The Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte is located in Maincy, near Melun in the Seine-et-Marne department in the region of Île-de-France.
From Paris Gare de Lyon train R in 25 minutes to Melun.
In Melun there is a shuttle service.
This service you have to book.
It is built between 1658 and 1661.
The main château is constructed entirely on a moated platform, reached via two bridges, both aligned with the central axis and placed on the north and south sides
In 1968, the property was opened for public tours..
Cabinet Fouquet.
Cabinet Fouquet.
Fouquet’s room
Room of Louis XV.
Room of Louis XV.
Praslin’s room.
The oval room.
The oval room.
The oval room with illuminations.
King’s antechamber.
King’s antechamber.
The King’s Chamber.
The King’s Chamber.
The King’s Chamber.
The King’s Chamber.
Dining room
Dining room
The vaulted cellar.
Dining room
Dining room
André le Nôtre.
He was a French landscape architect and the principal gardener of King Louis XIV of France.
He was the landscape architect who designed the Gardens of Vaux le Vicomte.
Also he designed the Gardens of Versailles, Chantilly, Sceaux and Fontainebleau.
Water mirror.
The French garden of the castle.
Statue of ‘La Tigresse et le Tigre’.
Water mirror.
Les soirée aux Chandelles.
In the summer and in Christmas time the castle has some illuminations events.
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