Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye

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The Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye is a historic royal residence near Paris that served as a principal palace of the French kings during the Renaissance and early Bourbon periods.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf château
historic monument
royal residence
alsoKnownAs Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye
surface form: Château de Saint Germain en Laye

Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye
surface form: Royal Château of Saint-Germain-en-Laye
architecturalStyle French classical architecture
Renaissance architecture
builtFor Ancien Régime
surface form: French monarchy
contains Chapel of Saint-Louis
cour d’honneur
country France
currentOwner Government of France
surface form: French state
currentUse home of the National Archaeology Museum of France
museum building
hasFunction cultural heritage site
tourist attraction
hasPart gardens
moat
terraces
hasViewOf Paris skyline
Seine River Basin
surface form: Seine River valley
heritageDesignation Monument historique of France
listed historic monument
houses Musée d’Archéologie Nationale
languageOfName French
locatedIn Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Yvelines
Île-de-France region
surface form: Île-de-France
locatedNear Paris
locatedOn edge of a plateau above the Seine River
nearby Forest of Saint-Germain-en-Laye
notableFor Renaissance architecture
collection of archaeological artifacts
role in French royal history
ownedBy French crown
servedAs principal residence of the French kings during the Renaissance
principal residence of the French kings during the early Bourbon period
significantEvent birthplace of King Louis XIV of France
residence of King Louis XIII
residence of King Louis XIV during his youth
residence of the exiled King James II of England
surroundedBy gardens designed in the French formal style
touristType castle tourism site
usedAs royal palace
royal residence of the kings of France
usedBy Francis I of France
Henry II of France
James Francis Edward Stuart
surface form: James II of England in exile

King Louis XIII
surface form: Louis XIII of France

Louis XIV of France

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Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye alsoKnownAs Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye
this entity surface form: Château de Saint Germain en Laye
Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye alsoKnownAs Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye
this entity surface form: Royal Château of Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Henry II of France birthPlace Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Louis Dieudonné birthPlace Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye
this entity surface form: Château de Saint‑Germain‑en‑Laye
Louis XIV of France birthPlace Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Philippe I, Duke of Orléans birthPlace Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye
this entity surface form: Château de Saint‑Germain‑en‑Laye
Saint-Germain-en-Laye contains Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye
this entity surface form: Château-Vieux de Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Saint-Germain-en-Laye contains Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye
this entity surface form: Château-Neuf de Saint-Germain-en-Laye (remains)
James II of England deathPlace Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye
this entity surface form: Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
James VII of Scotland deathPlace Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Yvelines hasHistoricSite Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Saint-Germain-en-Laye hasLandmark Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Saint-Germain-en-Laye hasLandmark Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye
this entity surface form: Terrace of Saint-Germain-en-Laye
King Louis XIII residence Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye
subject surface form: Louis XIII of France
this entity surface form: Palace of Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Mary of Modena residence Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye