Château Vaux-le-Vicomte, Maincy, Seine-et-Marne, France
The Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte is
a baroque French château located in Maincy, near Melun, 55 km southeast of Paris in the Seine-et-Marne département of France.
It was built from 1658 to 1661 for Nicolas Fouquet, Marquis de Belle Île, Viscount of Melun and Vaux, the superintendent of finances of
Louis XIV. It is a lesser
known fact that Vaux-le-Vicomte was the inspiration behind the Palais de Versailles, the
crowning glory of French grandeur and splendor.
Château Vaux-le-Vicomte, Maincy, Seine-et-Marne, France
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