Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye

The Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye is a former royal palace in the commune of , in the department of , about 19 km west of , France. Today, it houses the .
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  • Type: Castle
  • Description: Castle housing the national archeology museum near Paris
  • Also known as: “Chateau de Saint-Germain-en-Laye” and “Chateau de Saint-Germain-En-Laye”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Archaeological Museum and Saint-Germain-en-Laye station.

Museum
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The is a major French archaeology museum, covering prehistoric times to the Merovingian period. It is housed in the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye in the département of , about 19 kilometres west of .

Railway station
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Saint-Germain-en-Laye is the main railway station serving , France. The station opened on 14 August 1847 with the opening of the Paris-St-Lazare–St-Germain-en-Laye railway, ligne de Saint Germain, an atmospheric railway. is situated 120 metres northwest of Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye.

Archaeological site
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is an archaeological site.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saint-Germain-en-Laye and Le Pecq.

Town
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is a town.

Town
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is a commune in the department in the region in north-central . It is located in the western suburbs of , 18.4 km from the .

Village
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is a commune in the outer western suburbs of , . It is located in the department in the region, north of . It is part of the Pays des Impressionnistes.

Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye

Latitude
48.8979° or 48° 53′ 52″ north
Longitude
2.09592° or 2° 5′ 45″ east
Elevation
94 metres (308 feet)
Open location code
8FW4V3XW+59
Geo­Names ID
6615526
Wiki­data ID
Q1520841
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قصر سان جيرمان أون ليه”
  • Arabic: “قصر سانت جيرمان أون لي”
  • Armenian: “Սեն Ժերմեն պալատ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Sen-Jermensk sarayı”
  • Basque: “Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye”
  • Basque: “Saint-Germain-en-Laye-ko gaztelua”
  • Belarusian: “Замак Сен-Жэрмен”
  • Belarusian: “Сен-Жэрменскі палац”
  • Belarusian: “Сэн-Жэрмэнскі палац”
  • Breton: “Kastell Saint-Germain-en-Laye”
  • Catalan: “castell de Saint-Germain-en-Laye”
  • Chinese: “聖日耳曼昂萊城堡”
  • Czech: “Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye”
  • Danish: “Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye”
  • Dutch: “Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye”
  • Dutch: “Kasteel van Saint-Germain-en-Laye”
  • Esperanto: “Kastelo de Saint-Germain-en-Laye”
  • French: “chateau de Saint-Germain-en-Laye”
  • French: “château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye”
  • French: “Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye”
  • French: “domaine national de Saint-Germain-en-Laye”
  • Galician: “Castelo de Saint-Germain-en-Laye”
  • German: “Schloss Saint-Germain-en-Laye”
  • Greek: “Κάστρο του Σαιν-Ζερμαίν-αν-Λαι”
  • Hebrew: “סן-ז’רמן-אן-לה, צרפת”
  • Hungarian: “Saint-Germain-en-Laye kastélya”
  • Hungarian: “saint-germain-en-laye-i kastély”
  • Indonesian: “Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye”
  • Irish: “Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye”
  • Italian: “Castello di Saint-Germain-en-Laye”
  • Japanese: “サン＝ジェルマン＝アン＝レー城”
  • Korean: “생제르맹앙레성”
  • Korean: “생제르맹앙레이성”
  • Luxembourgish: “Schlass vu Saint-Germain-en-Laye”
  • Malay: “Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye”
  • Norwegian: “Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Castèth de Saint-Germain-en-Laye”
  • Persian: “شاتو سن-ژرمن-آن-له”
  • Polish: “Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo de Saint Germain en Laye”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo de Saint-Germain-en-Laye”
  • Portuguese: “Château de Saint Germain en Laye”
  • Portuguese: “Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye”
  • Romanian: “Castelul Saint-Germain-en-Laye”
  • Russian: “Сен-Жермен”
  • Russian: “Сен-Жерменский дворец”
  • Russian: “Сен-Жерменский замок”
  • Scots: “Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye”
  • Serbian: “Дворац Сен Жермен ан Ле”
  • Serbian: “Дворац Сен Жермен ан Леј”
  • Slovak: “Zámok Saint-Germain-en-Laye”
  • Slovenian: “Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye”
  • Spanish: “Castillo de Saint-Germain-en-Laye”
  • Spanish: “Palacio de Saint-Germain-en-Laye”
  • Swedish: “Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye”
  • Thai: “Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye”
  • Thai: “พระราชวังแซ็ง-แฌร์แม็ง-อ็อง-แล”
  • Thai: “พระราชวังแซงต์-แชร์แมง-ออง-เลย์”
  • Thai: “วังแซงต์-แชร์แมง-ออง-เลย์”
  • Turkish: “Saint-Germain-en-Laye Şatosu”
  • Ukrainian: “Сен Жерменський палац”
  • Ukrainian: “Сен-Жерменський палац”
  • Western Armenian: “Սեն Ժերմեն Պալատ”

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