Kitchen at Château de Vaux le Vicomte
The château was built between 1658 to 1661 for Nicolas Fouquet, the superintendent of finances of Louis XIV. Fouquet wanted nothing more than to impress his king. But this was before Versailles and instead of being impressed, Louis was jealous of the grandeur of Vaux le Vicomte.
Fouquet had recently been spared execution and, instead, exiled from France for what may have been trumped up charges brought by his political enemies. After viewing Fouquet's opulent château, Louis used his powers to commute a sentence to do the opposite and put Fouquet in prison for life!
Kitchen at Château de Vaux le Vicomte
The château was built between 1658 to 1661 for Nicolas Fouquet, the superintendent of finances of Louis XIV. Fouquet wanted nothing more than to impress his king. But this was before Versailles and instead of being impressed, Louis was jealous of the grandeur of Vaux le Vicomte.
Fouquet had recently been spared execution and, instead, exiled from France for what may have been trumped up charges brought by his political enemies. After viewing Fouquet's opulent château, Louis used his powers to commute a sentence to do the opposite and put Fouquet in prison for life!