Visit the castle of vaux le vicomte a masterpiece of modernity and elegance vaux le vicomte is the castle that inspired king louis xiv to build versailles nicolas fouquet his minister commissioned the best artists of the time to erect the castle in the 17th century visit the castle of vaux le vicomte with audioguide available in french english spanish italian german russian and japanese discover the gardens la franaise visit the castle of fontainebleau you will also discover font