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Vaux-le-Vicomte
Sign in to saveThe Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte () or simply Vaux-le-Vicomte is a Baroque French château located in Maincy, near Melun, southeast of Paris in the Seine-et-Marne department of Île-de-France.
Key facts
- Building.name
- Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte
- Building.image
- frameless|260px
- Building.caption
- View from the ''rond d'eau'' of the garden
- Building.building_type
- Château
- Building.architectural_style
- Baroque
- Building.location_town
- Maincy
- Building.location_country
- France
- Building.construction_start_date
- 1656
- Building.completion_date
- 1661
- Building.architect
- Louis Le Vau
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- château
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Moisenay
- Official website
- vaux-le-vicomte.com
- Image
- 0 Maincy - Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte (2).JPG
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- inception
- 1656-00-00
- native label
- château de Vaux-le-Vicomte
- commissioned by
- Nicolas Fouquet
- heritage designation
- Tentative World Heritage Site
- Commons category
- Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte
- architect
- Louis Le Vau
- Commons Institution page
- Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte
- Commons gallery
- Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte
- architectural style
- classical architecture
- date of official opening
- 1661-08-17
- social media followers
- 23363
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- History
- Fête and arrest
- After Fouquet
- Recent history
- Features
- Architecture
- Gardens
- Anamorphosis abscondita in the garden
- Use in film, television and popular culture
- See also
- References
- External links
The Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte () or simply Vaux-le-Vicomte is a Baroque French château located in Maincy, near Melun, southeast of Paris in the Seine-et-Marne department of Île-de-France.
Built between 1658 and 1661 for Nicolas Fouquet, Marquis de Belle Île, Viscount of Melun and Vaux, the Superintendent of Finances of Louis XIV, the château was an influential work of architecture in mid-17th-century Europe. At Vaux-le-Vicomte, the architect Louis Le Vau, the landscape architect André Le Nôtre and the painter-decorator Charles Le Brun worked together on a large-scale project for the first time. Their collaboration marked the beginning of the Louis XIV style combining architecture, interior design and landscape design. The garden's pronounced visual axis is an example of this style.
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