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Fontainebleau

Fontainebleau is a city, a region and a forest about 50 km south of Paris, France.

The city is a sous-préfecture of the Seine-et-Marne département.

It is a popular tourist spot on account of at least the following:

The Royal Palace of Fontainebleau, commissioned in the 16th century by Henry II and Catherine de Medici.
The Fontainebleau forest[?] is a beautiful place and is often visited by walkers, horse riders[?], and climbers.
The graves of G. I. Gurdjieff and Katherine Mansfield in the cemetery at Avon.

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