The Galerie des Assiettes of the Château de Fontainebleau !!!

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I have found older paper pictures new to my blog from the wonderful Château of Fontainebleau!, I like to include these in my blog even if quality will not be tops. We were always on the run in Fontainebleau and many times as friend of the castle just came in and out took quick pictures of the rooms and went out the garden back in my walking warrior mode !, My nostalgic memorable Fontainebleau is worth the visit indeed ! Therefore, let me tell you a bit about the Galerie des Assiettes of the Château de Fontainebleau !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I.

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The galerie des Assiettes or Plate Gallery, aka galerie des Fresques or gallery of frescoes has a ceiling decorated with 21 paintings from Atelier d’Ambroise Dubois made around 1600,These, representing the deities Mythology and hunter children, were initially made of oil on plaster and were part of the decor of the vault of the Diane gallery. Posed under Napoleon I and transposed on canvas, they were brought to this gallery which thus took the name of “Galerie des Fresques”. They were re-decorated circa 1840 under Louis-Philippe I, with 17C ceiling paintings and 128 plates in Sevres porcelain fitted into the woodwork, at the Château de Fontainebleau. The castle is one of the largest French royal palaces and was begun in the early 16C for François I.

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The Galerie des Assiettes or Gallery of Plates was created during the reign of Louis-Philippe I in 1840, on the site of a former terrace. A tribute to the artistic and historical heritage of the château, in neo-Renaissance and lambris woodwork in which are installed near 128 sèvres porcelain plates from the historic service of Fontainebleau  illustrating the history of the castle (François I receiving Benvenuto Cellini in 1540 by Jean- Charles Develly, birth of Philippe le Bel at the castle), the forest, the castle at different times, other royal residences or places visited by Louis-Philippe during his first exile (North America with the Niagara Falls , England, Sicily). The cabinet with its Sèvres porcelain plate box illustrates the marriage of Duke Ferdinand-Philippe d’Orléans with Hélène de Mecklembourg-Schwerin (welcome from the princess, civil marriage in the ballroom, Catholic wedding in the chapel de la Trinité, Protestant marriage in the column room), painted by Jean-Charles Develly.

Fontainebleau castle galerie des Assiettes dite aussi galerie des Fresques

The official Château de Fontainebleau on the 19C galleries: https://www.chateaudefontainebleau.fr/en/explore-the-castle-and-gardens/fontainebleau-rooms/the-grands-apartments/nineteenth-century-galleries/

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

There you go folks, I came and went to the gorgeous architecturally stunning ,historical Château de Fontainebleau !, the town is worth a detour as well , This is a wonderful piece of the best history of France, and I am glad happy to be a friend of the castle,. Again, hope you enjoy this post on the Galerie des Assiettes of the Château de Fontainebleau as I

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

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Published by pedmar10

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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