Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye
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N 48° 53.875 E 002° 05.707
31U E 433679 N 5416502
[FR] Le château actuel fut construit sous François Ier par Pierre Chambiges, à partir de 1539. [EN] The current château (le Château Vieux) was reconstructed by François I in 1539, and has subsequently been expanded several times.
Waymark Code: WM37BV
Location: France
Date Posted: 02/22/2008
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Blue Man
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[FR] Le château fut largement restauré sous Napoléon III par Eugène Millet, élève de Viollet-le-Duc. Agrandi à plusieurs reprises par ses successeurs, il fut résidence royale jusqu'en 1682, date à laquelle Louis XIV le quitta définitivement pour Versailles. Les jardins ont été dessinés par André Le Nôtre.

La chapelle de Saint Louis située dans le château, de style gothique, est un vestige de l’ancien château fort construit par Louis VI le Gros. Elle fut édifiée par saint Louis en 1238. Louis XIV y fut baptisé.

Le château est aujourd'hui consacré au Musée d'archéologie nationale.

[EN] Louis XIV was born at Saint-Germain-en-Laye in 1638. It was the royal residence until 1682 when Louis XIV moved into the palace at Versailles. The gardens were designed by André Le Nôtre.

Louis XIV turned the château over to King James II after his exile from Britain in the Glorious Revolution of 1688. King James lived in the château for thirteen years, and his daughter Marie-Louise Stuart was born in exile here in 1692. King James Stuart is buried in the nearby Church of Saint-Germain; his descendants stayed at the château until the French Revolution, leaving in 1793.

Napoleon III had the castle restored by Eugène Millet from 1862, and it became the Musée des Antiquités Nationales (Museum of National Antiquities) in 1867, displaying the archeological objects of France.

(excertps from wikipedia)

Accessibility: Partial access

Condition: Intact

Website: [Web Link]

Admission Charge?: Not Listed

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