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Paris, France

Henry Gifford balloon 3a30765

Henry Gifford balloon 3a30765 — Paris, France

Henry Gifford's (Henri Giffard's) en:balloon before ascension, 1878. Photo taken from the ruins of the Tuileries Palace, showing the Tuileries courtyard, the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel, the Place du Carrousel and the north wing of the Louvre Palace.

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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Part of the Parisian Photography