The Chateau That Made The Sun King Jealous: Vaux-le-Vicomte

In 1661, Nicolas Fouquet built one of the most beautiful châteaux in France. Vaux-le-Vicomte was a masterpiece of power, beauty and ambition. Its gardens seemed endless. Its halls were filled with gold, art and royal grandeur. Its design was so impressive that it would later help inspire Versailles. Then Fouquet invited King Louis XIV to see it. Three weeks later, he was arrested by d’Artagnan and the king’s musketeers. He would spend the rest of his life in prison. Was Vaux-le-Vicomte simply too beautiful? Was Fouquet destroyed by jealousy, politics or the dangerous power of his own success? This is the story of the château that made Louis XIV jealous, the palace that changed French history, and the man who built a dream so magnificent that the king could not ignore it.