Fontainebleau-Avon: history and sights
Served by: Transilien R.
Did you know?
Serves the Château de Fontainebleau, the only French château continuously inhabited by every sovereign from the 12th to the 19th century, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1981.
Anecdote
It was in its Cour d'Honneur, on the horseshoe staircase, that Napoleon I bid farewell to his Imperial Guard on 20 April 1814, before leaving for exile on the island of Elba.
Around Fontainebleau-Avon
- Château de Fontainebleau, 900 m away — A UNESCO-listed royal and imperial residence, where Napoleon I bid farewell to his Guard in 1814 on the horseshoe staircase.
- Forêt de Fontainebleau, 2200 m away — 25,000 hectares of state forest, known for its 30,000 sandstone boulders popular with climbers from around the world.