From 1528 on, francis I rebuilt the château of

fontainebleau at the heart of an immense forest

where he enjoyed hunting. He also sought to

create gardens: the queen's, the king's, the

pond garden... successive alterations have

given them the majesty that we see today: the

construction of the grand canal under henry IV,

the redevelopment of the grand parterre by

le notre under louis XIV, the creation of the

english garden under napoleon I. "House of

the centuries", fontainebleau and its gardens

form a unique whole. Freed from the cliches of

an architectural study and symbolic analysis,

this work has been conceived as a historical

promenade. Memories resuscitated by vincent

droguet, curator, and the photographs of

Laurence Toussaint.