Thursday, April 14, 2016

LOUIS XIV'S VICTORIES LEAD TO DEMOLISHING THE RAMPART...

 

AND TO BUILDING ARCS OF TRIUMPH AT TWO OF ITS GATES 
VICTORIES 1672, DESTRUCTION OF WALL AND BUILDING OF ARCS, 1674)

  Adapted from Atlas historique de Paris / zoom

   Adapted from Paris 1900 l'artnouveau.com


The arc at the Saint-Denis gate
 is grander and more ornate...

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