🏗️🇫🇷 In 1918, electrical engineer Fernand Jacopozzi designed a "Fake #Paris" on the outskirts of the #French capital to protect it from nighttime air raids.

The massive decoy used translucent canvas and strategically placed lights to simulate the Gare du Nord and the industrial suburbs from a pilot's perspective.

👉 https://www.historyextra.com/membership/creating-fake-paris-how-one-man-built-a-mock-city-to-fool-ww1-german-bombers/

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