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Meudon

Place Type
inhabited place
Description
SW suburb of Paris, on hill on S bank of Seine; residence of Auguste Rodin, Édouard Manet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir & composer Richard Wagner 19th & early 20th cen.; Forest of Meudon surrounded famous château built by Louis XIV, damaged by fire 1870.
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Source
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988); Michel: Dictionnaire des Communes (1984); Times Atlas of the World (1994); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988);

Died

Antoine-Jean Gros (French, 1771-1835)

Auguste Rodin (French, 1840-1917)

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