College of the Four Nations
is really Institut de France, Paris, Île-de-France
Real place, still recognisable
Real-world photo: Wikimedia Commons
How close does the game get to the real place?
In the game
The domed college on the Left Bank of the Seine, facing the Louvre.
The real place
Cardinal Mazarin left money to found the Collège des Quatre-Nations, built from 1662. Since 1805 it has housed the Institut de France, home of the Académie française. The Bibliothèque Mazarine inside is the oldest public library in France.
Visiting
Cross the Pont des Arts from the Louvre for the classic view of the dome. The Mazarine library reading room can be visited with a free pass.
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