Château de Versailles Versailles is made world-famous by the Château de Versailles, from the forecourt of which the city has grown. Author: <a href="https://www.routeyou.com/user/view/2482.en">Dromos</a> <a href="https://www.routeyou.com/location/view/4607005.en?toptext=406491">More information</a> Palace Palace of Versailles Louis XIV was suffering from anal fistulas. In 1686, the king Louis XIV was operated on by Charles François Félix, the court surgeon, without any form of anesthetic at seven in the morning on November 18. The operation took place in the king's bedchamber at Versailles. The only onlookers were Madame de maintenon, a Minister of War named Louvois, the priest La Chaise, the doctors Daquin, Fagon and Besnières and four apothecaries who were to hold the patient. Charles François Félix, the court surgeon operated again on December 6,8 and 10. It was on January 11 that the king first promenaded in the Orangerie at Versailles. Source: http://www.uqtr.ca/~bougaief/Elderhostel/Poeme/louis-xiv-en.html Author: <a href="https://www.routeyou.com/user/view/2482.en">Dromos</a> <a href="https://www.routeyou.com/location/view/47020936.en?toptext=674619">More information</a> Palace Villepreux Villepreux ) is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France in north-central France located about 12 km west of Versailles, in the plaine de Versailles, almost in line with the perspective of the Grand Canal . The municipality, in low relief, is marked in the northern part of the depression of the valley ru Gally, and its tributaries, the ru de l'Oisemont and the ru de l'Arcy. The municipality is still largely rural. Urbanization is about 15% of the area, developed in the southern part, in the vicinity of Clayes-sous-Bois in the area served by railway services from Paris and Versailles. 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The lycée's motto is "La véritable école du commandement est donc la culture générale [The real school of command is therefore general knowledge]". Author: <a href="https://www.routeyou.com/user/view/165089.en">Wikipedia</a> <a href="https://www.routeyou.com/location/view/47835338.en?toptext=1292544">More information</a> School Forêt de Marly The Forêt de Marly is a 2000 hectare forest estate in Yvelines, between Saint-Germain-en-Laye and Versailles about 15 km to the west of Paris. It is about 12 km long east to west, over the communes of Louveciennes, Marly-le-Roi, Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche, Feucherolles and others. Historically, it was a hunting estate of the kings of France, then of the presidents of the Republic, but is now divided along its whole length by the A13 autoroute. 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Author: <a href="https://www.routeyou.com/user/view/165089.en">Wikipedia</a> <a href="https://www.routeyou.com/location/view/47255721.en?toptext=1295123">More information</a> Municipality Château de Marly The Château de Marly was a French royal residence located in what is now Marly-le-Roi, the commune on the northern edge of the royal park. This was situated west of the palace and garden complex at Versailles. Marly-le-Roi is the town that developed to serve the château, which was demolished in 1806 after passing into private ownership and being used as a factory. The town is now a bedroom community for Paris. Author: <a href="https://www.routeyou.com/user/view/165089.en">Wikipedia</a> <a href="https://www.routeyou.com/location/view/47836235.en?toptext=1295138">More information</a> Castle Aqueduc de Louveciennes L'Aqueduc de Louveciennes , sometimes called Aqueduc de Marly is an aqueduct built in the 17th century under the reign of Louis XIV, located in Louveciennes . Now out of service, the aqueduct has been listed as a Monument historique since 1953. It was a part of the hydraulic network intended to provide water for the Château de Marly and the Gardens of Versailles from the Seine river, using a huge pump called the Machine de Marly. Author: <a href="https://www.routeyou.com/user/view/165089.en">Wikipedia</a> <a href="https://www.routeyou.com/location/view/47836239.en?toptext=1295147">More information</a> Aqueduct Bougival Bougival ) is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is located 15.3 km from the center of Paris, in its western suburbs.As the site where many of the Impressionists painted country scenes along the Seine, the village today hosts a series of six historical placards, known as the "Impressionists Walk," at locations from which the noted painters depicted the scenes of Bougival. 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Its permanent exhibition contains interactive objects designed and produced by the Exploratorium in San Francisco, including optical illusions, turbulent motion, structures and forms, and movement. The museum also contains temporary exhibits, and provides workshops for children and teenagers. Author: <a href="https://www.routeyou.com/user/view/165089.en">Wikipedia</a> <a href="https://www.routeyou.com/location/view/47837315.en?toptext=1297979">More information</a> POI Saint-Cloud Saint-Cloud is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France, 9.6 kilometres from the centre of Paris. Like other communes of Hauts-de-Seine such as Marnes-la-Coquette, Neuilly-sur-Seine and Vaucresson, Saint-Cloud is one of France's wealthiest towns, with the second-highest average household income of communities with 10,000 to 50,000 households. In 2006, it had a population of 29,981. 