page_title: Valz Prize
hierarchical_section_title: Valz Prize
caption_attribution_description: Español: El Instituto de Francia, sede de la Academia francesaFrançais&#160;: Institut de France/Académie française et pont des Arts (Paris)Nederlands: Institut de France, met in de voorgrond de "Pont des Arts" (brug van de kunsten)
context_page_description: The Valz Prize was awarded by the French Academy of Sciences, from 1877 through 1970, to honor advances in astronomy.
context_section_description: The Valz Prize (Prix Valz) was awarded by the French Academy of Sciences, from 1877 through 1970, to honor advances in astronomy.
caption: The Institut de France in Paris, home of the French Academy of Sciences.
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