Saint-Cloud Racecourse, Paris

Name: Saint-Cloud Racecourse
Address: Paris, France

#1177 among attractions in Paris

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Hippodrome de Saint-Cloud is a grass race course for Thoroughbred flat horse racing opened in 1901 at 1 rue du Camp Canadien in Saint-Cloud near Paris, France. During World War 1, the race course site housed the No. 4 Canadian Stationary Hospital operated by the Canadian Army Medical Corp. On July 8, 1916 the No. 4 CSH was elevated to the No. 8 Canadian General Hospital and operated until decommissioned in 1919. The facilities were built by politician and Thoroughbred owner/breeder Edmond Blanc in whose honor the Prix Edmond Blanc was established in 1921. ()

Local name: Hippodrome de Saint-Cloud Coordinates: 48°51'27"N, 2°12'13"E

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Saint-Cloud (Fouilleuse)Paris France

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Saint-Cloud Racecourse – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Suresnes American Cemetery and Memorial, Musée Albert-Kahn, Pont de Saint-Cloud, Fort Mont-Valérien.

1.2 miNE
Cemetery
Suresnes American Cemetery and Memorial, Paris
31 min walk • The Suresnes American Cemetery is a United States military cemetery in the Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine, France. It is the resting place of 1,541 American soldiers killed in World War I.
1.5 miSE
Museum, History museum, Specialty museum
Musée Albert-Kahn, Boulogne-Billancourt
40 min walk • The Musée Albert-Kahn is a departemental museum in Boulogne-Billancourt, France, at 14, rue du Port, including four hectares of gardens, joining landscape scenes of various national traditions. The museum includes historic photographs and film collected by the banker and philanthropist Albert Kahn.
1.4 miSE
Bridge
Pont de Saint-Cloud, Paris
37 min walk • The pont de Saint-Cloud is a French bridge constructed of metal which crosses the Seine between the communes of Boulogne-Billancourt and Saint-Cloud in the French department of Hauts-de-Seine.
1.1 miN
19th-century fortress and WWII prison
Fort Mont-Valérien, Paris
29 min walk • Fort Mont-Valérien is a fortress in Suresnes, a western Paris suburb, built in 1841 as part of the city's ring of modern fortifications. It overlooks the Bois de Boulogne.
1.3 miE
Park
Château Rothschild, Boulogne-Billancourt
33 min walk • The Château Rothschild is an historic château in Boulogne-Billancourt near Paris, France.
~1940 ftN
Park
Garden City of Suresnes, Paris
10 min walk • The Garden City of Suresnes is one of the largest garden cities in the region of Île-de-France. The city, built from 1921, is located between the Saint-Cloud racetrack and Mont-Valérien, on the Fouilleuse plateau, overlooking the Seine.
1.4 miNE
Area
Suresnes, Paris
35 min walk • Suresnes is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, Île-de-France. Located in Hauts-de-Seine, 9.3 km from the centre of Paris, it had a population of 49,145 as of 2016.
1 miS
Area
Saint-Cloud, Paris
27 min walk • Saint-Cloud is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France, 9.6 kilometres from the centre of Paris.
1.2 miSW
Area
Garches, Paris
31 min walk • Garches is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 11.9 km from the centre of Paris. Garches has remained largely residential, but is also the location of Raymond Poincaré University Hospital, which specialises in traumatology, road accidents and physiotherapy.
1.1 miNE
Colonial architecture, Memorial
Mémorial de la France combattante, Paris
28 min walk • The Mémorial de la France combattante is the most important memorial to French fighters of World War II. It is situated below Fort Mont-Valérien in Suresnes, in the western suburbs of Paris. It commemorates members of the armed forces from France and the colonies, and members of the French Resistance.