Near Melun, 28 miles southeast of Paris, lies Vaux-le-Vicomte, one of France great baroque châteaux. Its colorful history, apart from its face, is so extraordinary that it needs to be known beforehand.  The land itself was bought in 1641 by Louis XIV‘s power-hungry minister of finance. Regent of France until Louis XIV came of age, […]

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