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Concours De Façades De La Ville De Paris
The concours de façades de la ville de Paris was an architecture competition organized by the Conseil Municipal of Paris in the Third Republic, at the very end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century. History The contest was held annually between the first on 16 December 1897 and the late 1930s, with an interruption during World War I. It recognized several buildings completed during the year. In instituting the contest, the city of Paris took inspiration from :fr:Concours d'architecture de la Ville de Bruxelles (1872-1876), Concours d'architecture de la Ville de Bruxelles (1872-1876) and the Prix Godecharle in Brussels. The Parisian contest was originally set up after the creation of the :fr:rue Réaumur, Rue Réaumur in 1897 in order to promote the construction of original and attractive buildings on that street following the relaxation of Haussmann's renovation of Paris, Baron Haussmann's strict rules of architecture. Initially restricted to the Rue Réaumur, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War I
World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting took place mainly in European theatre of World War I, Europe and the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I, Middle East, as well as in parts of African theatre of World War I, Africa and the Asian and Pacific theatre of World War I, Asia-Pacific, and in Europe was characterised by trench warfare; the widespread use of Artillery of World War I, artillery, machine guns, and Chemical weapons in World War I, chemical weapons (gas); and the introductions of Tanks in World War I, tanks and Aviation in World War I, aircraft. World War I was one of the List of wars by death toll, deadliest conflicts in history, resulting in an estimated World War I casualties, 10 million military dead and more than 20 million wounded, plus some 10 million civilian de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
