Pavillon de Breteuil

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The Pavillon de Breteuil is a historic building in Sèvres, France, that serves as the headquarters of the international system of units and houses key metrological standards.

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instanceOf government building
historic building
architecturalStyle French classical architecture
associatedWith International Bureau of Weights and Measures
International System of Units
metrology
category Buildings and structures in Hauts-de-Seine
International standards organizations headquarters
Metrology
constructionStart 17th century
country France
hasAlternativeName Pavilion of Breteuil
Pavillon de Breteuil, Sèvres
hasFunction coordination of international metrology
custody of international measurement standards
hasLegalStatus extraterritorial site under the Metre Convention
heritageStatus protected historic monument
houses key metrological standards
locatedIn Hauts-de-Seine
Parc de Saint-Cloud
Sèvres
Île-de-France
locatedNear Paris
near Sèvres porcelain manufactory
notableFor role in definition and maintenance of SI units
storage of international prototype standards in the past
ownedBy French state
relatedTo Metre Convention
servesAs headquarters of the International Bureau of Weights and Measures
headquarters of the international system of units
usedBy International Bureau of Weights and Measures
member states of the Metre Convention

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CIPM locatedAt Pavillon de Breteuil
Pavillon de Breteuil hasAlternativeName Pavilion of Breteuil
linked to: Pavillon de Breteuil
Pavillon de Breteuil hasAlternativeName Pavillon de Breteuil, Sèvres
linked to: Pavillon de Breteuil