"Moscow - Fontainebleau " a Fontainebleau Travel Page by Kuznetsov_Sergey

The French name of these places "Fontaine-Belle-Eau" (a wonderful source) in due course has turned in Fontainebleau. According another version during royal hunting a dog on nickname Bleau found a source which was named in its honour. Lui VII built there a hunting lodge in 1137 because of the presence there a pure potable water.
In 1169 Thomas Bekket - the archbishop Centerbery arrived there to consecrate a chapel. Phillip II celebrated returning from the Third Crusade in Fontenblo. In 1717 Peter the Great stayed in a palace.

The significant part of the palace in its present veiw was constructed by Le Breton, Serlio and Delorme at Francisk I. Medieval constructions were demolished. Two groups of buildings connected by the gallery appeared at this time.A lot of gifted artists under direction of Italian masters Rosso and Primaticho decorated the palace in antique style. They stood at sources of so-called the First Fontainebleau school. The Gallery of Francisk I, a ballroom, a bedroom of duchess are kept till now. At Henry II the furnishing of a ballroom was finished. It remains the one of miracles of the palace till now. Henry IV considerably expanded the palace. He invited Flemish artists who finished furniture of a royal cabinet, a gallery of deers and established the Second Fontainebleau school.
The destiny has disposed so that exactly in Fontainebleau in April 1814 Napoleon signed the renunciation of a throne and said goodbye to guards in the Court yard of the White horse (the court yard since then carries one more name - the court yard of Farewell).