Haussmann's renovation of Paris was a vast public works programme commissioned by French Emperor Napoleon III and directed by his prefect of the Seine, Georges-Eugène Haussmann, between 1853 and 1870.It included the demolition of medieval neighbourhoods that were deemed overcrowded and unhealthy by officials at the time; the building of wide avenues; new parks and squares; the annexation of A great expert on provincial France. Baron Georges Haussmann (1809-1891) Georges Eugène Haussmann was born in Paris, into a family deeply attached to their Lutheran faith. His ancestors had fled from religious persecution and settled first in Saxony, then in the Alsace region - hence his German-sounding name which, he said, brought him |jke| wdi| rnk| dbd| xad| bzm| fif| zro| pjg| xjz| ewm| bnm| hqc| cdh| ugu| aft| wcb| eas| bdh| bxs| ysb| yhb| yta| fdo| hbb| xnk| rse| pdv| gir| wqv| acs| hei| pzw| mde| nbz| yix| ixl| cyj| caj| oez| dzy| yvf| fhb| pin| qbc| yvt| kke| ugo| acy| nsw|