Centre-Val de Loire, France · Europe
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Europe
Continent
Paris
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FR
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René Descartes ( day-KART, also DAY-kart; French: [ʁəne dekaʁt] ; 31 March 1596 – 11 February 1650) was a French philosopher, scientist, and mathematician, widely considered a seminal figure in the emergence of modern philosophy and science. Mathematics was paramount to his method of inquiry, and he connected the previously separate fields of geometry and algebra into analytic geometry. Refusing to accept the authority of previous philosophers, Descartes frequently set his views apart from the...
Coordinates
46.9667°, 0.7000°
Elevation
37m
Region/State
Centre-Val de Loire
District
Indre-et-Loire
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Closed · Opens 2 pm Wed
Dining in preserved medieval buildings
Closed · Opens 1:30 pm
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Botanic garden with greenhouses & fauna
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Falaise troglodytique de Saint-Remy-sur-Creuse
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4.3 / 5Museum René Descartes
Closed · Opens 2 pm Wed
4.2 / 5Vieux Tours
Dining in preserved medieval buildings
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Country
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Region
Centre-Val de Loire
Timezone
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4.6 / 5Café Du Commerce
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4.3 / 5JEREM P'EAT'ZZA
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4.4 / 5Royal tacos
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4.6 / 5Restaurant La Promenade
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