The Butard Hunting Pavilion (La Celle-Saint-Cloud)

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The first and grandest of a series of hunting boxes commissioned by Louis XV and designed by Gabriel c. 1750. The king directed Gabriel to design a hunting pavilion for a site equidistant between Versailles and Marly overlooking a small ravine or butte, hence the name Butard. After the Revolution, Empress Josephine owned Butard. State property, closed to the public. translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://fr....
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavillon_du_Butard
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Coordinates:   48°50'23"N   2°8'38"E
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