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Jean Beausire
Jean Beausire (26 February 1651 - 20 March 1743) was an architect, engineer and fountain-maker and the chief of public works in Paris for King Louis XIV of France and King Louis XV of France between 1684 and 1740, and was the architect of all the public fountains constructed in Paris that period. Several of his fountains still exist and continue to work. Three streets in the 4th arrondissement of Paris today carry his name: Rue Jean-Beausire, Impasse Jean-Beausire, and Passage Jean-Beausire. Biography Jean Beausire was born on 26 February 1651. His father was a stonemason, and the family lived in the St. Severin quarter of Paris. He married Marie Roman in 1670, and they had eight sons, one of whom, Pierre, born in 1673, also became a fountain-maker. Five of the sons died prematurely, and the other two sons went into the church. Marie Roman died in 1679, and the following year Beausire remarried to Marie-Catherine Le Trotteur, the daughter of a wealthy merchant. They ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fontaine De L'Abbaye Saint-Germain-des-Pres Paris
Fontaine is a French word meaning fountain or natural spring or an area of natural springs. Places France * Beaulieu-les-Fontaines, in the Oise ''département'' *Bierry-les-Belles-Fontaines, in the Yonne ''département'' *Cailloux-sur-Fontaines, in the Rhône ''département'' *Druyes-les-Belles-Fontaines, in the Yonne ''département'' * Fontaine, Aube, in the Aube ''département'' *Fontaine, Isère, in the Isère ''département'' *Fontaine, Territoire de Belfort, in the Territoire de Belfort ''département'' * Fontaine-au-Bois, in the Nord ''département'' *Fontaine-au-Pire, in the Nord ''département'' *Fontaine-Bellenger, in the Eure ''département'' * Fontaine-Bonneleau, in the Oise ''département'' * Fontaine-Chaalis, in the Oise ''département'' * Fontaine-Chalendray, in the Charente-Maritime ''département'' * Fontaine-Couverte, in the Mayenne ''département'' *Fontaine-de-Vaucluse, in the Vaucluse ''département'' *Fontaine de Vaucluse (spring), a spring in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rue Turenne-Fontaine Boucherat
''Ruta graveolens'', commonly known as rue, common rue or herb-of-grace, is a species of '' Ruta'' grown as an ornamental plant and herb. It is native to the Balkan Peninsula. It is grown throughout the world in gardens, especially for its bluish leaves, and sometimes for its tolerance of hot and dry soil conditions. It is also cultivated as a culinary herb, and to a lesser extent as an insect repellent and incense. Etymology The specific epithet ''graveolens'' refers to the strong-smelling leaves.J. D. Douglas and Merrill C. Tenney Description Rue is a woody, perennial shrub. Its leaves are oblong, blue green and arranged pinnate; they release a strong aroma when they are bruised. The flowers are small with 4 to 5 dull yellow petals in clusters. They bear brown seed capsules when pollinated. Uses Traditional use In the ancient Roman world, the naturalists Pedanius Dioscorides and Pliny the Elder recommended that rue be combined with the poisonous shrub oleander t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
17th-century French Engineers
The 17th century lasted from January 1, 1601 ( MDCI), to December 31, 1700 ( MDCC). It falls into the early modern period of Europe and in that continent (whose impact on the world was increasing) was characterized by the Baroque cultural movement, the latter part of the Spanish Golden Age, the Dutch Golden Age, the French ''Grand Siècle'' dominated by Louis XIV, the Scientific Revolution, the world's first public company and megacorporation known as the Dutch East India Company, and according to some historians, the General Crisis. From the mid-17th century, European politics were increasingly dominated by the Kingdom of France of Louis XIV, where royal power was solidified domestically in the civil war of the Fronde. The semi-feudal territorial French nobility was weakened and subjugated to the power of an absolute monarchy through the reinvention of the Palace of Versailles from a hunting lodge to a gilded prison, in which a greatly expanded royal court could be more easil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
