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Fontainebleau

Fontainebleau is a city, a region and a forest about 50 km south of Paris, France.

The city is a sous-préfecture of the Seine-et-Marne département.

It is a popular tourist spot on account of at least the following:

• The Royal Chateau Fontainebleau, where the Renaissance was introduced to France from 1528 onwards.
• The beautiful Fontainebleau forest a royal hunting park often visited by walkers, horse riders, and climbers.
• The graves of G. I. Gurdjieff and Katherine Mansfield in the cemetery at Avon.

The European (and historical) campus of INSEAD business school is located in Fontainebleau.

See also:

• Bouldering, List of climbing areas
• Edict of Fontainebleau (October 1685)

External links

• The chateau of Fontainebleau www.chateaudefontainebleau.net

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