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The last original standard meter is called mètre étalon in French and is a small piece of marble that can be found on a wall next to rue Vaugirard 36, across the street from the Senate at the Palais du Luxembourg. This is the only one of 16 that still exist today, and all of them were installed in 1791 when the Académie des Sciences defined what would be the meter.

Mètre Étalon: The Last Original Standard Meter in Paris

Paris (category)
4 min read
16/03/201821/10/2026

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Frame Travel Roam Capture is not just a travel blog—it’s a diary of my global escapades, a visual narrative of the beautiful and diverse places I’ve encountered.

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