After exploring Napoleonic and medieval French heritage at the Château de Fontainebleau, it was time to step outdoors and explore Jardin Anglais within the premises of the palace...
The Chateau is indeed magnificent and well preserved...
A view of the horse-shoe shaped staircase from the Cour d’Honneur...
The staircase was built in the 1500s during the reign of King Henry II...
Headed to the Jardin Anglais...
The Jardin Anglais or English garden was first developed as a garden during the reign of Henry IV. Under Napoleon, his architect, Maximilien-Joseph Hurtault, turned the garden into an English park, with winding paths and exotic trees, including catalpa, tulip , sophora and cypress trees from Louisiana...
The garden features two 17th century bronze replicas of ancient Roman originals, the Borghese Gladiator and the Dying Gladiator...
A statue of Apollo...
Henry IV built Le Grand Canal - a 1200 meters long, behind the Chateau and abutting Jardin Anglais. The chief imperial gardener, LeNotre planted shade trees along the length of the canal, and also laid out a wide path, lined with elm trees, parallel to the canal...
And now it's time to grab a bite and head to the forest - Forêt de Fontainebleau...
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