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Guyancourt

Guyancourt (French: [ɡɥi.jɑ̃.kuʁ]) is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is located in the south-western suburbs of Paris, from the center of Paris, in the "new town" of Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines. Geography The commune of Guyancourt comprises several districts. The first of them, corresponding to the old village, is known as "le village", the others are named: • Bouviers (Herdsmen), ancient hamlet of the village • Les Garennes (the warre…

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Palace of Versailles
Palace of Versailles
Versailles
The Palace of Versailles (English: /vˈsvˈs/ ; French: Château de Versailles French: [ʃɑto d(ə) vɛʁsɑj]) is a former royal residence built by King Louis XIV located in Versailles, about west of Paris, France. The palace is owned by the French Republic and since 1995 has been managed, under the direction of the French Ministry of Culture, by the Public Establishment of the Palace, Museum and National Estate of Versailles. About 15,000,000 people visit the palace, park, or gardens of Versailles ev…
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Grand Trianon
Grand Trianon
Le Chesnay
The Grand Trianon (French: [ɡʁɑ̃ tʁijanɔ̃]) is a French Baroque style château situated in the northwestern part of the Domain of Versailles in Versailles, France. It was built at the request of King Louis XIV of France as a retreat for himself and his maîtresse-en-titre of the time, the Marquise de Montespan, and as a place where he and invited guests could take light meals (collations) away from the strict ''étiquette'' of the royal court. The Grand Trianon is set within its own park, which inc…
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Hameau de la Reine
Hameau de la Reine
Le Chesnay
The Hameau de la Reine (French: [amo də la ʁɛn], The Queen's Hamlet) is a rustic retreat in the park of the Château de Versailles built for Marie Antoinette in 1783 near the Petit Trianon in Yvelines, France. It served as a private meeting place for the Queen and her closest friends; a place of leisure. Designed by the Queen's favoured architect, Richard Mique, with the help of the painter Hubert Robert, it contained a meadowland with a lake and various buildings in a rustic or vernacular style…
wikipedia/Hameau_de_la_Reine
Petit Trianon
Petit Trianon
Le Chesnay
The Petit Trianon (French: [pəti tʁijanɔ̃]; French for "small Trianon") is a Neoclassical style château located on the grounds of the Palace of Versailles in Versailles, France. It was built between 1762 and 1768 during the reign of King Louis XV of France. The Petit Trianon was constructed within the park of a larger royal retreat known as the Grand Trianon. Design and construction The Petit Trianon was built on the site of a botanical garden developed about a decade earlier by Louis XV, within…
wikipedia/Petit_Trianon
Hall of Mirrors
Hall of Mirrors
Versailles
The Hall of Mirrors (French: Grande Galerie, Galerie des Glaces, Galerie de Louis XIV) is a grand Baroque style gallery and one of the most emblematic rooms in the royal Palace of Versailles near Paris, France. The grandiose ensemble of the hall and its adjoining salons was intended to illustrate the power of the absolutist monarch Louis XIV. Located on the first floor (piano nobile) of the palace's central body, it faces west towards the Palace Gardens. The Hall of Mirrors has been the scene of…
wikipedia/Hall_of_Mirrors
Château de Breteuil (Achille Duchêne) - Choisel
Château de Breteuil (Ach…
7 mi. SW Guyancourt
The Château de Dampierre is a castle in Dampierre-en-Yvelines, in the Vallée de Chevreuse, France. Built by Jules Hardouin-Mansart in 1675–1683 for the duc de Chevreuse, Colbert's son-in-law, it is a French Baroque château of medium size. Protected behind fine wrought iron double gates, the main block (corps de logis) and its outbuildings, linked by balustrades, are ranged symmetrically around a dry paved and gravelled cour d'honneur. Behind, the central axis is extended between the former part…
wikipedia/Château_de_Dampierre
Château de la Madeleine
Château de la Madeleine
Chevreuse
The Château de la Madeleine is a castle located in the town of Chevreuse, in the French département of Yvelines (Île de France). In a good state of preservation, it was built on the top of a hill and dominates the town. The name comes from the chapel of the castle, dedicated to Sainte Marie-Madeleine. History The construction of the Château de la Madeleine began between 1020 and 1090, under Guy I, lord of Chevreuse. The objective was to protect the village of Chevreuse against pillage. From this…
wikipedia/Château_de_la_Madeleine
CentraleSupélec - Université Paris-Saclay : résidence étudiante - random encounters
CentraleSupélec - Univer…
