Égly is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France.
Population: 5,259
Latitude: 48° 34' 41.81" N
Longitude: 2° 13' 27.01" E
The Galerie des Batailles (Gallery of Battles) is a 120 metre long and 13 metre wide (390 ft. x 43 ft.) gallery occupying the first floor of the aile du midi of the Palace of Versailles, joining onto the grand and petit 'appartements de la reine'.
…The present chapel of the Palace of Versailles is the fifth in the history of the palace. These chapels evolved with the expansion of the château and formed the focal point of the daily life of the court during the Ancien Régime (Bluche, 1986, 1991;…
The former Château de Meudon, on a hill in Meudon, about 4 kilometres south-west of Paris, occupied the terraced steeply sloping site. It was acquired by Louis XIV, who greatly expanded its as a residence for Louis, le Grand Dauphin. It was largely …
The Marché International de Rungis (or Rungis International Market) is the principal market of Paris, located in the commune of Rungis, in the southern suburbs.
Telecom Business School (ex INT Management) is a French state-funded Management School, a member of Institut Mines-Telecom (ex GET : Groupe des Ecoles des Télécommunications), of the Management School Chapter of the Conférence des Grandes Ecoles, of…
The petit appartement de la reine is a suite of rooms in the Palace of Versailles. These rooms, situated behind the grand appartement de la reine, and which now open onto two interior courtyards, were the private domain of the Queens of France, Mari…
The École nationale supérieure d'informatique pour l'industrie et l'entreprise (National School of Computer Science for Industry and Business), formerly known as Institut d'informatique d'entreprise, is one of the top French public Grandes écoles in…
Versailles-Château - Rive Gauche is a station in line C of the Paris Region's express suburban rail system, the RER. It is situated in Versailles, in the département of Yvelines.
Telecom SudParis (ex Telecom INT) is a French state-funded Grande École for engineers, accredited by the Commission des titres d'ingénieur.
The Château de Dampierre is the castle in Dampierre-en-Yvelines, in the Vallée de Chevreuse, France.
The appartement du roi is the suite of rooms in the Palace of Versailles that served as the living quarters of Louis XIV. Overlooking the cour de marbre, these rooms are situated in the oldest part of the chateau in rooms originally designated for u…
Seine-et-Oise was a département of France encompassing the western, northern, and southern parts of the metropolitan area of Paris.
Montlhéry (pronounced: [mɔ̃.le.ʁi]) is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France.
The Château de Courances (pronounced: [ʃɑto də kuʁɑ̃s]) at Courances (Essonne) is a French château built in approximately 1630.
The Versailles Orangerie (French: L′Orangerie du Château de Versailles) was built by Jules Hardouin-Mansart between 1684 and 1686, replacing Le Vaus design from 1663 - that is to say, before work on the palace had even begun. It is an example of man…
The Université d'Évry Val-d'Essonne (Université d'Évry Val-d'Essonne or UEVE) is a French public university located in Évry (nearly of Paris), Île-de-France, France and is one of the six founding members of UniverSud Paris.
Satory is an area south of Versailles in France. It is mostly known for its military camp, housing:
The potager du Roi (fr: Kitchen Garden of the King), near the Palace of Versailles, produced fresh vegetables and fruits for the table of the court of Louis XIV. It was created between 1678 and 1783 by Jean-Baptiste de La Quintinie, the director of …