The lycée militaire de Saint-Cyr (or Coldo) is one of six (formerly 'lycées militaires') of the French

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Saint-Cyr-l'École Saint-Cyr-l'École () is a Communes of France, commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the Kilometre zero, centre of Paris. It used to host the training school for officers of the French army, the École spéciale mil ...

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Yvelines Yvelines () is a department in the western part of the Île-de-France region in Northern France. In 2019, it had a population of 1,448,207.Maison royale de Saint-Louis The Maison Royale de Saint-Louis was a boarding school for girls set up on 15 June 1686 at Saint-Cyr (what is now the commune of Saint-Cyr-l'École, Yvelines) in France by King Louis XIV at the request of his second secret wife, Françoise d'Aubign ...

, the Prytanée militaire and the École spéciale militaire. The lycée's motto is " he real school of command is therefore general knowledge.Charles de Gaulle, ''Vers l'Armée de Métier'', Berger-Levrault, 1934.

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Lycée militaire de Saint-Cyr
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