Fontaine du Soir
Fontaine du Soir is in Versailles, Yvelines, Île-de-France. Fontaine du Soir is situated nearby to Terrasse, as well as near Fontaine du Point du Jour.Photo: MiguelHermoso, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. King’s Grand Apartment is situated 170 metres southeast of Fontaine du Soir.
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. Queen’s Grand Apartment is situated 210 metres southeast of Fontaine du Soir.
Royal Opera of Versailles
Theater building
Photo: AlSepPhoenix, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Royal Opera of Versailles is the main theatre and opera house of the Palace of Versailles. Designed by Ange-Jacques Gabriel, it is also known as the Théâtre Gabriel. Royal Opera of Versailles is situated 270 metres east of Fontaine du Soir.
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.
Fontaine du Soir
- Type: Body of water
- Also known as: “Cabinet de Diane”, “Cabinet du Soir”, and “Cabinet Nord des Animaux”
- Category: château
- Location: Versailles, Arrondissement of Versailles, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France, Europe
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Latitude
48.8059° or 48° 48′ 21″ northLongitude
2.11893° or 2° 7′ 8″ eastOpen location code
8FW4R449+9HOpenStreetMap ID
way 92619297OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterWikidata ID
Q38298874
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In Other Languages
“Fontaine du Soir” goes by many names.
- French: “Fontaine du Soir”
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Highlights include Terrasse and Fontaine du Point du Jour.
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