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The text related to the cultural heritage 'Palace and Park of Fontainebleau' has mentioned 'Palace' in the following places:
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The medieval castle and subsequent palace served as a residence for the French monarchs from Louis VII to Napoleon III. | WIKI |
Francis I and Napoleon were the monarchs who had the most influence on the Palace as it stands today. | WIKI |
Contents 1 History 1.1 Medieval palace (12th century) 1.2 Renaissance Chxc3xa2teau of Francis I (1528xe2x80x931547) 1.3 Chxc3xa2teau of Henry II and Catherine de' Medici (1547xe2x80x931570) 1.4 Chxc3xa2teau of Henry IV (1570xe2x80x931610) 1.5 Chxc3xa2teau from Louis XIII through Louis XVI 1.6 Chxc3xa2teau during the Revolution and the First Empire 1.7 Chxc3xa2teau during the Restoration and the reign of Louis-Philippe (1815xe2x80x931848) 1.8 Chxc3xa2teau during the Second Empire 1.9 Chxc3xa2teau from the Third Republic to the present day 2 Grand Apartments 2.1 Gallery of Francis I 2.2 Ballroom 2.3 St. Saturnin's Chapels 2.4 Room of the Guards 2.5 Stairway of the King 2.6 Queen's bedroom 2.7 Boudoir of Marie-Antoinette 2.8 Throne Room of Napoleon (former bedroom of the King) 2.9 Council Chamber 2.10 Apartment of the Pope and of the Queen-Mothers 2.11 Gallery of Diana 3 Apartments of Napoleon 3.1 Emperor's bedroom 4 Theatre 5 Chinese Museum 6 Chapel of the Trinity 7 Gardens and the park 7.1 Garden of Diana 7.2 Carp pond, English garden, grotto and spring 7.3 Parterre and canal 8 Art and decoration - the School of Fontainebleau 9 Museum of Napoleon I 10 See also 11 References 11.1 Notes and citations 11.2 Bibliography 12 External links | WIKI |
Medieval palace (12th century)[edit] | WIKI |
He commissioned the architect Gilles Le Breton to build a palace in the new Renaissance style, recently imported from Italy. | WIKI |
Another Italian painter, Francesco Primaticcio from Bologna, ("Primatice" to the French), joined later in the decoration of the palace. | WIKI |
The garden of the Queen or garden of Diane, created by Catherine de' Medici, with the fountain of Diane in the center, was located on the north side of the palace. | WIKI |
One wing facing the courtyard, the Aile de Ferrare, was torn down and replaced with an ornamental iron fence and gate, making the faxc3xa7ade of the Palace visible. | WIKI |
Perhaps it was not a rigorously architectural palace, but it was certainly a place of residence well thought out and perfectly suitable. | WIKI |
It was certainly the most comfortable and happily situated palace in Europe.xe2x80x9d | WIKI |
Following the restoration of the Monarchy, Kings Louis XVIII and Charles X each stayed at Fontainebleau, but neither made any major changes to the palace. | WIKI |
The old theater of the palace, built in the 18th century, was destroyed by a fire in the wing of the Belle Cheminxc3xa9e 1856. | WIKI |
During the Franco-Prussian War, the palace was occupied by the Prussians on 17 September 1870, and briefly used as an army headquarters by Frederic Charles of Prussia from March 1871. | WIKI |
In 1804 Napoleon decided that he wanted his own private suite of apartments within the Palace, separate from the old state apartments. | WIKI |
Prior to the reign of Louis XV these took place in different rooms of the palace, but during his reign a theatre was built in the Belle-Cheminxc3xa9e wing. | WIKI |
It was designed by architect Hector Lefuel in the style of Louis XVI, and was inspired by the opera theatre at the palace of Versailles and that of Marie-Antoinette at the Trianon Palace. | WIKI |
From the time of Francis I, the palace was surrounded by formal gardens, representing the major landscaping styles of their periods; the French Renaissance garden, inspired by the Italian Renaissance gardens; the French formal garden, the favorite style of Louis XIV; and, in the 18th and 19th century, the French landscape garden, inspired by the English landscape garden. | WIKI |
The original statue of the fountain, made by Barthelemy Prieur in 1602, can be seen in the Gallery of the Cerfs inside the palace. | WIKI |
The large pond next to the palace, with a surface of four hectares, was made during the reign of Henry IV, and was used for boating parties by members of the Court, and as a source of fish for the table and for amusement. | WIKI |
Descriptions of the palace in the 17th century tell of guests feeding the carp, some of which reached enormous size, and were said to be a hundred years old. | WIKI |
A path leads from the garden through a curtain of trees to the spring which gave its name to the palace, next to a statue of Apollo. | WIKI |
The canal, round basin, parterre and the Palace | WIKI |
In 1531, the Florentine artist Rosso Fiorentino, having lost most of his possessions at the Sack of Rome in 1527, was invited by Francis I to work on the interior of the palace. | WIKI |
From 1584 to 1594, during the Wars of Religion work inside the palace was abandoned. | WIKI |
Napoleon I wished to continue the traditional grandeur of the monarchy, and had the palace completely refurnished. | WIKI |
Surrounded by an immense park, the palace, to which notable Italian artists contributed, combines Renaissance and French artistic traditions. | UNESCO |
The need to expand and decorate this immense palace created the conditions for the survival of a true artistic centre. | UNESCO |
The construction of the palace began in 1528. | UNESCO |
The first building was constructed between 1528 and 1540 under the direction of Gilles Le Breton, the architect of the Oval Courtyard in the eastern wing of the palace. | UNESCO |
Fontainebleau is associated with other artists: a Hercules of Michelangelo was raised on a plinth in the Cour de la Fontaine; Benvenuto Cellini created his Nymphe of Fontainebleau for the Porte Dorxc3xa9e; Serlio drew up the plans for the different parts of the palace and conceived the entrance to the Fontaine Belle-Eau with its rustic grotto and telamons. | UNESCO |
The need to enlarge and decorate this immense palace created the ideal conditions for the existence of an active artistic milieu during the 17th century. | UNESCO |
Criterion (vi)xc2xa0: The Palace and the Park of Fontainebleau, a major royal residence for four centuries, are associated with events in French history of exceptional universal importance such as the repeal of the Edict of Nantes by Louisxc2xa0XIV in 1685 and the abdication of the Emperor Napoleonxc2xa0I in 1814. | UNESCO |
Until the 19th century, the Palace and the Park of Fontainebleau was the residence of the French sovereigns, who constantly maintained and enriched the palace with artistic additions. | UNESCO |
Fontainebleau has conserved the mark of each reign and each style: Franxc3xa7ois I, Henri IV, Louis XIII, Louis XV and Louis XVI, sovereigns who devoted their efforts to embellish this royal palace, which Napoleonxc2xa0I preferred above all others. | UNESCO |
In the 20th century, numerous interventions were undertaken to open up or restore the most significant parts of the palace Renaissance and their decor. | UNESCO |
State-owned, the property of the Palace and Park of Fontainebleau is fully protected under the Heritage Code. | UNESCO |