This French château was so magnificent it cost its owner everything (the hidden palace that inspired Versailles)
Vaux-le-Vicomte: The Magnificent Baroque Estate That Inspired Versailles (And Made Its Owner Too Powerful) The palace that cost a man everything Just 35 miles southeast of Paris lies a château so magnificent it sealed its owner’s doom. When Nicolas Fouquet, Louis XIV’s finance minister, unveiled Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte in 1661 with a lavish party, the … Lire plus