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The Palace of Fontainebleau located southeast of the centre of Paris, in the commune of Fontainebleau, is one of the largest French royal châteaux.
The medieval castle and subsequent palace served as a residence for the French monarchs from Louis VII to Napoleon III.
The earliest record of a fortified castle at Fontainebleau dates to 1137.
It became a favorite residence and hunting lodge of the Kings of France because of the abundant game and many springs in the surrounding forest.
It took its name from one of the springs, the fountain de Bliaud, located now in the English garden, next to the wing of Louis XV.
It was used by King Louis VII, for whom Thomas Becket consecrated the chapel in 1169;
by Philip Augustus; by Louis IX, or Saint Louis, who built a hospital and a convent, the Couvent des Trinitaires, next to the castle;
and by Philippe le Bel, who was born and died in the castle.
It is now a national museum and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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.
The Garden of Diana was created during the reign of Henry IV.
It was the private garden of the King and Queen, and was visible from the windows of their rooms.
The fountain of Diana was originally in the center of garden, which at that time was enclosed by another wing, containing offices and later, under, Louis XIV, an orangerie.
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.
On the other side of the chateau, one the site of the garden of Francis I, Henry IV created a large formal garden, or parterre along the axis of the parterre.
He also built a grand canal 1200 meters long, similar to one at the nearby chateau of Fleury-en-Biere.
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Arles, Provence in the south of France
We are taking you to the beautiful city of Arles, in Provence in the south of France. Arles is most famous for its Roman amphitheater, still intact, and its connections with Van Gogh, who spent one of his final years here painting 200 canvases. Its real appeal, however, is found in the lovely pedestrian promenades, the historic landmarks, museums and tranquil plazas, all of which make Arles one of the most charming places in Europe.
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There's a lot of these narrow streets in Arles, there is a small pedestrian zone, there's the various squares and the cafés around it, of course, and historic sites. And we will be showing you those highlights coming up right now as we take a walk through Arles.
The old town of Arles is comfortably small. It's about a square mile. So it's very easy to see the whole thing on foot. You might consider spending a couple of days here.
Or you could visit as a daytrip for example from Avignon which is just 20 miles away and only takes 20 minutes by train to get here. In this program we will show you how you can do everything in one day but certainly if you want to spend more time you decide for yourself. To help you plan your visit we will also present more detailed suggestions about how you could spend a night or two here and still find lots to do.
This is part of a series we’re presenting showing how Avignon makes a very good home base for visiting out to other destinations like Pont du Gard, and St Remy and Nimes along with Aix and Marseille, and especially Arles, the wonderful city of van Gogh and the ancient Romans, with narrow pedestrian lanes weaving throughout the center
The main attractions are the arena, the pedestrian zone and a historic museum. We will show you a good walking route on the map. Of course you can walk anywhere you want, it’s small enough, but this route will take you right through the center and then back to the train station, a route just over 2 miles, or about 3 kilometers, you can do in several hours. But you should also see the history museum while you're here, with its fine collection from the ancient Roman days, an easy detour. So let's assume you're coming in from Avignon on a day trip and you want to see everything.
Alps - Verdon Gorge / Europe motorcycle trip part 7 (Gorges du Verdon)
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L'abbaye de Hautecombe (Savoie - France)
(EN) Hautecombe Abbey (Latin Altacumba, Altæcumbæum) is a former Cistercian monastery, later a Benedictine monastery, in Saint-Pierre-de-Curtille near Aix-les-Bains in Savoy, France. For centuries it was the burial place of the members of the House of Savoy. It is visited by 150,000 tourists yearly.
The origins of Hautecombe lie in a religious community which was founded about 1101 in a narrow valley (or combe) near Lake Bourget by hermits from Aulps Abbey, near Lake Geneva. In about 1125 it was transferred to a site on the north-western shore of the lake under Mont du Chat, which had been granted to it by Amadeus, Count of Savoy, who is named as the founder; and shortly afterwards it accepted the Cistercian Rule from Clairvaux. The first abbot was Amadeus de Haute-Rive, afterwards Bishop of Lausanne. Two daughter-houses were founded from Hautecombe at an early date: Fossanova Abbey (afterwards called For Appio), in the diocese of Terracina in Italy, in 1135, and San Angelo de Petra, close to Constantinople, in 1214.
