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Jacques Drevet
Jacques Drevet (3 May 1832, Villefranche-sur-Saône – 11 May 1900, La Baule-Escoublac) was a French architect; primarily known for works in an Orientalist style. Life and work As an architect employed by Isma'il Pasha, the Khedive of Egypt, he helped build the docks at Alexandria. He also assisted with the construction of the buildings for the Egyptian pavilion at the Exposition Universelle (1867), under the direction of the Egyptologist, François Auguste Ferdinand Mariette. Later, he recovered parts of the pavilion for use in a Moorish-style villa in Orsay, belonging to the sculptor, Charles Cordier. In 1868, he was named a Knight in the Legion of Honor. The following year, he was part of the entourage that accompanied the Empress Eugénie to the inauguration of the Suez Canal. Between 1874 and 1886, he was periodically involved with work on two mansions belonging to the artist, Claudius Popelin, in Paris. In 1876, he built four Moorish-style pavilions at the Vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the List of cities proper by population density, 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, Fashion capital, fashion, gastronomy, and science. For its leading role in the arts and sciences, as well as its very early system of street lighting, in the 19th century it became known as "the City of Light". Like London, prior to the Second World War, it was also sometimes called Caput Mundi#Paris, the capital of the world. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France Regions of France, region, or Paris Region, with an estimated population of 12,262,544 in 2019, or about 19% of the population of France, making the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