6 mi. SE Guyancourt
École supérieure d'électricité, commonly known as Supélec (French: [sypelɛk]), was a French graduate school of engineering. It was one of the most prestigious grande écoles in France in the field of electrical engineering, energy and information sciences. In 2015, Supélec merged with École Centrale Paris and became CentraleSupélec, a constituent member of Université Paris-Saclay. Founded in 1894 and initially located in the 15th district of Paris, it was moved to Gif-sur-Yvette in 1975. Since th…
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Galerie des Batailles
Galerie des Batailles
Versailles
The Galerie des Batailles (French: [galʁi de bataj]; English: "Gallery of Battles") is a gallery occupying the first floor of the Aile du Midi of the Palace of Versailles, joining onto the grand and petit appartement de la reine. long and wide, it is an epigone of the grand gallery of the Louvre and was intended to glorify French military history from the Battle of Tolbiac (traditionally dated 496) to the Battle of Wagram (5–6 July 1809). History The gallery was a major component of the Musée …
wikipedia/Galerie_des_Batailles
IMG_3981
IMG_3981
9 mi. SE Guyancourt
École polytechnique, also known as Polytechnique or l'X French: [liks], is a grande école university located in Palaiseau, France. It specializes in science and engineering and is a founding member of the Polytechnic Institute of Paris. The school was founded in 1794 by mathematician Gaspard Monge during the French Revolution and was militarized under Napoleon I in 1804. It is still supervised by the French Ministry of Armed Forces. Originally located in the Latin Quarter in central Paris, the i…
wikipedia/École_polytechnique
Salon d'Hercule
Salon d'Hercule
Versailles
The Salon d'Hercule (also known as the Hercules Salon or the Hercules Drawing Room) is on the first floor of the Château de Versailles and connects the Royal Chapel in the North Wing of the château with the grand appartement du roi. Description Originally, the fourth and penultimate chapel, the salon d’Hercule occupies the tribune level of this chapel. Initially called the nouveau salon près de la chapelle (new salon near the chapel) when the room was started in 1710 by Robert de Cotte for Lou…
wikipedia/Salon_d'Hercule
La Batterie-5.jpg
La Batterie-5.jpg
Guyancourt
The Batterie de Bouviers is located in the commune of Guyancourt, Yvelines, France. It is a former fortification built beginning in 1879 and occupied by the army until 1932. From 1933 it was leased by the Hispano Suiza company as a factory, surrounded by other industrial structures. The site was abandoned by Hispano Suiza in 1990, and was sold by the Ministry of Defense in 1999. In 2006 the battery became the "Cafe Musiques", surrounded by office buildings and a music school. History In 1870 Fr…
wikipedia/Batterie_de_Bouviers
Appartement du roi
Appartement du roi
Versailles
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 (cour de marbre), 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 af…
wikipedia/Appartement_du_roi
Eglise Notre-Dame de Bougival
Eglise Notre-Dame de Bou…
7 mi. NE Guyancourt
The Château de La Celle, also named Château de La Celle Saint-Cloud or the Petit Château, is a historical building located in the commune of La Celle-Saint-Cloud, in the French département of Yvelines (France), south-west suburbs of Paris, north of Versailles. It is owned by the Ministère des Affaires étrangères, the French Foreign Office. (48°51' 2°8')
wikipedia/Château_de_la_Celle
Gare SNCF (Versailles,FR78)
Gare SNCF (Versailles,FR…
3 mi. NE Guyancourt
The Cimetière des Gonards is the largest cemetery in Versailles on the outskirts of Paris. It began operations in 1879. The cemetery covers an area of and contains more than 12,000 graves. Description This is a rurally landscaped cemetery, the upper part of which is laid out with walks and planted with trees. The Devos-Logie and Mirand-Devos Chapels were designed by the architect Hector Guimard in 1894. There is a section for military graves, including 534 German military graves from the two Wo…
wikipedia/Cimetière_des_Gonards
Ad for Versailles McDonald's
Ad for Versailles McDona…
3 mi. NE Guyancourt
University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (, UVSQ) is a French public university created in 1991, located in the department of Yvelines and, since 2002, in Hauts-de-Seine. It is a constituent university of the federal Paris-Saclay University. Consisting of eight separate campuses, it is mainly located in the cities of Versailles, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Mantes-en-Yvelines and Vélizy-Villacoublay / Rambouillet. It is one of the five universities of the Academy of Versailles. It is one…
wikipedia/University_of_Versailles_Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
