Stone mosaic map of France produced by Russian craftsmen on display at the Château de Compiègne in Compiègne, France. The mosaic map was made from Ural precious and semiprecious stones by Russian craftsmen led by craftsman Danila Zverev and engineer Vasily Mostovenko at the Imperial Lapidary Factory in Yekaterinburg, Russian Empire. The map was exhibited at the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1900 and was gifted to the French state during the visit of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia to the Château de Compiègne in 1901.

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