Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world’s hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook and Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter. A series of bronze medallions dots the streets of Paris in a pattern that ...
Mid-century Modern Meets Parisian Chic at Le Méridien Etoile with Reimagined Upscale Guestrooms, Signature Le Méridien Hub and Legendary Jazz Club PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--From the birthplace of the ...
Full Meridian of Glory: Perilous Adventures in the Competition to Measure the Earth by Paul Murdin is an adventure story of the Paris Meridian and the scientists who worked through revolution, war, ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning writer/podcaster, I've been to 100+ countries. I recently spent a week in Paris's 17th arrondissement, directly ...
Built in 1972, and once owned by Air France back when airlines owned hotel chains (Pan Am and Intercontinental, Swissair and Swissotel, etc.), Le Meridien Etoile was then, and remains today, Paris’ ...
For sheer magnitude and ecological audacity, few millennium events can match La Meridienne Verte, the showcase of the Mission 2000 project planned by the French government. Last November, tens of ...
2004-01-25 04:00:00 PDT Paris-- What do Place Vendôme, the Mona Lisa, astronomer Louis Arago and a medieval bishop named Sulpicius have in common? Simple: "The Da Vinci Code," Dan Brown's breathless, ...
Astronomer François Arago of the Paris Observatory defied war, disease and death to survey the meridian running through his city — and helped define the metric system we use today, explains Andrew ...
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