Jean-François-Joseph Lecointe (1783–1858) was official architect to king

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. He worked in direct collaboration with Jacques Ignace Hittorff from 1819 to 1830, in particular on the

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and the organisation of grand royal ceremonies and the elaborate temporary structures these required. He is buried at the Notre-Dame cemetery in

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* http://p.landru.free.fr/chapdelaine/article.php3?id_article=387 {{DEFAULTSORT:Lecointe, Jean-Francois-Joseph People from Abbeville 1783 births 1858 deaths 19th-century French architects