For #PalacesAndGardens #UpstairsDownstairs, a contrast. The private dining room and the wine cellar in France's Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte (2018). #france #castle #nicolasfouquet #vauxlevicomte #photography #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin #chateau #château

For #PalacesAndGardens #AllAglow: Chandelier at ‪Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte outside of Paris. It was the direct model for Versailles. The Château is gorgeous, with a fraction of the crowds. (2018) #france #castle #nicolasfouquet #vauxlevicomte #photography #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin

Cardinal Mazarin appointed #NicolasFouquet France's surintendant des finances #OnThisDay in 1653 but his building of #VauxLeVicomte enraged #LouisXIV, who seized the #château & through Fouquet into prison for lèse-majesté in 1661 & he died still imprisoned in 1680:
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For #PalacesAndGardens #SecretSpaces #Ghosts&Phantoms. A pic from the gardens of Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte (2018). This lead to the old gardens, which had grown wild and were closed to the public. God I wanted to go in. #france #castle #nicolasfouquet #vauxlevicomte #photography #EastCoastKin

Also for #PalacesAndGardens #ThroughTheFrame. A misty morning at Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte outside of Paris, looking out onto the gardens (2018). #france #castle #nicolasfouquet #vauxlevicomte #photography #chateau #château #history #EastCoastKin

#baroque #ChâteaudeVaux-le-Vicomte #louisXIV #nicolasfouquet #france

For #PalacesAndGardens #WeatherAndMood, Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte looming out of the morning gloom (2018). #france #castle #nicolasfouquet #vauxlevicomte #photography #chateau #château #history

For #PalacesandGardens theme #gates. Not the formal entry gate, but the rear gate into the gardens at Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte outside of Paris (2018). #france #castle #nicolasfouquet #vauxlevicomte #photography

Another for the #PalacesandGardens theme #Seating. ... a special kind of "seating." 😉 From the 17th cent. Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte outside of Paris (2018). #france #castle #nicolasfouquet #vauxlevicomte #photography

For #BlueSkyArtShow theme #Shiny. One of the chandeliers at Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte outside Paris (2018). Louis XIV was furiously jealous of it, so he arrested its design team and forced them to build him something better: Versailles. #france #castle #nicolasfouquet #vauxlevicomte #photography

"Unashamed and audacious luxury."

🪙 #OTD in #History 17 August 1661, the flamboyant French Superintendent of Finances #NicolasFouquet held the party of all parties to open his new chateau, Vaux-le-Vicomte. A total of 6,000 guests gorged themselves at the lavish celebration [1]

Also for the #PalacesandGardens #Statues theme. The gardens of Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte outside Paris, still shrouded in morning mist (2018). The house and gardens were the direct inspiration for Versailles. #france #castle #nicolasfouquet #vauxlevicomte #photography #PhotographersOfBlueSky

Chandelier at ‪Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte outside of Paris. It was the direct model for Versailles. The Château is gorgeous, with a fraction of the crowds. (2018) #france #castle #nicolasfouquet #vauxlevicomte #photography #PhotographersOfBlueSky

Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte outside of Paris. Louis XIV was so infuriated when touring its grand opening that he imprisoned the owner, then rounded up the design team and demanded they build something better--Versailles. (Pics from 2018) #france #castle #nicolasfouquet #vauxlevicomte #photography

Nicolas Fouquet

Vaux-le-Vicomte

Cardinal Mazarin appointed #NicolasFouquet France's surintendant des finances #OnThisDay in 1653 but his building of #VauxLeVicomte enraged #LouisXIV, who seized the #château & threw Fouquet into prison for lèse-majesté in 1661 & he died still imprisoned in 1680:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas...

Vaux-le-Vicomte

Nicolas Fouquet

#NicolasFouquet invited #LouisXIV to dinner at #VauxLeVicomte #OnThisDay in 1661 provoking the fall of France's surintendant des finances; the Marquis de Belle-Isle was thrown into prison & his architect, landscaper & interior designer were taken to Versailles...

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Maybe the answer to : « Why Versailles ? »
Chamber of Justice to condemn Nicolas Fouquet. Paris. Courthouse of Paris. 1661.
Picture taken at the castle of Vaux-Le-Vicomte.
#nicolasfouquet #history #vauxlevicomte #france

Cardinal Mazarin appointed #NicolasFouquet France's surintendant des finances #OnThisDay in 1653 but his building of #VauxLeVicomte enraged #LouisXIV, who seized the #château & through Fouquet into prison for lèse-majesté in 1661 & he died still imprisoned in 1680:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas...

Louis XIV’s nightmare ?
Picture taken at the castle of Vaux-Le-Vicomte in France.
#louisxiv #france #nightmare #castle #nicolasfouquet #vauxlevicomte #picture #photo #photography #photocollage #history