Visit to Vaux-le-Vicomte
· Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte, Maincy, France

Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · file At Nicolas Fouquet's château of Vaux-le-Vicomte, Louis was lavishly entertained in an episode that preceded Fouquet's downfall. The surrounding passage dates the episode to 1661; the quoted sentence directly establishes the king's presence at the château.