Guided tour: presentation of its historical museum collections

Name: Visita comentada: presentación de sus colecciones del museo histórico
Start: 2022-09-18T17:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Domaine national de Saint-Cloud

Domingo 18 septiembre 2022, 17:00Passed

Amina TALBI Domaine national de Saint-Cloud

Come and discover the history of the disappeared castle, its occupants and the dispersion of the ruins thanks to the collections of furniture, portraits, engravings, models and photographs presented at the historical museum of the national domain of Saint-Cloud.

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, 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)