Château de Saint-Cloud
Former royal palace in France, today a national park / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Château de Saint-Cloud (French pronunciation: [ʃato də sɛ̃ klu]) was a château in France, built on a site overlooking the Seine at Saint-Cloud in Hauts-de-Seine, about 5 kilometres (3 miles) west of Paris. On the site of the former palace is the state-owned Parc de Saint-Cloud.
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Type | Château |
Architectural style | French Baroque, Neo-Classical |
Construction started | c.1570 |
Completed | c.1701 |
Demolished | 1891 |
Client | Philippe of France; Marie Antoinette |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Antoine Le Pautre; Jean Girard; Jules Hardouin Mansart; Richard Mique |
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The château was expanded by Phillipe of France, Duke of Orléans in the 17th century, and by Marie Antoinette in the 1780s. After occupation by Napoleon I and Napoleon III, it was destroyed in 1870 during the Franco-Prussian War.