- Port du Louvre
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caption=The Port du Louvre is a
walkway running along theRiver Seine (on the "right bank") immediately to the south of theLouvre inParis ,France . It is parallel to and lower than the largerVoie Georges Pompidou road between it and the Louvre.The Port du Louvre is on the Arago route (the
Paris Meridian ) that runs north-south through Paris, named in honour of the French astronomer and politicianFrançois Arago . [ [http://www.tripadvisor.com/Travel-g187147-c60565/Paris:France:The.Arago.Route.Paris..html Inside Paris: The Arago Route, Paris] ] A bronze Arago plaque can be found embedded in the paving of the Port du Louvre. [ [http://www.davidphenry.com/Paris/paris196.htm An Arago Plaque on the right bank of the Seine, just below the Louvre Museum] ] This is one of 135 bronze medallions installed in 1994 by the Dutch conceptual artist,Jan Dibbets . Boats for river trips stop at the Port du Louvre.Notes
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* [http://www.davidphenry.com/Paris/paris196.htm Photograph of the Port du Louvre, including an Arago plaque]
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