Jean Charles Léon Danjoy
Jean-Charles-Léon Danjoy (31 May 1806 – 4 September 1862) was a French architect who specialized in renovating historical buildings. Biography Danjoy was born on 31 May 1806 in Avensac in the Gers department of southwestern France. In 1827 he was admitted to the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. There he studied in the studio of Jean-Nicolas Huyot. As a young man he struggled to make a living through the sale of architectural drawings and lithographs. In 1840 Danjoy was hired by the French Historic Monuments organization, which had been created in 1837, and was given responsibility for restoring the Château de Falaise. Other restoration projects included the church of Lisieux Cathedral, the Château de Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte in Manche, the Tour Pey-Berland in Bordeaux and the Collégiale de Braisne. In 1842 he won the gold prize in an open competition to design the tomb of Napoleon. He visited Spain in 1842, where he made a drawing of the Monastery of Benevívere ...
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Avensac
Avensac is a Communes of France, commune in the Gers Departments of France, department in southwestern France. Geography Population See also *Communes of the Gers department References

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