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unusual facts about Haussmann's renovation of Paris


This Modern Age

The two move into a much smaller apartment, and Tony comes by because he is still smitten with Val.


Crédit Lyonnais headquarters

The Crédit Lyonnais headquarters (the headquarters of the French bank Crédit Lyonnais, now LCL) is a Haussmannian style building in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris.

H. C. Andersens Boulevard

It was inspired by Vienna's Ringstraße as well as Haussmann's wide boulevards in Paris.

Lorenz Christoph Mizler

The entry requirements of this society resulted in both the famous 1746/1748 Haussmann portrait of Bach and his Canonic Variations on "Vom Himmel hoch da komm' ich her" for organ, BWV 769.

The Werewolf of Paris

The novel is filled with allusions to notable historical figures including Bismarck, Blanqui, Courbet, Dumas, Haussmann, and Thiers.

Victor Baltard

Facade of Notre-Dame-des-Blancs-Manteaux: it comes from the Church of St. Elois-of-Barnabites which was then located in the Ile de la Cité, which was destroyed during the work of Haussmann, then rise in 1863 by Baltard.


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