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5 unusual facts about La Condamine


La Condamine

The yacht belonging to the Prince of Monaco is usually berthed in La Condamine's large harbour, the Port of Hercules.

The municipal Princess Antoinette Park, named for Princess Antoinette of Monaco is located in the La Condamine ward.

Louis-Jacques Goussier

He works with scientists such as La Condamine, Étienne-Claude de Marivetz and Roland de La Platière.

Monaco Grand Prix

The Circuit de Monaco consists of the city streets of Monte Carlo and La Condamine, which includes the famous harbour.

Pablo Maroni

At the same time he carefully explored those regions, as acknowledged by the French geographer La Condamine, (see "Journal des Savants", Paris, March, 1750, 183).


Kourou

In 1744, La Condamine, in charge of the expedition sent to Peru in 1735 to determine the length of a degree of the meridian arc in the neighbourhood of the equator, passed by and gave his name to one of the mountains behind Kourou.


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