Fontainebleau theatre restoration enters final phase

The final stage of the United Arab Emirates (UAE)-funded renovation of the 19th-century imperial theatre at the Chteau de Fontainebleaua Unesco World Heritage site near Parisbegins in June. Designed in 1857 for Napoleon III, the theatre reopened in 2014 after the first phase, which cost 5m and saw 25 specialists and 135 craftsmen revive the original dcor of the main auditorium. The final phase focuses on restoring the theatres machinery, the upper levels of the salons and the podium that houses