Paris, France:

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Elements: lutetium, actinium
Location: Paris
Scientist: Lavoisier, Humboldt, Curie, Rouelle, Boisbaudran, Urbain, Debierne

Ponts des Arts	Collège des Quatres Nations	Collège des Quatre Nations	Mazarin Collège	Institute of France
Institute of France	Mazarin College	Lavoisier attended Mazarin College	Lavoisier learned mineralogy and geology	Turgot view of the Quatre Nation
Pont Neuf	closer view of the Quatre Nation	Hotel de la Monnaie	Institut de France	Home of Humboldt
Alexander von Humboldt	Alexander von Humboldt	Alexander von Humboldt	Hotel de la Monnaie	first École des mines
Museum of the Mint.	home of Champollion	now art shop and studio.	Jean-Francois Champillion,	place on Rue Dauphine
area of death of Pierre Curie	death of Pierre Curie	Rouelle, the instructor of Lavoisier	Rue Jacob continues	area has completely changed
location of Rouelle's pharmacy.	Rouelle's pharmacy on the right	historically important house	important event took place	independence of the United States."
Faculté de Médecine was located here	laboratory that Wurtz occupied	where Boisbaudran first prepared metallic gallium	view eastward	entrance to the Cordeliers area
The "Histoire de Paris" post.	convent of the Cordeliers	property was taken over by the School of Health	former convent of the Company of Cordeliers	remaining building of the Cordeliers
Wurtz had his first laboratory	gallium research was conducted	original buildings are gone	University Pierre and Marie Curie	appearance of the Cordeliers
location at the Cordeliers gate	Georges Jacques Danton	"Collège Royal"	the Collège de France.	entrance to Collège de France
statue is of Champollion	The "Histoire de Paris" post	Royal College of Gaul	developed laboratories	Collège de France courtyard
statue of Budé	Collège de France courtyard	one of the six panels	name of Vauquelin	name of Balard
Boulevard Saint-Michel	Sorbonne area	expansion of the Sorbonne area	essentially unchanged from today	Place de la Sorbonne
on the right, the sidewalk cafe area	psidewalk cafe area	Sorbonne dates from 1253	inside the courtyard	Victor Hugo
Louis Pasteur	a tribute to Thénard	inside the entrance on the north	hallway in the Sorbonne	chapel of the Sorbonne
lecture halls in the Sorbonne	major internal renovations	chemical laboratories, the courtyard and chapel	upper wing of the renovated Sorbonne	chemical research
westward view of Rue Cujas	upper structure.	1889 rendition of the same corner	same corner northward	main entrance to the Sorbonne
1889 view of the entrance	sorbonne 1550	sorbonne 1670	3rd site of the École des Mines	closer view of the building
Doorway to École des Mines	plaque to the right of the entrance	inscription on the door.	"Library. Mineral Collections."	southern part of the École des Mines
grand entrance of Hotel Vendome.	Another view	The "Histoire de Paris" post.	Built in 1707 by J. B. Le Blond for Canon de la Porte	today houses an important museum of mineralogy
Turgot presentation of the Hotel Vendome	Hotel Vendome lay on the southern outskirts of Paris	Museum of mineralogy	Up to the mineralogical museum	Entrance to the mineralogical museum
treatise of Haüy	curator of the mineralogical museum	several interesting portraits	Balthazar-George Sage	the Panthéon
To the great men, [from] the grateful homeland	Inside the hallowed hall.	Foucault's pendulum inside the Panthéon	description of the Foucault's pendulum	burial sites of Pierre and Marie Curie
passage toward the burial sites	A grand homage to the Curies	replica of "The Shed,"	Entrance to the crypt	The crypt.
Marie Curie-Sklodowska	Pierre Curie	church to the left of the Panthéon	Église Saint-Étienne-du-Mont