Foucault pendulum, simple device conceived as an experiment to demonstrate the rotation of the Earth
Location: Paris 5e Arrondissement
Location: Paris
Inception: February 1851
Creator: Léon Foucault
Accessibility: Wheelchair accessible
GPS coordinates: 48.84619,2.34614
Latest update: October 8, 2025 17:43
Panthéon
2 m
Saint-Étienne-du-Mont
122 m
Montagne Sainte-Geneviève
187 m
Paris Law Faculty
130 m
Town hall of Paris 5th arrondissement
134 m
Bibliothèque littéraire Jacques-Doucet
66 m
Panthéon
114 m
Hôtel Lepas-Dubuisson
207 m
Fontaine Sainte-Geneviève
213 m
Presbytère de l'église Saint-Étienne-du-Mont
200 m
Imprimerie royale de Musique
180 m
Pascal
143 m
Crypt of the Panthéon de Paris
7 m
Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève
102 m
Voltaire
29 m
Reading room of the Sainte-Geneviève Library
100 m
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
63 m
Dome of the Panthéon de Paris
7 m
Terra Nera
161 m
PA_157
213 m
Monument a Jean-Jacques Rousseau
24 m
La Convention nationale
16 m
9 rue de l'Estrapade, Paris
191 m
18 rue Laplace, Paris
161 m
Collège Fortet
106 m
16 rue Saint-Étienne-du-Mont, Paris
156 m
47 rue de la Montagne-Sainte-Geneviève, Paris
172 m
51 rue de la Montagne-Sainte-Geneviève, Paris
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