Château of Vaux-le-Vicompte

This château, of a splendour never reached before, was built for Nicolas Fouquet, Louis XIV’s Lord High Treasurer, by the architect Louis Le Vau and the decorator Charles Le Brun.
The result surpassed all his hopes. It also leads to his failure because this dwelling, more sumptuous than the royal palaces was in the Sun King’s light…

According to the tastes of richest person in France at that time the inside decor uses frescos, gilts, stuccos and caryatides in abundance.
The inside splendours, are echoed in the gardens which are the work of Le Nôtre. The landscaper’s talent is revealed in a succession of terraces, fountains and ornamental lakes streaming down to the Great Canal.