Nicolas Fouquet hired famous architecture Louis la Vau, landscape architect André le Notre, and decorator/painter Charles Le Brun to build Vaux le Vicomte. This trifecta of creative geniuses constructed a chateau fit for a king. Once built, Fouquet and his wife, threw lavish parties showing off the newly renovated estate. One such party, which included a new play by Molière and ended with fireworks, was attended by King Louis XIV. He was impressed that one man could create such a grand residence.