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The Fontainebleau region was a vine-growing area long before the present-day viticulture of Thomery, as attested by the existence of the Pressoirs du Roy in Samoreau, built under Francis I in 1530, [4] and the cultivation of vines along the 1,200-meter "treilles du Roi" on the south wall of the Château de Fontainebleau gardens. [5]
Oct 19, 2006 · Then, later, in 1730, after table-grape vines from the southern city of Cahors were planted and trained against a 1200 meter-long wall on the Fontainebleau Chateau's grounds, someone named Francois Charmeux, after noticing the excellent ripening effect of this walled training system, began to build parallel walls in nearby Thomery and to plant ...
Palace of Fontainebleau (/ ˈfɒntɪnbloʊ / FON-tin-bloh, US also /- bluː / -bloo; [1] French: Château de Fontainebleau [ʃɑto d (ə) fɔ̃tɛnblo]), located 55 kilometers (34 miles) southeast of the center of Paris, in the commune of Fontainebleau, is one of the largest French royal châteaux.
Once the domain and hunting ground of kings, the Forest of Fontainebleau, some thirty-five miles southeast of Paris, is where French landscape painting and photography took root. Rough and unspoiled, the forest was exalted as an example of nature in its purest state.
Nov 29, 2021 · It appears that vineyards were planted in the region under Francois I in the 16th century but it wasn’t until the 1700’s that the Chasselas grape was introduced to the region of Thomery and Fontainebleau.
The cradle of the French Renaissance. Both near and far from Paris, Fontainebleau had everything to please Francis I. He was a humiliated king, returning from a trying period of imprisonment in Madrid (1525-1526), who set his sights on this prestigious medieval ruin and undertook its reconstruction. In 10 years, the project to redevelop a ...
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Sitting in a 130 hectare estate, the various buildings forming the château are spread over four main courtyards, three gardens and a park.
