Grands Châteaux of the Loire and Ile-de-France: Château de Fontainebleau

Our series inviting you to visit ten Grands Châteaux live from France continues! Russell Kelley explores the history of the magnificent Château de Fontainebleau in the company of its heritage curator Oriane Beaufils.
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Oriane Beaufils has been Heritage Curator at the Château de Fontainebleau since 2016.

A board member of the Alliance Française Miami Metro, Russell Kelley is the curator and moderator of the lecture series on the Grands Châteaux of the Loire and Ile-de-France. He is author of The Making of Paris: The Story of How Paris Evolved from a Fishing Village into the World’s Most Beautiful City, to be published by Globe Pequot Press in March 2021. He has lived in France for nearly 30 years and has visited every château featured in this series many times since his first visit to the Loire Valley 50 years ago.

This program is presented in partnership with the Alliance Française Miami Metro with communication support from the Federation of Alliances Françaises USA, the French Heritage Society, and WICE - Paris.
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