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Previous | Home | NextThe Pavillion Joffre, renovated in 1984, is part of the only remaining structure of the original Collège Navarre. In 1817 Berzelius visited École Polytechnique. Notice the plaque to the left of the door, which commemorates Napoleon's awarding the student Arago the "First Flag of École Polytechnique" at the Champ de Mars [military field; later to become the site for the Eiffel Tower].
