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Opening hours
early Jun-early Nov: Fri-Sun 10am-6pm, last tour starts at 5pm
Description
The former, fully renovated 16C bell tower of the church of Saint-Jacques-de-la-Boucherie, which was destroyed in 1797, was converted into a weather station (hence the statue of Blaise Pascal, who carried out his experiments on air pressure here in 1648) and then a factory for making hunting shot. Bought by the city at the request of the prefect Haussmann, it has been restored and modified on numerous occasions.
Localisation
Things to see and donearby
- 148 m - place du Châtelet, 75001 Paris
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- From€90Book7.4 (731 reviews)56 m - 12 Rue Pernelle, 75004 Paris
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Where to eatnearby
- From €39 to €114MICHELIN 202080 m - 20 rue St-Martin, 75004 Paris
- 157 m - 21 r St Denis, 75001 Paris
- 174 m - 1 Place du Châtelet, 75001 Paris
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