Georges-Eugène Haussmann
Former Member of the Chamber of Deputies of France
Born: March 27, 1809, Paris, France
Died: January 11, 1891 (age 81 years), Paris, France
Previous offices: Member of the Chamber of Deputies of France (1877–1882) and Senator of France (1857–1870)
Place of burial: Cimetière du Père-Lachaise, Paris, France
Education: Paris Law Faculty (1831), Lycée Henri-IV, Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris, and more
Children: Valentine Haussmann
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Georges-Eugène Haussmann, commonly known as Baron Haussmann was a French official who served as prefect of Seine (1853–1870), chosen by Emperor Napoleon III ...
Mar 23, 2024 · Last Updated: Mar 23, 2024 • Article History. Georges-Eugène, Baron Haussmann (born March 27, 1809, Paris, Fr. —died Jan. 11, 1891, Paris) was a French administrator responsible for the transformation of Paris from its ancient character to the one that it still largely preserves.
Mar 31, 2016 · Georges-Eugène Haussmann is feted internationally for transforming the French capital with an audacious programme of urban planning.
A great expert on provincial France ... Georges Eugène Haussmann was born in Paris, into a family deeply attached to their Lutheran faith. His ancestors had fled ...
Georges-Eugène Haussmann, Prefect of Seine under Napoleon III from 1853 until 1870. Windows and balconies of a typical Haussmannian building on Rue Soufflot.
Haussmann was confronted with an overgrown medieval town — small winding streets, wooden buildings, poor water and sewer systems. It was a cauldron for disease.
He asked an administrator, Baron Georges-Eugene Haussmann, to modernize Paris—to bring clean water and modern sewers to the fast growing city, to light the ...
Mar 14, 2024 · In the 19th century, Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann, a Parisian official with no architectural background, revamped the city at the request of ...
Georges-Eugène Haussmann, commonly known as Baron Haussmann, was a French official who served as prefect of Seine, chosen by Emperor Napoleon III to carry .