The Salon d’Hercule of the Château de Vaux le Vicomte !!!

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And why not staying here in beautiful beyond description Vaux le Vicomte at Maincy, dept 77 of Seine et Marne and in the Île de France region, and in my belle France. One of our sentimental favorites and we know it well. Let me tell you on the Salon d’Hercule of the Château de Vaux le Vicomte !!! Hope you enjoy it as I

Located to the right of the Grand Salon (see post), you find the impertinent rodent in the Salon d’Hercules on a recently restored carpet it stands out prominently, covering the snake, emblem of its rival Colbert. The Salon d’Hercules, the anteroom of Fouquet’s apartment, is adorned with a painted ceiling of a scene representing a Hercules greeted in the Olympus by Jupiter, Diane, and Junon. The medallions and panels adorning the arch represent the twelve works of Hercules by Le Brun. In the center of the anteroom, stands the bronze model of the equestrian statue of Louis XIV that Girardon made in 1699 for the Place Vendôme in Paris, and which was destroyed during the French revolution. This model rests on the wooden base carved by Slodz, a pupil of Girardon at the gallery of sculptures in the Louvre museum!

Maincy

Above the chimney see the painting of Louis XV by Van Loo around a portrait of François de Neufville, marshal of Villeroy young guardian of Louis XV until 1722 of which will followed in the same functions the Duke de Charost grandson of Nicolas Fouquet, Louis-Philppe d’Orléans (lieutenant general of the French armies and father of Philippe Egaliteé that voted the death of cousin Louis XVI and grandfather of Louis Philippe,king of the French ). You see facing the windows portrait of Princess Palatine second wife of Monsieur (Philippe de France) the brother of Louis XIV. here you find an interesting fellow, portrait of battles of François Henri de Montmorency-Bouteville, duke and marshal of Luxembourg. He was orphan of his father ordered beheaded by Richelieu, but nevertheless a great warrior soldier winner of many battles including during the war of Augsbourg, where he took the flags of the enemy and sent them to decorate the nave of Notre Dame Cathedral of Paris, giving him the name of the tapestry master of Notre Dame!

The official Château Vaux le Vicomte: https://vaux-le-vicomte.com/en/

The local Melun val de Seine tourist office on the Château Vaux le Vicomte: https://www.melunvaldeseine-tourisme.com/en/cultural-heritage/vaux-le-vicomte-castle

The Île de France region tourist office on the Château Vaux le Vicomte: https://www.visitparisregion.com/en/chateau-de-vaux-le-vicomte

A bit of extra information but I think is needed to be told.

The Les Amis de Vaux-le-Vicomte association has 2,500 members. For thirty years, it has been working to find, all over the world, pieces of furniture, works of art, documents that belonged to Vaux or relate to its history. Among the treasures now on display at the chateau, a portrait of Madame Fouquet by Le Brun, letters to D’Artagnan on the detention of the superintendent at Pinerolo, an extremely rare manuscript by La Fontaine. And, the eighth tapestry from the Barberini collection, found in the United States. Today 2 M € are disbursed annually for the maintenance of Vaux-le-Vicomte. The official Friends of the Château Vaux le Vicomte: https://www.amis-vaux-le-vicomte.org/

There you go folks, another impressive room you must see, well all see it, is a must when visiting the Vaux-le-Vicomte castle. A gorgeous room to be dream on while visiting my belle France.  Again, hope you enjoy this post on the Salon d’Hercule of the Château de Vaux le Vicomte !!! as I

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

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I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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