Saint-Cloud: history and sights
Served by: Transilien L and U.
Did you know?
Serves the Domaine national de Saint-Cloud, 460 hectares of gardens designed by André Le Nôtre for the brother of Louis XIV.
Anecdote
The château overlooking these gardens was set ablaze in 1870 during the Franco-Prussian War and burned for 48 hours; its ruins were only cleared in 1892 — the estate remains a château-less park to this day.
Around Saint-Cloud
- Domaine national de Saint-Cloud, 750 m away — 460 hectares of listed gardens designed by André Le Nôtre, with a museum retracing the history of the now-vanished château.