Ben Wilhelmi

Château de Fontainebleau, photography

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Château de Fontainebleau, photography

 

 

modern art vs ancient art…

 

 

Napoléon Bonaparte’s beauty case.

 

His military tent.

 

duel guns.

 

 

 

Fontainebleau castle, photography

 

just some random interior pictures from the long visit across the castle. Too much history in there for this blog. Napoleon, some of the big French Kings spent some time there. Fascinating to visit though not one room looked comfortable nor cozy. Education obviously didn’t allow feet on the table or slouching on the coach. Poor teenagers…

 

Royal beds…

notice how not one single square centimeter is left undecorated. As in every room.

a royal chapel.

 

a white elephant…

castle of Fontainebleau, photography

 

I wish I could do my usual aerial photography thing above Fontainebleau… as the reproduction shows, the domain is quite large.

 

I don’t know how many rooms this castle contains but none of them made me wish to live in.

nothing looks comfy, the royal or imperial beds are too small, the general overstuffed decoration must give headaches or nightmares… I loved the visit but…

 

some of the few sober rooms… still no comfort in sight. How does one slouch on such a sofa? OK teenagers behaved by then and there was no television…

 

Napoleon’s travel kit and tent.

 

notice the baby crib.

 

the ‘great’ Napoleon. Why is it we call some people great whereas their main achievement results in death and horrors across other countries on top of their own? I mean this little guy went all the way to Russia to whip asses, including his in the end….