The gold reserves of the Bank of France. The National Bank of France has almost 3,000 tonnes of gold in reserve. The vault is 29 meters below street level. THe vault was built in 1925-30. Security is understandably tight. To license this image past this link into your browser window: http://www.nationalgeographicstock.com/ngsimages/explore/explorecomp.jsf?xsys=EP&id=1374989
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