Paris Meridian

The Paris meridian is a meridian line running through the Paris Observatory in Paris, France—now longitude 2°20′14.03″ east. It was a long-standing rival to the Greenwich meridian as the prime meridian of the world, as was the Antwerp meridian in Antwerp, Belgium.

Read more about Paris Meridian:  Origin, The Arago Medallions, Esoteric Interpretations

Famous quotes containing the words paris and/or meridian:

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    —Ernest Gellner (b. 1925)

    “to these
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