Vaux-le-Vicomte
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The Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte is a Baroque French château located in Maincy, near Melun, 55 kilometres (34 mi) southeast of Paris in the Seine-et-Marne department of Île-de-France.
View from the rond d'eau of the garden
Fouquet
Colbert
Rhythmic massing of the entrance front
Louis Le Vau
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Louis Le Vau was a French Baroque architect, who worked for Louis XIV of France. He was an architect that helped develop the French Classical style in the 17th century.
Louis Le Vau, c. 1650
Plan of the premier étage with the Seine to the right
Garden façades viewed from the riverbank
Pavilion of the King (east façade)