The chateau of Fontainebleau

    The chateau of Fontainebleau,a Unesco World Heritage Site since 1981, with origins dating back to the XIIth century, has welcomed all of France’s important sovereigns.
They have ceaselessly extended and improved it, and it is a unique example of a residence which has been loved and regularly inhabited for eight centuries. Surrounded by 130 hectares of grounds and gardens, and containing more than 1500 exhibits, exceptionally decorated and furnished, the chateau of Fontainebleau is one of the rare French chateaux which is fully furnished today.

 

 

    Exhibitions in 2012

• The Siamese Royal Embassy at Fontainebleau on June 27, 1861 (from 5th November 2011 to 27th February 2012)
• Napoléon III and Empress Eugenie entertraining at Fontainebleau, Art de Vivre during the Second Empire (from 31th March to 2nd July 2012)
• Jacques Verberckt and Louis XV's oratory (from 25th May to 18th September 2012)
• The king and the artist, François 1st and Rosso Fiorentino (from 29th September 2012 to 7th January 2013)

    2012 Events

• 19th May: Long Night of Museums
• 25th, 26th, 27th May: History of Art Festival
• 3rd June : Garden open day
• 22th and 23th July: Outdoor Opera - Giuseppe Verdi's Aïda
• 15th and 16th September: European Heritage days

    To visit :

• The chateau
• The Pope’s apartment, the Renaissance rooms, the Saint-Saturnin Chapel, the sovereigns’ apartments, the gallery of Diane and the Emperor’s interior apartment
• The “Petits appartements” and the Napoleon 1st Museum
• The courtyards and gardens
• The grounds