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Metre Etalon
Mètre étalon1.6
based on 13 reviewsOpen year round, 24/7
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36 rue de Vaugirard, 75006 Paris, FranceMap
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This is a sculpture built to familiarize locals with the new unit when "meter" was adopted as the standard unit of measurement.
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Not Present in July 2018
Check before you visit to ensure the Metre is present and visible. We trekked out to find it in July 2018 only to discover the building at 36 rue de Vaugirard surrounded by construction hoarding walls...
Different and unique
I stopped at the Metra Etalon today whilst I was in the area and on my way through. It’s definitely different and unique. I wish I understood French to understand the sign attached to it, but the met...
Perfect for History Buffs
As a history buff, I was delighted to come across this metre measurement on a wall near the Luxembourg Gardens years ago. I still like to look at it from time to time, because it is a small but unusua...
The SI meter; physics rocks
This is the only remaining meter of the 16 meters originally placed all over Paris 220 years ago. It was used for standardising length measurement. Fun for engineers!
Last original meter reference
A unique place, almost all pass by even notice. The last preserved original meter reference. Historical artifact. Amazingly, it is located in the usual place where on ...