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Water features

Name: Juegos de agua
Start: 2023-09-16T15:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T17:30:00+02:00
Location: Domaine national de Saint-Cloud

Following the paths of the estate, discover many pools, waterfalls and fountains, animated by water games that perpetuate the know-how of 17th century Florentine fontainiers, including André…

16 i 17 septiembre 2023Passed

Domaine national de Saint-Cloud

Following the paths of the estate, discover many basins, waterfalls and fountains, animated by water games that perpetuate the know-how of the Florentine fontainiers of the seventeenth century, from which André le Nôtre was inspired to draw the estate and its park.

About the location

Domaine national de Saint-Cloud

1 avenue de la grille d'honneur, 92210 Saint-Cloud

Hauts-de-Seine
Île-de-France

In 1577, Catherine de Medicis gave her squire, Jérôme de Gondi, a small estate of 13 acres on a hillside overlooking the Seine. Around 1640, the Gondi residence is surrounded by terraced Italian gardens with fountains, caves and waterfalls. Rebuilt by the financier Hervart from 1655, the castle was bought in 1658 by Louis XIV for his brother, Philippe, Duke of Orléans, known as Monsieur. Architects Antoine Le Pautre and then Jules-Hardouin Mansart built the castle between 1670 and 1690\. From 1660 to his death, André le Nôtre drew the design of the park and brought its surface to nearly 400 hectares. In 1785, Marie-Antoinette bought the estate and immediately commissioned his architect Richard Mique to do major work to enlarge the castle. After the Revolution, the palace, rebuilt by Percier and Fontaine for Bonaparte, became the summer residence of all the sovereigns and one of the seats of executive power until the fall of Napoleon III. The Palais de Saint-Cloud was burned down on Oct

Tags

Jardin remarquable, Monument historique i Espace naturel, parc, jardin

Acceso

By metro: Line 10 terminus Boulogne-Pont de St-Cloud, exit "avenue du Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny" left side, then cross the bridge of St-Cloud/ By tram: T2 stop Parc de St-Cloud/ By Bus: Lines 52, 72, 126, 175, 460, 467, stop Parc de St-Cloud; Line 160 terminus Pont de St-Cloud-Albert Kahn; Line 260 stop Rhin and Danube-Musée Albert Kahn (take Avenue Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny, then cross the St-Cloud bridge) / By train: stop St-Cloud/ By car: from «Porte de St-Cloud», cross Boulogne-Billancourt by the Route de la Reine, then after the roundabout Rhin and Danube, cross the bridge of St-Cloud. (Address to enter for the GPS: 1 avenue de la grille d'honneur, 92210 St-Cloud)