The Estate of Saint-Cloud was created when Marie de Medici offered the land to his horse driver, Jerome de Gondi, in 1577. Gondi created an Italian garden…
Overview of the estate.
Breteuil pavilion, built in 1672 under Louis XIV, now used by the International Bureau for Weights and Measurements (Bureau International des Poids et Mesures -…
Barracks.
Valois pavilion, used to host Ecole Normale Superieure (a school where elite professors are trained) of Saint-Cloud until 2002.
Valois pavilion.
Valois pavilion.
16th century part of the garden and Valois pavilion.
Square pool, the only element left from the Gondi period (16th century).
Horseshoe pool, 17th century.
Horseshoe pool, 17th century. The pool used to reflect an aisle of the castle, located right above the pool.