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61900
updated: 06/18/2020
Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte - Alexandre grove
77950 Maincy
France
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Film Paris Region, Ile-de-France Film Commission

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61900
Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte - Alexandre grove
77950 Maincy
France
Contact the commission

Film Paris Region, Ile-de-France Film Commission

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Credits: Commission du Film d'Ile-de-France
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Credits: Commission du Film d'Ile-de-France
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Credits: Commission du Film d'Ile-de-France
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Credits: Commission du Film d'Ile-de-France
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Credits: Commission du Film d'Ile-de-France
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Location type
Environment
Forest,
Park or garden
General presentation
Location Condition Type
Well maintained,
Restored or Renovated
Location History
The Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte is a baroque French château located in Maincy, near Melun, 55 km southeast of Paris in the Seine-et-Marne département of France. It was built from 1658 to 1661 for Nicolas Fouquet, the superintendent of finances of Louis XIV.

The château was in many ways the most influential work built in Europe in the mid-17th century and the most elaborate and grand house built in France after the Château de Maisons. 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 a new order: the magnificent manner that is associated with the Louis XIV style involving a system of collective work, which could be applied to the structure, its interiors and works of art and the creation of an entire landscape. The garden's use of a baroque axis that extends to infinity is an example of this style.
Construction period
XVIIth Century
Specific styles
Open - Outdoor