It has sometimes been claimed, but as often disputed, that Pope Celestine IV and Pope Nicholas III were monks at Hautecombe.
Apart from its exceptionally beautiful location, the chief interest of Hautecombe is that it was for centuries the burial-place of the Counts and Dukes of Savoy. Count Humbert III, known as Blessed, and his wife Anne were interred there in the latter part of the 12th century; and about a century later Boniface of Savoy, Archbishop of Canterbury (1245--1270), son of Count Thomas I of Savoy, was buried in the sanctuary of the abbey church. He had come out from England with King Edward I to accompany him in a crusade, but died at the castle of St. Helena in Savoy.
The abbot Anthony of Savoy, a son of Charles Emmanuel I, was also buried there in 1673.
The abbey was restored (in a debased style) by one of the dukes about 1750, but it was secularized and sold in 1792, when the French entered Savoy, and was turned into a china-factory. King Charles Felix of Sardinia purchased the ruins in 1824, had the church re-constructed by the Piedmontese architect Ernest Melano in an exuberant Gothic-Romantic style, and restored it to the Cistercian Order. He and his queen, Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies, are buried in the Belley chapel, which forms a kind of vestibule to the church. Some 300 statues and many frescoes adorn the interior of the church, which is 215 feet (66 m) long, with a transept 85 feet (26 m) wide. Most of the tombs are little more than reproductions of the medieval monuments.
The Cistercians re-settled the abbey from Turin, but the Italian monks soon left, and were replaced by others from Sénanque Abbey, who remained until about 1884. The premises were taken over by the Benedictines of Marseilles Priory in 1922, but in 1992 the monks left for Ganagobie Abbey in the Alpes de Haute Provence, and the buildings are now administered by the Communauté du Chemin-Neuf, an ecumenical and charismatic Roman Catholic group. (Wikipedia)
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Grand canyon du Verdon, France
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Places to see in ( Dijon - France ) Parc de la Colombiere
Places to see in ( Dijon - France ) Parc de la Colombiere
The Park Colombiere is a public park forest of 33 hectares of the xvii th century , style French garden at Dijon in Côte-d'Or in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté . It is classified as historical monuments since 1925. The park is located in the Quartier Chevreul-Parc in the south of Dijon. In 1672 this park, originally private, was created at the edge of the Ouche by the Prince de Condé and Governor of Burgundy Louis II of Bourbon-Condé (Grand Condé). It is connected to the center of Dijon by the Cours du Parc, then its extension, the Cours du General de Gaulle (in this park passes the Roman road Via Agrippa of the first century which connects Langres to Chalon-sur-Saone ).
In 1683 about 10 000 hornbills and 500 box trees are planted, then the following year 8000 charms and 200 lilac , followed in 1685 by 140 spruces and 140 yew ... Then arrived at its current form (except the chestnut trees ), the Prince de Condé concedes free access to Dijonnais .
The son of the previous, the Duke of Enghien and Governor of Burgundy Henri Jules Bourbon-Condé built the Castel de la Colombiere (former property of the Princes of Condé ) on the other side of the Ouche connected by a bridge in the park which he continues to develop with the landscape architect Antoine de Maerle (pupil and disciple of André Le Nôtre , landscape gardener of King Louis XIV of France ). The park is designed and planted according to the principles of the French garden Sixteen aisles (eight wide and eight narrow) radiate from a central roundabout in the perspective of the Castel facade, connected by an octagonal alley that bypasses the park.
At the French Revolution , the park becomes municipal and undisciplined. In 1843 the gate and pavilions of the former grant from St. Bernard are transferred to the main entrance and the Temple of Love of the xvii th century from the Château de Bierre-lès-Semur in 1965. In 1970 are created at the bottom of the park a large lawn with play tunes for children and pens for raising barnyard animals or ornamental. To date, the forest park (largest park in Dijon) has about 6,000 trees of more than ten different species (including about 1,600 hardwoods : linden trees , chestnut trees , oaks , hornbeams , ash trees , maples ... and more than one hundred conifers ...), lawns , many flower beds ...
( Dijon - France ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting Dijon . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Dijon - France
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