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1871
Paris, France
Henri Giffard's balloon being prepared for ascent, Tuileries, Paris, 1878
Henri Giffard's huge balloon being prepared for ascent from Tuilerie Gardens, Paris. (Note the burned-out ruins of the Tuileries Palace in the background.)
Photograph by Prudent René Patrice Dagron (1819–1900)[1]
Tuileries Palace
The Tuileries Palace was a palace in Paris which stood on the right bank of the Seine, directly in the west-front of the Louvre Palace. It was the Parisian residence of most French monarchs, from Henri IV to Napoleon III, until it was burned by the Paris Commune in 1871 and demolished in 1883.
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