Courtyard of the Deer
Courtyard of the Deer is in Versailles, Yvelines, Île-de-France. Access is restricted and requires permission. Courtyard of the Deer is situated nearby to King’s Grand Apartment, as well as near Petite Cour du Roi.Photo: Trizek, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Access is restricted and requires permission.
- Type: Pedestrian zone
- Also known as: “Cour des Cerfs”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include King’s Grand Apartment and Queen’s Grand Apartment.
King’s Grand Apartment
Photo: Michal Osmenda, CC BY 2.0.
The grand appartement du roi is the King's grand apartment of the Palace of Versailles. As a result of Louis Le Vau's envelope of Louis XIII’s château, constructed as part of Louis XIV's second building campaign, the King and Queen had new apartments in the new addition, known at the time as the château neuf.
Queen’s Grand Apartment
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The grand appartement de la reine is the Queen's grand apartment of the Palace of Versailles. Forming a parallel enfilade with that of the grand appartement du roi, the grand appartement de la reine served as the residence of three Queens of France: Maria Theresa of Spain, Marie Leszczyńska and Marie Antoinette.
Museum of the History of France
Museum
Photo: Zairon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Musée de l'Histoire de France is a museum that was created by King Louis Philippe I in the Palace of Versailles and opened in 1837. At the time, it represented an ambitious project of national reconciliation between the hitherto competing narratives of the French monarchy and the French Revolution, to which Louis-Philippe devoted significant personal attention.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hameau de la Reine and Montreuil (Versailles).
Hameau de la Reine
Locality
Photo: Daderot, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Hameau de la Reine 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.
Le Chesnay
Suburb
Photo: Henrysalome, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Le Chesnay is a former commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Le Chesnay-Rocquencourt.
Courtyard of the Deer
- Category: courtyard
- Location: Versailles, Arrondissement of Versailles, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France, Europe
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Latitude
48.805° or 48° 48′ 18″ northLongitude
2.1207° or 2° 7′ 15″ eastOpen location code
8FW4R43C+X7OpenStreetMap ID
way 74628787OpenStreetMap feature
highway=pedestrianWikidata ID
Q3001034
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In Other Languages
From French to German—“Courtyard of the Deer” goes by many names.
- French: “cour des Cerfs”
- French: “Cour des cerfs”
- French: “Cour des Cerfs”
- German: “Hirschhof”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Petite Cour du Roi and Palace of Versailles.
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