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English: 19th century Benchmark of general levelling in France, next to the main portal of Perpignan Cathedral, showing the
level of 32 meters above the Mediterranean Sea. These iron seals were introduced by French topographer Paul-Adrien Bourdalouë.
In the 19th century, he laid out a network of 15,000 iron seals across France, providing the country's first level-lines.
Français : Repère du nivellement général de la France du réseau Bourdalouë, au pied du portail de la cathédrale de Perpignan.
Image of the day: Wikipédia France, oct. 18, 2020
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Object location42° 42′ 02.2″ N, 2° 53′ 49.47″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo
This building is classé au titre des monuments historiques de la France. It is indexed in the base Mérimée, a database of architectural heritage maintained by the French Ministry of Culture, under the reference PA00104067 .
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Perpignan Cathedral

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42°42'2.200"N, 2°53'49.470"E

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