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Chaptal replied immediately, "Give it water". Napoleon seemed surprised, but the same evening ordered the first studies of a possible aqueduct from the Ourcq River to the basin of La Valette in Paris. The canal was begun in 1802, and completed in 1808. Beginning in 1812, the water was distributed free to Parisians from the city fountains.
Napoleon I on His Imperial Throne by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. The Salon of 1806 was an art exhibition held at the Louvre in Paris. During the Napoleonic era the Salon was held biannually and featured paintings, sculptures and engravings. Military conquest was the theme of the exhibition, featuring numerous references to the campaigns of ...
Paris under Napoleon; 0–9. 13 Vendémiaire; B. Battle of Paris (1814) C. Coup of 18 Brumaire; Coup of 30 Prairial VII; I. Insurrection of 10 August 1792; W.
When Napoleon proposed the army march on Paris, his Marshals decided to unanimously overrule Napoleon in order to save the city from further destruction. As a result, the victorious Coalition negotiated the Treaty of Paris, under which Napoleon was exiled to the island of Elba and the borders of France were returned to where they had been in 1792.
Aug. 12, 2024, marks the 400th anniversary of Cardinal Richelieu assuming the post of the First Minister of France. Born in Paris in 1585, by 1608, the 21-year-old Armand Jean du Plessis became a ...
It depicts the salon of Marie Thérèse Geoffrin in Paris at the middle of the 18th century. A conversation piece , it depicts many figures from the Age of Enlightenment . [ 2 ] Produced during the Napoleonic era , it represents a nostalgic view of the intellectual elite of the Ancien Régime . [ 3 ]
The new boulevards and parks built by Haussmann during the Second Empire. In 1853, Napoleon III assigned his new prefect of the Seine department, Georges-Eugène Haussmann, the task of bringing more water, air, and light into the city center, widening the streets to make traffic circulation easier, and making it the most beautiful city in Europe.
In the first batch of new episodes, Emily’s boss, Sylvie (Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu), bravely comes forward to accuse luxury mogul Louis de Leon (Pierre Deny) of sexual harassment.