Folie Saint James

The Folie St. James was a French landscape garden created between 1777 and 1780 in the Paris suburb of Neuilly-sur-Seine by Claude Baudard de Saint James, the treasurer of the French Navy under Louis XV.

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Type: Building
Description: garden in Paris, France (partially destroyed)
Also known as: “Château Saint-James”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Louis Vuitton Foundation and Jardin d’Acclimatation.

Louis Vuitton Foundation

Museum

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The Louis Vuitton Foundation, previously Louis Vuitton Foundation for Creation, is a French art museum and cultural center sponsored by the group LVMH and its subsidiaries. Louis Vuitton Foundation is situated 670 metres southeast of Folie Saint James.

Jardin d’Acclimatation

Theme park

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The Jardin d'Acclimatation is a 19-hectare children's amusement park in the northern part of the Bois de Boulogne in western Paris. Opened in 1860, it features a number of attractions. Jardin d’Acclimatation is situated 600 metres southeast of Folie Saint James.

Pont de Neuilly station

Railway stop

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Pont de Neuilly is a station on Line 1 of the Paris Métro, situated in the prosperous suburban commune of Neuilly-sur-Seine. Between 1940 and 1950 it was known as Pont de Neuilly, Avenue de Madrid. Pont de Neuilly station is situated 330 metres north of Folie Saint James.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Neuilly-sur-Seine and Courbevoie.

Neuilly-sur-Seine

Town

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Neuilly-sur-Seine, also known simply as Neuilly, is an urban commune in Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France. An immediate western suburb of Paris, it is physically separated from the capital centre only by the Périphérique to its east and the Bois de Boulogne to its south.

Courbevoie

Town

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Courbevoie is a commune located in the Hauts-de-Seine department of the Île-de-France region of France. It is a suburb of Paris, 8.2 km from the center of Paris.