“which allowed the city to carry out several grand operations at the same time, with rapid execution, in short more economically.”
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Georges-Eugène Haussmann
Georges-Eugène Haussmann, known as Baron Haussmann, was a French official who supervised a radical urban renewal programme of new boulevards, parks, and public works in Paris, referred to as Haussmann's renovation of Paris, aimed at introducing grandeur in the city. First a prefect in Var (1849–1850), Yonne (1850–1851), and Gironde (1851–1853), his skills as an administrator led to his appointment…
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politics · French official who renovated Paris (1809–1891) · politician · official · architect · urban planner · Praefectus · also Georges-Eugène Haussmann, Georges-Eugene Haussmann, George Eugène Haussman, Georges Eugène, Baron Haussmann, Georges Eugène Haussmann baron, Baron Georges Eugène Haussmann
Born 27 March 1809 · Died 11 January 1891 · Q191798
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Le Figaro: Georges Eugène Haussmann
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1891· 2 entries
Died 1891-01-11.
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And then married Georges Renouard (1843–1897)
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1882· 1 entry
Wrote of Haussmann in the Gaulois:
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1877· 1 entry
When he became Bonapartist deputy for Ajaccio
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1871· 1 entry
The newly built-boulevards were not a major factor in the Commune's defeat
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1870· 1 entry
But his vision of the city still defines much of Paris today
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1867· 1 entry
A play on words of "Les Contes Fantastiques de Hoffmann", The Fantastical Tales of Hoffmann
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1866· 1 entry
Took away part of the Luxembourg to make room for the new avenue between the Luxembourg Gardens and the Observatory, and destroyed the old garden nursery which lay between Rue Auguste-Comte, the Rue d'Assas and Avenue
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1862· 1 entry
Awarded Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour (1862).
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1860· 2 entries
And Valentine, who married Vicomte Maurice Pernéty, the chief of staff of his department, in 1865
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However, Napoleon decided to liberalise the Empire and give legislators power
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1858· 1 entry
The Cour des Comptes, which oversaw the finances of the Empire, ruled that the Caisses des Grands Travaux was operating illegally by making "disguised loans" to private companies
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1857· 4 entries
Career landmark: Second Empire senator (1857–1870).
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And a grand cross of the Legion of Honour in 1862
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To make Haussmann a member of the French Senate and to give him an honorary title, as he had done for some of his generals
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Member of the Academy of Fine Arts in 1867, and grand cross of the Legion of Honour in 1862
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1854· 2 entries
In the centre of the city, Haussmann's workers tore down hundreds of old buildings and cut eighty kilometres of new avenues, connecting the central points of the city
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The Parliament approved another loan of sixty million francs, but Haussmann needed far more for his future projects
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1853· 1 entry
Career landmark: Prefect of Seine (1853–1870).
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1852· 1 entry
Declared himself Emperor of the French under the title Napoleon III
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1851· 2 entries
Career landmark: Prefect of Gironde (1851–1853).
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Was appointed as prefect of Gironde out of Bordeaux
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1850· 4 entries
Louis Napoléon started an ambitious project to connect the Louvre to the Hôtel de Ville in Paris, by extending the Rue de Rivoli and create a new park, the Bois de Boulogne, on the outskirts of the city, but he was exasp
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Became the prefect of the Yonne department
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And 1851, at Napoleon's request, new laws were passed making it easier for Paris to expropriate private land for public purposes
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Career landmark: Prefect of Yonne (1850–1851).
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1849· 1 entry
Career landmark: Prefect of Var (1849–1850).
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1848· 2 entries
Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, the nephew of Napoléon Bonaparte, became the first elected President of France
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Career landmark: Prefecture advisor (1848–1849).
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1841· 1 entry
Career landmark: sub-prefect of Blaye (1841–1848).
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1840· 1 entry
Career landmark: Sub-prefect of Saint-Girons (1840–1841).
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1832· 2 entries
Career landmark: sub-prefect of Nérac (1832–1840).
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Career landmark: sub-prefect of Yssingeaux (1832–1832).
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1831· 1 entry
Career landmark: General secretary of prefecture of Vienne (1831–1832).
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1809· 1 entry
Born 1809-03-27.
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