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Place : Maincy (77).

Description : The castle of Vaux-le-Vicomte, is a baroque style castle of the XVIIe century (1658 - 1661), built for the finances superintendent of Louis XIV, Nicolas Fouquet. This last called upon the best artists of the time to build his castle: the architect Le Vau, the painter Le Brun and the landscape designer Le Nôtre. Their talent will serve Louis XIV after the arrest of Fouquet.