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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 Chateau Fontainebleau, where the Renaissance was introduced to France from 1528 onwards.
• The beautiful Fontainebleau forest a royal hunting park often visited by walkers and horse riders. The forest is also home to the best bouldering in the world, and is visited almost religiously by many of the world's climbers.
• The graves of G. I. GurdjieffGeorge Ivanovich Gurdjieff ( January 13 / January 14, 1866? October 29, 1949), the Greek-Armenian mystic and 'teacher of dancing' born in Alexandropol, Armenia (then of the Russian Empire, now Gumri, Armenia), traveled to many parts of the world (i. Centr and Katherine MansfieldKatherine Mansfield served as the pen-name for Kathleen Beauchamp ( October 14, 1888 January 9, 1923). Background Born in Wellington, New Zealand, she moved permanently to Europe as a young woman, met and married John Middleton Murry, and contracted tuber in the cemetery at Avon.

The European (and historical) campus of INSEADINSEAD (Institut Europeen d'Administration des Affaires ) is widely recognised among the world's top-tier business schools as one of the most innovative and influential. It is treated as one of the two best B-schools in Europe (the other being London Busi business schoolA business school is a graduate school which offers an Masters of Business Administration. They include schools of "business", "business administration", "management". List of business schools in Canada List of business schools in the United States List o is located in Fontainebleau.

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