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    Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc (French: [øʒɛn vjɔlɛ lə dyk]; 27 January 1814 – 17 September 1879) was a French architect and author, famous for his restoration...
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    interest which led to restoration between 1844 and 1864, supervised by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc. On 26 August 1944, the Liberation of Paris from German occupation...
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    the Gallo-Roman period and restored by the theorist and architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc between 1853 and 1879. It was added to the UNESCO list of World...
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  • Georges Viollet-le-Duc and Renée Defau. Her great-grandfather was the architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc. She married (and later divorced) Eugène Marcombes...
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    castle in the commune of Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique, in Picardy, built in the 13th century and renovated by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc in the 19th century. During...
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    century. The second was put into place by the French architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc in 1859, and destroyed in a major fire on 15 April 2019. Work to...
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    architect for the memorial was Eugène Viollet-le-Duc. The base has a nationalistic inscription installed by Viollet-le-Duc, translating into French the...
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  • restored at the end of the 19th century by the theorist and architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc. In 1997, it was added to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites...
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    empowered not just by force of arms but also by the power of Justice. Eugène Viollet-le-Duc undertook its restoration in 1846 with the help of the architect...
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    purposes rather than for execution. As reconstructed in images by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc it had three sides, and 45 compartments in which people could be...
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    completed, damaged and removed in the 1840s The two-tower plan of Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, never built The church was reconsecrated by Napoléon in 1806, and...
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    rejection of ornament. According to Le Corbusier, the roots of the movement were to be found in the works of Eugène Viollet le duc, while Mies van der Rohe was...
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    modernize the cathedral, but was put back in a new form designed by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc. The new flèche, of wood covered with lead, was decorated with statues...
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    by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc (1866–84) During the Second Empire, under the influence particularly of the architect and historian Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, French...
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    Commission that instructed Eugène Viollet-le-Duc to report on the condition of the Abbey of Vézelay in 1840. Following this, Viollet le Duc set out to restore...
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    French article "Le" ahead, because it is the name of a commune, not a hill. Institut géographique national (IGN) (ed.). "Commune of Le Mont-Saint-Michel's...
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    French Revolution. His projects were carried out by the architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc. These included the restoration (sometimes creative) of the Cathedral...
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    the fortress, searching for an entrance postulated by architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, but no such entrance was found. However, the excavation did reveal...
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    theorist Eugène Viollet-le-Duc and his Hôtel Tassel in Brussels (1892–93), often considered the first Art Nouveau house, is based on the work of Viollet-le-Duc...
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    the Statue of Liberty. Some work had already been carried out by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, but he had died in 1879. Eiffel was selected because of his experience...
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    Eugene Tan (born 1970), Singapore political analyst and law lecturer Eugene Thuraisingam (born 1975), Singaporean criminal lawyer Eugène Viollet-le-Duc...
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    related to this article: Description of Château de Pierrefonds by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Château de Pierrefonds...
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    1859, during the period of the Second French Empire, the architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc drew up plans for the construction of a new palace on the northeast...
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    (1845–60), under Jean-Jacques Arveuf. In 1860 He was replaced by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, who modified the gallery of the choir and the apse closer to their...
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    (1826) Reconstruction by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc (1856) Viollet-le-Duc's reconstructed section of the Grande Vis (1856) Viollet-le-Duc's reconstruction of the...
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    interested his friend and mentor, architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, in the project. As chief engineer, Viollet-le-Duc proposed designing a brick pier filled...
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    resurgence across Europe and in France; the associated architect was Eugène Viollet-le-Duc. In the late 19th century, Gustave Eiffel designed many bridges...
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    château situated in Hendaye, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France. Built by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc and Edmond Duthoit, both patronized by the explorer Antoine d'Abbadie...
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    pointed arches can be made from a single curve of the compass. From Eugène Viollet-le-Duc ""Dictionnaire raisonné de l’architecture française du XIe au XVIe...
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    of several important historic landmarks, carried out for him by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc. He restored the flèche, or spire, of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame...
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