Beautifully "floated" castle of the fallen minister - Vaux-le-Vicomte
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Castle Vaux-le-Vicomte makes you sad and happy, smile and frown, its fate is so ambiguous as the fate of its once very famous in the XVII century owner - Nicolas Fouquet.
The name of this minister, who sadly ended at the will of the king, is associated in Russian with the expression “float money”, apparently at one time this sensational story spread even to then-Russia.
How and why the Intendant of Finance Fouquet managed to “float” his money, why his castle, for all its splendor of the state apartments, has a sad note of incompleteness, I will tell you all this if you decide to go to this amazing castle with me. The castle is a private property of the Vogue family, so it differs in many ways from other castles near Paris. The Vogue brothers are always looking for perfection, arrange stunningly beautiful festivals in the castle in winter and summer.
Especially on the eve of the Christmas holidays, the castle becomes the best “sweet Christmas treat”, like a Christmas gingerbread, and children and adults love to come here to see the fairy tales of the Muncie forest that surrounds the castle. In summer, the gardens of the castle turn into a place of festive picnics and fireworks, where beautiful ladies sometimes walk around in a costume festival, where on the paths you can meet the king himself or shake the hand of the queen, and in the evening, with thousands of candles on the alleys of the castle, walk very romantically to the pond-mirror of the castle or climb its roof to understand and unravel the secret of the gardens of the famous designer Lenotra. The castle always offers new installations related to the history of the castle, holidays, costumes for children, unusual beautiful souvenirs in the castle boutique. Coming to this castle you can always feel with me the atmosphere of celebration, unusualness, privacy and beautiful breath of French history.