abundant collection of rock art discovered among the sandstone boulders of the Fontainebleau Forest. Several thousand petroglyphs have been discovered in the forest, with earliest dating to the Paleolithic (very few examples), roughly 2000 to the early Mesolithic and almost 300 ...
The canton of Fontainebleau is a French administrative division, located in the arrondissement of Fontainebleau, in the Seine-et-Marne département (Île-de-France région). Demographics [ edit ]
The Fontainebleau climbing areas are located in a forested area south of Paris. They are colloquially known as "Font" to English speakers, and as Bleau in France. They are located mostly within the Forêt Domaniale ( National Forest ) de Fontainebleau , near the town of Fontainebleau , des Trois Pignons (near Milly-la-Forêt ) and de la ...