THEY ARE ANOTHER FRENCH SPECIFICITY AND ANOTHER GIFT OF KINGS
The design comes from...
- The straight streets that lead to symbols of monarchy.
- A probable plan for an urban complex, which culminates with a statue of a king.
- The straight lines that converge toward the dome of the Invalides, which was meant to harbor the Sun King's tomb.
- The Grand Axis.
It brings grandeur by...
- Amplifying prestige:
The Chamber of Deputies seen from the church of the Madeleine
The Saint-Lazare railway station
(The Baron Haussmann, active 1854-1869)
Emperor Napoleon III entrusted the city's transformation to a man who could stand up to him. When the emperor remarked that in London streets served only for traffic, Haussmann answered,
"Sire, Parisians are not English.
Emperor Napoleon III entrusted the city's transformation to a man who could stand up to him. When the emperor remarked that in London streets served only for traffic, Haussmann answered,
"Sire, Parisians are not English.
They need something more."
-- "Memoirs"
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