chateauxdefrance:Château de Vaux-le-VicomteMaincy, Seine-et-Marne, France *Late 17th-century m
chateauxdefrance:Château de Vaux-le-VicomteMaincy, Seine-et-Marne, France *Late 17th-century masterpiece, commissioned by Fouquet, Superintendent of Finance to Louis XIV, reference point of French architecture for the next 150 years. Four successive families owned the property, opened to the public in 1968 but still the largest private estate in France, listed as a Historic Monument. . -- source link