Paris Observatory
The Paris Observatory, a research institution of the Paris Sciences et Lettres University, is the foremost astronomical observatory of France, one of the largest astronomical centres in the world, and the world’s oldest observatory still in operation.
- Type: Observatory
- Description: foremost astronomical observatory of France
- Also known as: “OBPA”, “observatoire de Paris - PSL”, “observatoire de Paris-Meudon”, “Observatoire de Paris-Meudon”, “observatoire royal de Paris”, “Observatorij v Parizu”, “Observatorio de París-Meudon”, “Osservatorio astronomico di Parigi”, “Paräiser Observatorium”, “Paris Observatory, PSL University”, “Pariser Sternwarte”, “Pariški observatorij”, “Pařížská hvězdárna”, “Royal Observatory of Paris”, “Sternwarte Paris”, “Королевская обсерватория”, “Медонская обсерватория”, “パリ王立天文台”, and “ムードン天文台”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Catacombs of Paris and École normale supérieure.
Catacombs of Paris
Museum
École normale supérieure
University
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Faubourg Saint-Jacques and 14th arrondissement.
Faubourg Saint-Jacques
Quarter
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Paris Observatory
- Categories: grand établissement, astronomical observatory, building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Paris, Île-de-France, France, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
48.83645° or 48° 50′ 11″ north
Longitude
2.33652° or 2° 20′ 12″ east
Elevation
64 metres (210 feet)
Established
1671
Open location code
8FW4R8PP+HJ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
building=historic
OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=observatory
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Western Panjabi—“Paris Observatory” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Observatoire de Paris”
- Arabic: “مرصد باريس”
- Armenian: “Փարիզի աստղադիտարան”
- Armenian: “Փարիզյան աստղադիտարան”
- Asturian: “Observatoriu de París”
- Basque: “Parisko Behatokia”
- Belarusian: “Парыжская абсерваторыя”
- Belarusian: “Парыская абсэрваторыя”
- Bulgarian: “Парижка обсерватория”
- Catalan: “Observatori de París”
- Central Kurdish: “ڕوانگەی پاریس”
- Chinese: “巴黎天文台”
- Czech: “Pařížská observatoř”
- Danish: “Paris Observatoriet”
- Danish: “Pariserobservatoriet”
- Dutch: “Observatorium van Parijs”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مرصد باريس”
- Esperanto: “Observatorio de Parizo”
- Finnish: “Pariisin observatorio”
- French: “Observatoire de Paris - PSL”
- French: “observatoire de Paris”
- French: “Observatoire de Paris”
- French: “L’Observatoire” (historical)
- Georgian: “პარიზის ობსერვატორია”
- German: “Pariser Observatorium”
- Greek: “Αστεροσκοπείο του Παρισιού”
- Greek: “Αστεροσκοπείο των Παρισίων”
- Hebrew: “מצפה הכוכבים של פריז”
- Hindi: “पेरिस वेधशाला”
- Hungarian: “Observatoire de Paris”
- Irish: “Réadlann Pháras”
- Italian: “osservatorio di Parigi”
- Italian: “Osservatorio di Parigi”
- Japanese: “パリ天文台”
- Kazakh: “Париж обсерваториясы”
- Korean: “파리 천문대”
- Latin: “Observatorium Parisiense”
- Lithuanian: “Paryžiaus observatorija”
- Luxembourgish: “Observatoire vu Paräis”
- Luxembourgish: “Paräisser Observatoire”
- Macedonian: “Париска опсерваторија”
- Malay: “Observatoire de Paris”
- Maltese: “Osservatorju ta‘ Pariġi”
- Manx: “Reayrtlann Phaarys”
- Marathi: “पॅरिस वेधशाळा”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Parisobservatoriet”
- Norwegian: “Parisobservatoriet”
- Persian: “رصدخانه پاریس”
- Polish: “Obserwatorium paryskie”
- Polish: “Obserwatorium Paryskie”
- Portuguese: “Observatório de Paris”
- Romanian: “Observatorul din Paris”
- Russian: “Парижская обсерватория”
- Serbian: “Париска опсерваторија”
- Slovenian: “Observatorij Pariz”
- Spanish: “Observatorio de París”
- Swedish: “Parisobservatoriet”
- Tamil: “பாரிஸ் விண்காணகம்”
- Tatar: “Париж обсерваториясе”
- Thai: “หอดูดาวปารีส”
- Turkish: “Paris Gözlemevi”
- Ukrainian: “Паризька обсерваторія”
- Urdu: “پیرس رصد گاہ”
- Vietnamese: “Đài thiên văn Paris”
- Welsh: “Arsyllfa Paris”
- Western Panjabi: “پیرس رصد گاہ”
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