Re: Place de la Concorde

2004-08-04 Thread Frans W. Maes
Hi John all, The nail heads you saw are not from the reconstruction of the Paris meridian by the Dutch artist Jan Dibbets, as this runs through the Observatory of Paris and passes through the Louvre Museum, a kilometer or so east of Place de la Concorde. See

Re: Place de la Concorde

2004-08-04 Thread terry . dixon
Hi all, With all respect to those who have commented on the subject of the 1939 inscription in the Place de la Concorde, Paris I'm not sure if this contribution will add to the debate on the inscription or not but I have been doing a little, very superficial, research on the subject and have