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A pavillon de chasse ("hunting pavilion") in France is a building dedicated to venery.They are built in areas where hunts take place regularly. The history of pavillons de chasse is a part of the history of venery and hunting with hounds and its role in terms of leisure purposes or summit meetings, and more broadly in the stewardship of the hunt.
The Forest of Saint-Germain-en-Laye or Forêt de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, is a dominial forest of 35 km 2 (14 sq mi) in area which lies in a meander of the River Seine, France. Situated 20 km (12 mi) West of Paris , between Saint-Germain-en-Laye , Maisons-Laffitte , Achères and Poissy , It is situated entirely within the commune of Saint-Germain.
Created sometime between 20,000 and 12,000 BP (15,000 BP according to the museum), it was formerly in the Musee des Antiquites Nationales, St. Germain-en-Laye, but has been transferred to the expanded National Museum of Prehistory in Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil that opened in 2004, not far from its findspot.
The Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye of 1919 ruled that, according to the Treaty of London, the southern part of Tyrol had to be ceded to the Kingdom of Italy. Italy's border was pushed northward to the strategically important Alpine water divide, including present-day South Tyrol with its large German-speaking majority. [21]
Saint-Germain-en-Laye has a proud footballing history. From 1904 to 1970, it was represented by Stade Saint-Germain , but following a 1970 merger with Paris FC , became Paris Saint-Germain (PSG). PSG is a top-flight football team that is the most successful team in France in terms of trophies.
The center of Paris in 1550, by Olivier Truschet and Germain Hoyau. The Pont aux Meuniers, or miller's bridge, in 1580 19th century engraving by Hoffbrauer. The Hotel de Ville of Paris in 1583 - 19th-century engraving by Hoffbrauer. During the 16th century, Paris was the largest city in Europe, with a population of about 350,000 in 1550.
The waterworks and automata at Saint-Germain-en-Laye were the most elaborate such things that had been seen in France up to that time, and Alexandre Francini's engravings of the brothers' works [5] served to mark a distinct stage in the importation and transformation of Italian features in the creation of the French formal garden (Adams 1979:46 ...
"Eugène Millet (1819–1879)" (PDF) (in French). Société des Amis du Musée d'Archéologie nationale et du château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye "Fréquentation des musées en France en 2007 (par région et département)". Veille Info Tourisme. Direction des musées de France, ministère de la culture. 2008-09-23.