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Vaux-le-Vicomte Description
6km/4mi northeast of Melun is Vaux-le- Vicomte, one of the finest châteaux in France, which served as a model for the château and park of Versailles.

The story of the château began in 1641, when the young Nicolas Fouquet, later Louis XIV's minister of finance, acquired the property. After making a great deal of money by shrewd speculation, he pulled down the old château in 1656 and employed the architect Louis Le Vau, the painter Charles Le Brun and the landscape gardener André Le Nôtre to build a new one. The magnificent new château, set in a beautiful park, was completed in the relatively short time of five years, costing Fouquet the enormous sum of 10million livres. Three villages had to be removed to make room for the park, and
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Hobbies & Activities category: Garden or botanic display;  Architecture - Renaissance;  Castle, chateau, palace;  Historic site;  Standalone sculpture, statue or fountain
Address
Vaux le Vicomte
Domaine de Vaus-le-Vicomte
F-77950 Paris
France
Hours
March 24 to November 11
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
Open10:0010:0010:0010:0010:0010:0010:00
Closed18:0018:0018:0018:0018:0018:0018:00
Cost
Adult12.50 Euros
Concession or reduced rate9.90 Euros
Grounds / gardens only around attraction7.50 Euros
Family39.00 Euros
Tips
Group visits only from November 12 to March 28.
Facilities
Gift shop
Restaurant or food service
Transit
Rail service from Gare de Lyon/ Melun.
Do-It-Yourself Tours
Attractions Near Vaux-le-Vicomte, Paris