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The château is a glorified playground, actually a maison de plaisance intended for brief stays while hunting in the Bois de Boulogne in a party atmosphere. The French word bagatelle, from the Italian word bagatella, means a trifle or little decorative nothing. Initially, a small hunting lodge was built on the site for the Maréchal d'Estrées in 1720. Author: <a href="https://www.routeyou.com/user/view/165089.en">Wikipedia</a> <a href="https://www.routeyou.com/location/view/47856335.en?toptext=1348411">More information</a> Park Villa Stein Villa Stein is a building designed by Le Corbusier between 1926 and 1928 at Garches, France. The building is also known as Villa Garches, Villa de Monzie, and Villa Stein-de Monzie. Located at 17 Rue de professeur Victor Pauchet, the villa was built for Gabrielle Colaco-Osorio de Monzie and Sarah Stein, sister-in-law of American writer Gertrude Stein, between 1926 and 1928. 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It is at the junction of the Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche and Versailles–Rive Droite branches. Up until 1930, there was a branch about 160 m long providing service to the Château de Saint-Cloud. Author: <a href="https://www.routeyou.com/user/view/165089.en">Wikipedia</a> <a href="https://www.routeyou.com/location/view/4485830.en?toptext=1352676">More information</a> Trainstation Golf de Saint-Cloud Golf de Saint-Cloud is a 36-hole golf complex located in the parishes of Garches, Rueil-Malmaison and Vaucresson, 12 km west of central Paris, France.Opened in 1913 and designed by well renowned English golf course designer Harry Shapland Colt, the Vert or Green course is a championship course commissioned by Saint-Cloud's then owner, an American lawyer named Henry Cachard. The Estate was previously owned by Empress Joséphine, Napoleon's wife. 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Author: <a href="https://www.routeyou.com/user/view/2482.en">Dromos</a> <a href="https://www.routeyou.com/location/view/48535569.en?toptext=2165339">More information</a> Landscape element Avenue Charles-de-Gaulle Avenue Charles-de-Gaulle is an avenue in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Paris, France, named after Charles de Gaulle. The avenue forms part of the Route nationale 13. Until 1971, it was called Avenue de Neuilly, a rare case in France where the road bears the name of the commune in which it is found. Avenue Charles-de-Gaulle continues along Paris's axe historique, which stretches from the original Palais des Tuileries to Porte Maillot, and which finishes at Pont de Neuilly. It forms a segment of the axe majeur, which links Paris and La Défense. It is used by a daily flow of 160,000 vehicles. Author: <a href="https://www.routeyou.com/user/view/165089.en">Wikipedia</a> <a href="https://www.routeyou.com/location/view/50712267.en?toptext=5882316">More information</a> POI Petit appartement de la reine The petit appartement de la reine is a suite of rooms in the Palace of Versailles. These rooms, situated behind the grand appartement de la reine, and which now open onto two interior courtyards, were the private domain of the Queens of France, Maria Theresa of Spain, Marie Leszczyńska, and Marie-Antoinette, as well as of the duchesse de Bourgogne as dauphine. Author: <a href="https://www.routeyou.com/user/view/165089.en">Wikipedia</a> <a href="https://www.routeyou.com/location/view/50712647.en?toptext=5882981">More information</a> Palace Appartement du roi The appartement du roi or King's Apartment is the suite of rooms in the Palace of Versailles that served as the living quarters of Louis XIV. Overlooking the Marble Court , these rooms are situated in the oldest part of the chateau in rooms originally designated for use by the queen in Louis XIII's chateau. Owing largely to the discomfort of the grand appartement du roi and to the construction of the Hall of Mirrors, Louis XIV began to remodel these rooms for his use shortly after the death of Maria Theresa in 1684. The appartement du roi evolved to become the everyday working quarters for Louis XV and Louis XVI. Author: <a href="https://www.routeyou.com/user/view/165089.en">Wikipedia</a> <a href="https://www.routeyou.com/location/view/50712650.en?toptext=5882984">More information</a> Palace Château de Bagatelle The Château de Bagatelle is a small Neoclassical style château with several small formal French gardens, a rose garden, and an orangerie. It is set on 59 acres of gardens in French landscape style in the Bois de Boulogne, which is located in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. The château is a glorified playground, actually a maison de plaisance intended for brief stays while hunting in the Bois de Boulogne in a party atmosphere. The French word bagatelle, from the Italian word bagatella, means a trifle or little decorative nothing. Initially, a small hunting lodge was built on the site for the Maréchal d'Estrées in 1720. Author: <a href="https://www.routeyou.com/user/view/165089.en">Wikipedia</a> <a href="https://www.routeyou.com/location/view/51658769.en?toptext=8025648">More information</a> Castle Grand appartement de la reine Forming a parallel enfilade with that of the grand appartement du roi, the grand appartement de la reine served as the residence of three Queens of France: Marie-Thérèse d'Autriche , Marie Leszczyńska and Marie Antoinette . Additionally, Louis XIV's granddaughter-in-law, Marie-Adélaïde de Savoie, as Duchesse de Bourgogne, occupied these rooms from 1697, the year of her marriage, to her death in 1712. 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