France

Fontainebleau is a city 60 km southeast of Paris, known primarily for its magnificent Renaissance palace, the residence of many rulers of France. Built in the style of Italian Mannerism, the palace most of all resembles a row of intricate

HISTORY: FROM THE REPUBLIC OF 1848 TO THE COMMUNE The Orléans monarchy collapsed and on February 25, 1848, a provisional government of the French Republic was formed which, among the first acts, re-established universal suffrage. In the immediately following period