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Fontainebleau

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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A town on the left bank of the Seine, 35 m. SE. of Paris, and famous for a château or palace of the kings of France, and the forest that surrounds it. This château, founded towards the end of the 10th century, was enlarged and embellished by successive kings, beginning with Francis I., and was the place where Napoleon signed his abdication in 1814.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Fontainebleau'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​f/fontainebleau.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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