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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.

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

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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