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3 unusual facts about Château de Meudon


Château de Meudon

The former Château de Meudon, on a hill in Meudon, about 4 kilometres south-west of Paris, occupied the terraced steeply sloping site.

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In 1807, Napoleon decided to rebuild the Château Neuf, which became the official residence of the King of Rome in 1812.

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The main building was largely destroyed in a fire in 1871, and it is now the site of the Observatoire de Paris-Meudon.



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