Campanile Saint-Germain-En-Laye

On the West Side of Paris At End of RER Line A

by hquittner

"St. Germain Should Really Be In Ile-de France"

Saint Germain en Laye is the largest suburban city in the western Ile de France but it is not listed where it belongs in the Ile de France and Yvelines department. It has a pop. of 38.1 M persons and is the last stop on the Line A of the RER. Here we can find what was the Royal Palace and plus a newer used until Louis XIV made Versailles ready. It has enormous Gardens made by Le Notre. The main chateau became the National Antiquities Museum 1867. It was redone from 1960-69 and is the leading such structure in France.

Saint-Germain-en-Laye, FR

by dromosapien

"dromosapien"

Eglise Saint Germain

Parish church that contains the mausoleum of the exiled British King James II (1633-1701)), the last catholic British monarch (reign: 1685-88/9). During the French Revolution the tomb was raided and his remains scattered.
*The protestant theologian, Gilbert Burnet (1643-1715) remarked the mistresses of the pious, but lascivious James II ‘must have been given him by his priests as a penance.’

constructed: 1824, on the site of an earlier church built in 1683 by architect, Jules Hardouin Mansart (1646-1748)
architect: Jean Aime Moutier
modified: 1848-81
architect: Joseph Nicole

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* Saint Germain en Laye

city along the Seine, 19 km / 12 miles southwest of Paris

population: 43,000

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"Chateau de Saint-Germain-en-Laye"

- a royal palace constructed by Francois I in 1539 on the site of the Grand Chatelet (1122). 1940-4 it was the headquarters of the German Army in France. Currently it's occupied by the Musee d'Archeologie Nationale.

architects: Pierre Ier Chambiges (? -1544), Philibert Delorme (1514-70)
restored: 1862-67 by Napoleon III

"Chateau Garden"

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Terrasse Le Notre

- chateau terrace, named for landscape architect Andre Le Notre (1613-1700)

constructed: 1673 by Louis XIV, the wrought iron installed 1857-71

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"view"

from Terrasse Le Notre promenade of the Seine valley and the Paris skyline 19 km / 12 miles away.

"La Defense"

- Paris business district skyline viewed x6 from Terrasse Le Notre

"Chateau Saint-Germain-en-Laye"

- a royal palace

constructed: 1539-57, on the site of Grand Chatelet begun 1122
architects: Pierre Ier Chambiges (? -1544), Philibert Delorme (1514-70)
restored: 1862-67 by Napoleon III
current use: Musee d'Archeologie Nationale

"Sepultures Neolithiques"

- neolithic burial site from the area reconstructed in the moat of the chateau

"Defile de mode"

- outdoor Fashion show

"Monument aux Morts"

- memorial to residents of Saint Germain en Laye who died in the First and Second World Wars

created: 1921
architect: Carlu Jacques
sculptor: Barberis Charles, sculpture removed