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Nicolas Fouquet, Superintendent of Finance for Louis XIV, acquired the estate of Vaux-le-Vicomte in 1641, ideally situated between the castles of Vincennes and Fontainebleau.
The property consisted of a castle and a farm, but Nicolas Fouquet undertook to build a new residence after razing several houses and clearing the woods and vineyards.
He even went so far as to divert a river in order to supply his property with water.
The château was quickly built, designed and decorated by the greatest names of the time, including the painter Charles Le Brun, the architect Louis Le Vau and the landscape gardener André Le Nôtre.
When you choose your hotel near the Castle of Vaux-le-Vicomte, you can imagine the pomp and circumstance of the festivities given by Nicolas Fouquet in honour of Henriette de France and Louis XIV.
A banquet orchestrated by the chef-caterer François Vattel, who offered thirty buffets and five courses to the guests served in gold and silver crockery, a performance of a play by Molière, fireworks, music by Lully .
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this pomp and circumstance annoyed the young Louis XIV, who himself had to restrict his expenses following the Thirty Years' War.
Vexed, the king returned to Fontainebleau and had his superintendent arrested a few days later by d'Artagnan.
Nicolas Fouquet was sentenced to life imprisonment while the king seized a large part of the furniture at Vaux-le-Vicomte.
After visiting the reception rooms and the private flats of Nicolas Fouquet, don't miss a walk in the park and discover one of the most beautiful examples of French gardens as well as the water features which are staged twice a month during the season.