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THE OBSERVATORY

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2024
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Located on the plateau du Mont-Cros, the Nice Observatory was created in 1881, according to the will of a patron philanthropist, Raphaël-Louis Bischoffsheim. Built in stone of the region, its square base presents four facades perfectly symmetrical and identical. Above, a circular wall supports the dome weighing nearly 100 tons and which, thanks to a system of rolling rollers on rails set up by the architect Charles Garnier, can rotate. Its 18-metre long bezel is used to observe the stars. Two thousand new double stars were discovered in Nice. Today, the observatory has become one of the world centres for knowledge of the universe.

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