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Georges-Eugène Haussmann, commonly known as Baron Haussmann (French: [ʒɔʁʒ(ə) øʒɛn (baʁɔ̃) osman]; 27 March 1809 – 11 January 1891), was a French official who served as prefect of Seine (1853–1870), chosen by Emperor Napoleon III to carry out a massive urban renewal programme of new boulevards, parks and public works in Paris commonly referred to as Haussmann's renovation of Paris.
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.
Haussmann's renovation of Paris, a renovation of Paris commissioned by Napoleon III and directed by Georges-Eugène Haussmann from 1853 to 1870. Sarkozy's renovation of Paris, better known as Grand Paris, an ongoing public works program with the goal of improving Paris and its suburbs.
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 1850s and 1860s, Paris was transformed into a modern metropolis by the urban planner, Georges-Eugène Haussmann. His massive urban renewal of the city resulted in a new layout dominated by wide boulevards, lined with uniform stone buildings, and open park spaces, which is still evident today.
Georges-Eugène Haussmann (commonly known as Baron Haussmann) (1809-1891), French official who rebuilt Paris into a modern city; Hans Haußmann (1900–1972), German field hockey player; Helmut Haussmann (born 1943), German academic and politician; John Houseman, born Jacques Haussmann (1902–1988), Jewish French-Romanian/US actor and film ...
In 1854 the Emperor Louis Napoleon, and his new Prefect of the Seine, Georges-Eugène Haussmann, decided to transform the Bois de Vincennes into a public park. Haussmann had three major projects for Paris; to improve the traffic circulation of the city, for both practical and military reasons; to build a new system to distribute water and take ...
The Avenue de l'Opéra (French pronunciation: [avny də lɔpeʁa]) was created from 1864 to 1879 as part of Haussmann's renovation of Paris.It is situated in the center of the city, running northwest from the Louvre to the Palais Garnier, the primary opera house of Paris (until the opening of the Opéra Bastille in 1989).