The salons Saint Louis of the Château de Fontainebleau !!

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Oh yes one of my favorite castles of France and my first ever visited back in 1990, when I came to be shown this castle by my girlfriend then wife of 28 years, my dear late wife Martine! It has a love affair ever since ,and proud member of the Friends of the castle. It has so much in architecture and history of France, its huge and of course of the world. Therefore, here is my take on the salons Saint Louis of the Château de Fontainebleau !! Hope you enjoy the post as I.

Let me tell you some areas not have touch base much yet and they are sublime. I found me older pictures of these and they should be in my blog, me think, The wonderful beautiful and architecturally stunning Château de Fontainebleau, where else! And its salons Saint Louis ! In my belle France, better for me my sentimental Seine et Marne dept 77 of the ïle de France region. Hope you enjoy the post as I

These Saint Louis rooms are open for the public but can be reserved for events or private affairs. Lucky to have seen them and photos to show it. They are the former rooms and anterooms of kings, the Salons Saint-Louis halls are transformed, for an evening, into reception lounges to host dinners and cocktails, in the heart of the castle, in the ancient medieval keep. Access is via the Cour des Mathurins,(see post) entrance located at rue Denecourt, opposite the municipal theater ( see post).

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These two rooms maintain, by their very name, the memory of the most famous sovereign of the Middle Ages: Louis IX, known as Saint Louis. It is in fact in the second room housed in the thickness of the old wall of the keep that the King’s bedroom was installed since the Middle Ages. When the chamber changed location in the 17C, this room was downgraded to the status of an antechamber, that is to say a clear and spacious room, furnished with benches, where one waits to be introduced to the sovereign . On the other side of the arcade, the marble equestrian figure of King Henry IV by Mathieu Jacquet, a vestige of a monumental fireplace from the end of the 16C, was installed at the entrance to the king’s apartment on the request from Louis-Philippe Ier, who thus paid homage to his ancestor, “the most beloved of kings”.

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The Château de Fontainebleau salon St Louis if  you are into events , maybe think of privatising these rooms : https://www.chateaudefontainebleau.fr/privatisations-et-tournages/salles-saint-louis/

The official Château de Fontainebleau : https://www.chateaudefontainebleau.fr/en/

The Fontainebleau tourist office : https://www.fontainebleau-tourisme.com/en/discover-the-region/patrimoine-2/the-chateau-a-grand-history-book-of-france/

I am a proud Friends of the Castle for many years!  https://www.amischateaufontainebleau.org/

There you go folks, an absolute must to visit while coming to France and a must for all lovers of France on its history The Château de Fontainebleau and its salons Saint Louis are beautiful, Again, hope you have enjoy the post on the salons Saint Louis of the Château de Fontainebleau !! 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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