Royal Chateau de Fontainbleau

Royal Chateau de Fontainebleau 

The Royal Chateau de Fontainebleau is a large castle where the Renaissance was introduced to France from 1528.  

Being in the Seine-et-Marne department just outside of Paris, The Royal Chateau of Fontainebleau is one of the largest French royal chateaux.  

This beautiful chateau as it is today is the work of many different French monarchs, which have built upon a structure by Francis I, and the building is arranged around a series of courts.  

Fontainbleau Chateau was home to Napoleon I and this 16th century royal chateau is on the site of an ancient hunting lodge.

The Royal Chateau de Fontainbleau in Paris, France