France · 16th century
The château de Saint-Cloud (French pronunciation: [ʃato d(ə) 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. The gardens survive, and the estate is now known as the parc de Saint-Cloud.
The château was expanded by Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, in the 17th century and by Marie-Antoinette, Queen of France and Navarre, in the 1780s. In the 19th century it was used by Napoleon Bonaparte, the royal family during the Bourbon Restoration, Louis-Philippe d'Orléans, and Napoleon III. The palace burned down in 1870 during the Franco-Prussian War, and its ruins were demolished in 1891.
Text adapted from “Château de Saint-Cloud” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Château de Saint-Cloud ranks #342 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #38 of the 793 mapped in France. Founded 1570, it is older than 35% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 891 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 17,758 times in the last 60 days, more than 97% of the atlas. 47 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Paris, 10 km away. See how France compares in the castle statistics.
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