Château de Saint-Cloud
| Château de Saint-Cloud | |
|---|---|
The château and gardens, c. 1720 | |
Location just west of Paris | |
| General information | |
| Type | Château |
| Architectural style | French Baroque, Neo-Classical |
| Construction started | c. 1570 |
| Completed | c. 1701 |
| Destroyed | 1870 |
| Demolished | 1891 |
| Client | Philippe I, Duke of Orléans Marie Antoinette |
| Design and construction | |
| Architects | Antoine Le Pautre; Jean Girard; Jules Hardouin Mansart; Richard Mique |
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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.