Château Louis XIV
Château Louis XIV
La Celle-Saint-Cloud
The Château Louis XIV is a château constructed between 2008 and 2011 in the commune of Louveciennes in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region. The chateau was built by the property developer Emad Khashoggi's property development company COGEMAD using traditional craftsmanship techniques and materials. Located between Versailles and Marly-le-Roi on a 23-hectare (57-acre) walled site, the property is surrounded by moats and has a constructed surface area of 7,000 m2 (75,350 ft2), 5,00…
wikipedia/Château_Louis_XIV
BB 22218 à Vauboyen
BB 22218 à Vauboyen
5 mi. SE Guyancourt
HEC Paris (French: École des hautes études commerciales de Paris) is a business school, and one of the most prestigious and selective grandes écoles, located in Jouy-en-Josas, France. HEC offers Master in Management, MSc International Finance, MBA and EMBA programs, specialised MSc's, PhD's and executive education. HEC Paris is the founding member of CEMS - Global Alliance in Management Education and holds the triple accreditation (AACSB, AMBA, EQUIS). History Founded in 1881 by the Paris Chamb…
wikipedia/HEC_Paris
Château de Clagny
Château de Clagny
Versailles
The Château de Clagny was a French country house that stood northeast of the Château de Versailles; it was designed by Jules Hardouin-Mansart for Madame de Montespan between 1674 and 1680. Although among the most important of the private residences designed by this great architect, it was demolished in 1769 after years of neglect. Its appearance can only be traced through the engravings made of it, and scattered references in the archives of the Bâtiments du Roi. The Château de Clagny Louis XIV…
wikipedia/Château_de_Clagny
Reflection
Reflection
6 mi. NE Guyancourt
Vélizy-Villacoublay Air Base (French: Base aérienne 107 Vélizy-Villacoublay) is a French Air and Space Force (Armée de l'air et de l'espace) (ALAE) base. The base is located approximately southeast of Vélizy-Villacoublay; about southwest of Paris. Units The base is the home station for the following units: • Escadron de Transport 41 Verdun with the SOCATA TBM 700 • Escadron de Transport 60 with the Airbus A330, Dassault Falcon 7X, Dassault Falcon 2000, Dassault Falcon 900 and the Eurocopter …
wikipedia/Vélizy-Villacoublay_Air_Base
Parc de Saint-Cloud
Parc de Saint-Cloud
8 mi. NE Guyancourt
The American School of Paris (ASP), established in 1946, is a coeducational, independent international school in Saint-Cloud, France, in the Paris metropolitan area. The school has over 800 students from pre-kindergarten to Grade 12 and post-Bac. Located on a private 10.5 acre (40,000+ m2) campus on the edge of Paris, ASP provides an American education to an international student body of more than 50 nationalities. School overview ASP is organized into three divisions: Lower School (Early Childh…
wikipedia/American_School_of_Paris
/ Paris Palaiseau - 26 nov 2017
/ Paris Palaiseau - 26 n…
9 mi. SE Guyancourt
The Institut des hautes études scientifiques (IHÉS; English: Institute of Advanced Scientific Studies) is a French research institute supporting advanced research in mathematics and theoretical physics. It is located in Bures-sur-Yvette, just south of Paris. It is an independently governed research institute and a founding member of the University of Paris-Saclay. History The IHÉS was founded in 1958 by businessman and mathematical physicist Léon Motchane with the help of Robert Oppenheimer and …
wikipedia/Institut_des_Hautes_Études_Scientifiques
Galerie des sculptures et des moulages
Galerie des sculptures e…
3 mi. NE Guyancourt
The École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Versailles commonly referred to as the ENSAV, is a leading French architectural school located at the ancient stables of the Versailles Palace. It is an associate member of the University Paris-Saclay. The pedagogical aim of the National Architecture School of Versailles is to provide an intense experience in the architectural arts while developing questions of architecture in the fields of building, city and regional planning. The school prepares…
wikipedia/École_nationale_supérieure_d'architecture_de_Versailles
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Guyancourt
Prost Grand Prix was a Formula One racing team owned and managed by four-time Formula One world champion Alain Prost. The team participated in five seasons from 1997 to 2001. History Purchase of Ligier As early as 1992, Alain Prost had ambitions to buy the Ligier team, and had tested their 1992 car incognito, wearing Érik Comas's crash helmet, with a view to being a driver-owner, even setting competitive lap times. Ligier was being supplied with Elf lubricants and Renault engines at the time, an…
wikipedia/Prost_Grand_Prix
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