Editing Paris Observatory (section)

=== Paris ===
[[File:Observatoire Paris 20030404.jpg|thumb|upright=1.25|Paris Observatory]]
King Louis XIV purchased the land for his new observatory in March 1667.<ref name="1971JBAA...81..479F Page 479">{{Cite journal|title=1971JBAA...81..479F Page 479|bibcode = 1971JBAA...81..479F|last1 = Friedjung|first1 = M.|journal = Journal of the British Astronomical Association|year = 1971|volume = 81}}</ref> This provided a site for the activities of the Academy of Sciences near to the city of Paris.<ref name="1971JBAA...81..479F Page 479"/> The original buildings was designed by Claude Perrault.<ref name=":3">{{Cite journal|last=Lequeux|first=James|date=January 2017|title=The Paris Observatory has 350 years|journal=L'Astronomie|volume=131|pages=28|issn=0004-6302|bibcode=2017LAstr.131a..28L}}</ref> A dome and terrace was added in 1847.<ref name=":3" />

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