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7 unusual facts about Austerlitz


Austerlitz

Robert Austerlitz (1923 - 1994), linguist, specialist in the Proto-Finno-Ugric language

Austerlitz, Netherlands

It was given its name by King Louis Napoleon of Holland in honour of the victory of his brother, emperor Napoleon in the Battle of Austerlitz.

Lionboy

They make their way to Gare d'Austerlitz where they hide on the Orient Express which is destined for Venice, the place Charlie's parents are rumored to have been taken.

Mark Teague

He now lives in Austerlitz, New York with his wife, Laura and two children, Lillias and Ava.

Téoz

There is an Éco train, which runs once a day on the line from the Gare d'Austerlitz in Paris to Toulouse.

Viaduc d'Austerlitz

Tasked with the bridge construction, the Building Society of Levallois-Perret (La Societé de Construction de Levallois-Perret) proposed a bridge with a span reaching 140 m, which was a record out of all the Parisian bridges at the time.

Jean-Camille Formigé, an architect who had previously designed many metropolitan superstructures including the square of Basilique du Sacré-Cœur, decorated the steel arcs with marine-themed reliefs, including dolphins, seashells and seaweeds.


Alexander Salkind

Following in his father's footsteps, he produced French films & others in Europe and Hollywood: Austerlitz directed by Abel Gance and Le Procès (The Trial) directed by Orson Welles and 1978's Superman starring Christopher Reeve and Margot Kidder.

Antoine-François Callet

Under the French Consulate and the First French Empire he painted several more allegories, including an Allégorie du dix-huit brumaire ou la France sauvée (Allegory of 18 Brumaire, or France saved - 1801, château de Versailles) and an Allégorie de la bataille d'Austerlitz (Allegory of the Battle of Austerlitz - 1806, château de Versailles).

Bertrand Bessières

After serving with a good record in Italy, in Egypt and at Hohenlinden, Bertrand Bessières had a command in the Grande Armée, fought at Austerlitz and was subsequently promoted to brigadier general.

Chancellor of Austria

Thugot's chancellorship did not survive the Austrian defeats by the French at the battles of Marengo and Hohenlinden in 1800 and he was replaced by Johan Ludwig Joseph Cobenzl (1800–1805), his predecessor's cousin, but who in turn was dismissed following the Austrian defeat at Austerlitz in 1805.

Georges Diebolt

He treated with equal eclecticism religious subjects such as Saint John the Evangelist (placed on the first story of the tower of Saint-Jacques in Paris during its 1852 restoration) and modern themes, such as the 1854 Maritime Victory on the pont d'Austerlitz.

Jean Baptiste Eblé

Rising rapidly through the ranks, he served in northern Germany, and commanded an artillery brigade at Austerlitz in 1805 before becoming governor of Magdeburg in 1806 and Minister of War for Westphalia in 1808.

New Roads, Louisiana

Many historical Creole plantation homes dating from the late 18th and early 19th centuries line False River, including Parlange, River Lake, North Bend, Mon Coeur, Austerlitz, Pleasant View, among others.

New York State Route 203

Still in the town of Austerlitz, NY 203 bends northwest from CR 9 and enters a partial cloverleaf interchange with the Taconic State Parkway before intersecting with CR 61 (Hogel Hill Road) nearby.

Pont Charles-de-Gaulle

In 1986, the Council of Paris (Conseil de Paris) decided to construct a new bridge between the Pont de Bercy and the Pont d'Austerlitz in southeast Paris, to imitate the design of the Pont d'Austerlitz.

SNCF BB 1280

The SBCF BB 1280 class were a class of 600 V DC 4 axle Bo'Bo' electric locomotives, formerly Compagnie du chemin de fer de Paris à Orléans machines (originally PO E.1 to E.13), initially built for an underground section of line connecting the Gare d'Austerlitz to the Quai d'Orsay in inner Paris.

Spencertown Academy

The former Spencertown Academy is located along the NY 203 state highway in Spencertown, New York, United States.

Trajan's Column

In Napoleon's time, a similar column decorated with a spiral of relief sculpture was erected in the Place Vendôme in Paris to commemorate his victory at Austerlitz.


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