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1871
Paris, France
Henri Giffard's grand balloon before ascent, Tuileries, Paris, 1878
Grand Balloon de Mr. Henri Giffard, 1878. Birds-eye view of Balloon before ascent from Tuilerie Gardens, Paris; large crowd and reviewing stands.
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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