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Parc-aux-Cerfs

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A Parc-aux-Cerfs (literally, stag park), in France, was the name given to the clearings that provided hunting fields for the French aristocracy prior to the French Revolution.[1]

One specific Parc-aux-Cerfs was the site of a mansion where Louis XV hid the subjects of his romantic liaisons.

References

  1. ^  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainWood, James, ed. (1907). "Parcs-aux-Cerfs". The Nuttall Encyclopædia. London and New York: Frederick Warne.