Louis-Charles-François Ledru
Louis-Charles-François Ledru (1778–1861) was a French architect.
Early life
Louis-Charles-François Ledru was born in 1778 in Paris, France. He graduated from the École Polytechnique, where Gaspard Monge was one of his professors. He subseque ...
, was an architect.
Ledru graduated from the
École des Beaux-Arts
; ) refers to a number of influential art schools in France. The term is associated with the Beaux-Arts architecture, Beaux-Arts style in architecture and city planning that thrived in France and other countries during the late nineteenth centu ...
in Paris in 1837, where
Louis-Hippolyte Lebas
Louis-Hippolyte Lebas (31 March 1782 in Paris – 12 June 1867 in Paris) was a French architect working in a rational and severe Neoclassical architecture, Neoclassical style.
Life and career
He was trained in the atelier of Percier and Fontain ...
and
Jean-Nicolas Huyot
Jean-Nicholas Huyot (25 December 1780, Paris – 2 August 1840, Paris) was a French architect, best known for his 1833 continuation of the Arc de Triomphe from the plans of Jean Chalgrin.
Biography
Son of a builder, Huyot attended the École ...
La Bourboule
La Bourboule (; Auvergnat: ''La Borbola'') is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France.
La Bourboule is situated on the right bank of the Dordogne at an average elevation . It was known for its mineral ...
,
Chamalières
Chamalières (; Auvergnat: ) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, central France.
With 17,276 inhabitants (2019), Chamalières is the fourth-largest town in the department. It lies adjacent to the west of Clermo ...
and Royat. Additionally, he designed a convent, a school and a fountain in
Riom
Riom (; Auvergnat ''Riam'') is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department.
History
Until the French Revolution, Riom was the capital of the province of Auvergne, and the ...
.
Meanwhile, Ledru served as the mayor of
Clermont-Ferrand
Clermont-Ferrand (, , ; or simply ; ) is a city and Communes of France, commune of France, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regions of France, region, with a population of 147,284 (2020). Its metropolitan area () had 504,157 inhabitants at the 2018 ...