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Alexandre-Jean-Baptiste-Guy de Gisors (20 September 1762 – 6 May 1835) was a French architect, a member of the Gisors family of architects and prominent government administrators responsible for the construction and preservation of many public buildings in Paris.Richard Cleary (1996). "Gisors", vol. 12, pp. 746–747, in '' The Dictionary of Art'', edited by Jane Turner, reprinted with minor corrections in 1998. New York: Grove. .
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at Google Books. However, his most important work was the design of the Saint-Vincent Cathedral in Mâcon in 1816. Administrative positions included Architecte du Corps Législatif et des Archives Nationales (1811), Inspecteur Général des Bâtiments Civils (1811–1832), Architecte des Casernes des Sapeurs-Pompiers de Paris (1824–1831), member of the Conseil Consultatif des Bâtiments de la Couronne (1825–1830) and architect (1831–1835) to Louis-Philippe. Guy de Gisors died in Paris.
Alexandre Jean-Baptiste Guy de Gisors
at Structurae {{DEFAULTSORT:Gisors, Guy De 1762 births 1835 deaths 18th-century French architects 19th-century French architects École des Beaux-Arts alumni Prix de Rome for architecture Officers of the Legion of Honour
Alexandre-Jean-Baptiste-Guy de Gisors (20 September 1762 – 6 May 1835) was a French architect, a member of the Gisors family of architects and prominent government administrators responsible for the construction and preservation of many public buildings in Paris.Richard Cleary (1996). "Gisors", vol. 12, pp. 746–747, in '' The Dictionary of Art'', edited by Jane Turner, reprinted with minor corrections in 1998. New York: Grove. .
Early training and family
Guy de Gisors was born in Paris, where he attended theAcadémie Royale d’Architecture
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and was a student of Jean Chalgrin. He was the cousin of Jacques-Pierre Gisors (1755–1818) and the uncle of Alphonse de Gisors (1796–1866), and collaborated with Jacques-Pierre on the design of the assembly hall for the Conseil des Cinq-Cents
The Council of Five Hundred (''Conseil des Cinq-Cents''), or simply the Five Hundred, was the lower house of the legislature of France under the Constitution of the Year III. It existed during the period commonly known (from the name of the ...
in the Palais-Bourbon (1795–1797).
Later career
He participated in the planning of Napoléonville in 1808 and in about 1810 took over the ongoing designs for the Piazza del Popolo in Rome, succeeding Giuseppe Valadier and adhering to Valadier's grand plan.Allison Lee Palmer (2011). ''Historical Dictionary of Neoclassical Art and Architecture'', p. 225. Scarecrow Press.Preview of p. 225
at Google Books. However, his most important work was the design of the Saint-Vincent Cathedral in Mâcon in 1816. Administrative positions included Architecte du Corps Législatif et des Archives Nationales (1811), Inspecteur Général des Bâtiments Civils (1811–1832), Architecte des Casernes des Sapeurs-Pompiers de Paris (1824–1831), member of the Conseil Consultatif des Bâtiments de la Couronne (1825–1830) and architect (1831–1835) to Louis-Philippe. Guy de Gisors died in Paris.
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* , originally at http://pagesperso-orange.fr/richez/Burgundy/Macone.htmAlexandre Jean-Baptiste Guy de Gisors
at Structurae {{DEFAULTSORT:Gisors, Guy De 1762 births 1835 deaths 18th-century French architects 19th-century French architects École des Beaux-Arts alumni Prix de Rome for architecture Officers of the Legion of Honour