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Vaux-le-Vicomte

Nicolas Fouquet's castle in Maincy
Place ch_teau Q739976
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Summary

Vaux-le-Vicomte is a château[1]. Vaux-le-Vicomte ranks in the top 1% of ch teau entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,598 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Maincy[3], Moisenay[4]
  • Country: France[5]
  • Architect: Louis Le Vau[6]
  • Commissioned by: Nicolas Fouquet[7]
  • Owned by: Nicolas Fouquet[8], Patrice de Vogüé[9]
  • Architectural style: classical architecture[10]
  • Location: Gardens of Vaux-le-Vicomte[11]
  • Commons category: Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte[12]
  • Inception: 1656[13]
  • Official website: https://vaux-le-vicomte.com[14]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte[15]
  • Commons gallery: Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte[16]
  • Heritage designation: classified historical monument[17], Tentative World Heritage Site[18]
  • Commons Institution page: Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte[19]
  • Date of official opening: August 17, 1661[20]
  • Native label: château de Vaux-le-Vicomte[21]
  • World Heritage criteria: (i)[22], (ii)[23], (iv)[24]
  • Category for the interior of the item: Category:Interior of the Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte[25]
  • Category for the exterior of the item: Category:Exterior of the Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte[26]
  • Social media followers: 23,363[27]

Why It Matters

Vaux-le-Vicomte has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Vaux-le-Vicomte is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Claude Louis Hector de Villars France Louis Le Vau Nicolas Fouquet

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . Base Mérimée. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . Base Mérimée. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] ↑ . Base Mérimée. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Base Mérimée. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    World heritage criteria → (i), (ii), (iv)
    P14541 → 38OMeN
    Instance of → château
    Owned by → Nicolas Fouquet, Edme Sommier, Patrice de Vogüé +1
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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