Place Saint-Pierre

Category: Extérieur > Endroits/Lieux

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Place
Pl. Saint-Pierre
75018 Paris 18

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Ephemeris of September 23 in Paris: The first flight of the balloon Le Neptune during the Siege of Paris

On September 23, 1870, with Paris under siege from the Prussian army, the first balloon took off from Place Saint-Pierre. Christened Le Neptune, the aircraft took off carrying 125 kilos of official dispatches for members of the government who had retreated to Tours.