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Compagnie Pour Le Commerce Et L'Industrie
The Compagnie du Congo pour le Commerce et l’Industrie (CCCI) was a major Conglomerate (company), conglomerate active in the Congo Free State, Belgian Congo and later the Democratic Republic of the Congo where its subsidiary companies engaged in a wide range of activities in the Congo between 1887 and 1971. These included railway and river transport, mining, agriculture, banking, trading and so on. It was the largest commercial enterprise in the Congo for many years. It went through various mergers in the years that followed before its successor Finoutremer was liquidated in 2000. Foundation When the Congo Free State was formed in 1885, King Leopold II of Belgium thought of appointing Albert Thys (1849–1915), his secretary for colonial affairs, to head the new state. Thys dissuaded him, but proposed to create the ''Compagnie du Congo pour le Commerce et l’Industrie'' (CCCI) and to go to the lower Congo in person to look into building a railway from Matadi to Léopoldville, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jules Brunfaut
Jules Brunfaut (Brussels, 16 November 1852 – 4 January 1942) was a Belgium, Belgian architect and engineer who worked around the turn of the twentieth century. He is best known perhaps for the Hôtel Hannon, a residence for photographer and engineer Édouard Hannon, which is, ironically, his only building designed in the Art Nouveau style. Biography Jules Brunfaut was born in Brussels on 16 November 1852. The descendant of a Walloons, Walloon family originating in Tournai and based in Ypres, he completed high school at the Royal Athénée in Brussels. Brunfaut then followed the courses of the School of Civil Engineering of the University of Ghent.Dominique Bonnet, ''Jules Brunfaut 1852-1942'', Mémoire présenté en vue de l'obtention du grade légal d'architecte auprès de l'I.S.A.E., 1985. Afterwards, he moved to Brussels. While following the courses of Félix Laureys (1820–1897) at the Academy of Fine Arts from 1873 to 1879, he completed four years of professional prac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
