Behind the scenes of water games: water, sustainable heritage

Name: Behind the scenes of water games: water, sustainable heritage
Start: 2022-09-18T14:30:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T16:30:00+02:00
Location: Domaine national de Saint-Cloud - Pavillon des 24 jets

Discover behind the scenes water games at a walk in the gardens

Sunday 18 September 2022, 14:30Passed

Conditions

Free tour, Entrance fee car 5.50€ and two-three wheels registered 3€

Amina TALBI/Domaine national de Saint-Cloud

The presence of water constitutes one of the essential riches of the national domain of Saint-Cloud, allowing the profusion of fountains, basins and waterfalls, using water in an ingenious way. The water games then transform the garden into an ephemeral theatre scene. During a walk, Come discover the other side of the scenery, the exploitation of the topography and the techniques used by the fountainers to stage the gushing waters. Also discover the challenges of collecting and storing water as part of current environmental concerns.

About the location

Domaine national de Saint-Cloud - Pavillon des 24 jets

Allée de la carrière 92210 Saint-Cloud

Hauts-de-Seine
Île-de-France

In 1577, Catherine de Medicis offered to her squire, Jérôme de Gondi, a small estate of 13 acres on a hill 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, duc d'Orléans, dit Monsieur. The architects Antoine Le Pautre, 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 enlarge the castle. After the Revolution, the palace, redesigned by Percier and Fontaine for Bonaparte, became the summer residence of all sovereigns and one of the seats of executive power until the fall of Napoleon III. The Palais de Saint-Cloud was set on fire on 13 October 1870 during th

Tags

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

Access

By metro: Line 10 terminus Boulogne-Pont de St-Cloud, exit "avenue du Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny" on the 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 et Danube-Musée Albert Kahn (take avenue Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny, then cross the bridge of St-Cloud) / 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 Rhine and Danube, cross the bridge of St-Cloud. (Address to return for the GPS: 1 avenue de la grille d'honneur, 92210 St-Cloud)

Domaine national de Saint-Cloud