Fontainebleau

American  

[fon-tin-bloh, fawn-ten-bloh] / ˈfɒn tɪnˌbloʊ, fɔ̃ tɛnˈbloʊ /

noun

1. a town in N France, SE of Paris: famous palace, long a favorite residence of French kings; extensive forest.

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Fontainebleau British  

/ fɔ̃tɛnblo, ˈfɒntɪnˌbləʊ /

noun

1. a town in N France, in the Forest of Fontainebleau: famous for its palace (now a museum), one of the largest royal residences in France, built largely by Francis I (16th century). Pop: 15 942 (1999)

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Fontainebleau

During August, the couple lived in Fontainebleau, a bucolic town southeast of Paris surrounded by forest and featuring a UNESCO-designated Château that royals, including Napoleon, once called home.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

Elsewhere in France, a fire in the Fontainebleau forest near Paris incinerated a tenth of the UNESCO-listed site in mid-July, after several other wildfires in the country.

From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026

Just outside the French capital, a blaze in the Fontainebleau forest resulted in the first-ever deployment of water-bomber planes in the Paris region.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

Crawford spoke to BBC Sport during a media event at the bustling Fontainebleau hotel.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2025

It was like a certain stretch on the P. L. M. between Fontainebleau and Montereau that always made me feel bored and dead and dull until it was over.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

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