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Chateau Vaux-le-Vicomte

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This French castle was the inspiration for Versailles. It was built for Fouquet, Finance Steward to Louis XIV. The king was so outraged that anyone would outdo him, that he seized all Fouguet's estates and imprisoned him for life. Louis XIV then hired the same architect to build Versailles.

Photograph taken with Kodak DC 3400 Zoom Digital Camera from the graden at the rear of the castle. Minor corrections to the photo were edited with Gimp.
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starwefter's avatar
That's a fascinating piece of history!