The Rue de Rivoli (French pronunciation: [ʁy də ʁivɔli]; English: "Rivoli Street") is a street in central Paris, France. It is a commercial street whose...
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the main road the name of rue Gallois and the other service roads the first names of members of his family. In 1819, Baron Louis, Minister of Finance...
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The Rue Mouffetard (French pronunciation: [ry muf.taʁ]) is a street in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France. The Rue Mouffetard is one of Paris's oldest...
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Georges-Eugène Haussmann (redirect from Georges Eugène, Baron Haussmann)
Georges-Eugène Haussmann, commonly known as Baron Haussmann (French: [ʒɔʁʒ(ə) øʒɛn (baʁɔ̃) osman]; 27 March 1809 – 11 January 1891), was a French official...
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Beaux-Arts wing bordering the new street all the way to what is now the Rue Baron Horta/Baron Hortastraat, designed by Jacques Van Mansfeld [fr]. Meanwhile, in...
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Hôtel de Besenval (section Pierre Victor, Baron de Besenval de Brunstatt: Soldier, esthete, seducer)
owner: Pierre Victor, Baron de Besenval de Brunstatt, usually just referred to as Baron de Besenval. The premises are at 142 Rue de Grenelle in the district...
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conseillers or councillors. The council sits at a two-storey structure on rue Baron de l'Espérance. The current council consists of: Le Maire de Miquelon-Langlade...
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the great works of Baron Haussmann. The Rue Rambuteau has a length of 975 metres (3,199 ft) and a width of 13 metres (43 ft). The Rue Rambuteau was created...
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Pierre Le Roy de Boiseaumarié (redirect from Baron Pierre Le Roy Boiseaumarié)
Several streets bear his name: in Paris in the 12th arrondissement where rue Baron-Le-Roy was created during the reconstruction of Bercy, two in Occitania...
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Victor Horta (redirect from Baron Horta Victor)
Victor Pierre Horta (French pronunciation: [viktɔʁ ɔʁta]; Victor, Baron Horta after 1932; 6 January 1861 – 8 September 1947) was a Belgian architect and...
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James Mayer de Rothschild (redirect from Baron James de Rothschild)
Baron James Mayer de Rothschild (born Jakob Mayer Rothschild; 15 May 1792 – 15 November 1868) was a German-French banker and the founder of the French...
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boulevards, rue de Rome and rue Saint-Lazare. In addition, the rue de Madrid was extended and two other streets, rue de Rouen (the modern rue Auber) and rue Halevy...
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was hot and humid, Baron d'Holbach retreated to his country estate at Grandval, Le Château de Grand-Val (Sucy-en-Brie today N° 27 rue du Grand-Val on the...
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Field Marshal Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, KB (29 January 1717 – 3 August 1797) was a British Army officer and Commander-in-Chief of the Forces...
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des Beaux-Arts - Rue Ravenstein 5-7-9-11-13-15-17-19-21-23 - Rue Baron Horta 1-3-5-7-9 - Rue Royale 6 - HORTA Victor". www.irismonument.be. Retrieved 3...
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The Rue de la Chaussée-d'Antin is a street in the 9th arrondissement of Paris. It runs north-northwest from the Boulevard des Italiens to the Église de...
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Rue Saint-Honoré, dans l'après-midi. Effet de pluie ("Rue Saint-Honoré in the Afternoon. Effect of Rain") is an 1897 oil painting by Camille Pissarro...
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Paris Street; Rainy Day (redirect from Rue de Paris)
side of the Rue de Turin [fr], looking north toward the Place de Dublin. The neoclassical buildings reflect the construction works of Baron Haussmann....
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naturalness and lack of idealization" General Belliard (1838), on the Rue Baron Horta in Brussels; more than life-size Monument to the Martyrs of the...
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constructed through this old quarter of Paris by Baron Haussmann, relegated the roughly parallel Rue Saint-Jacques to a backstreet. The Paris base of...
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companions bound themselves by vows in the Martyrium of Saint Denis, 11 Rue Yvonne Le Tac, the first step in the creation of the Jesuits. Near the end...
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Maurice de Hirsch (redirect from Baron Maurice de Hirsch)
Gereuth (German: Moritz Freiherr von Hirsch auf Gereuth; French: Maurice, baron de Hirsch de Gereuth; 9 December 1831 – 21 April 1896), commonly known as...
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ultimately never achieved. The street was renamed the Rue Alibert on January 19, 1840, in homage to Baron Jean-Louis Alibert, assistant physician at the Hôpital...
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the Rue de Ménilmontant. In 1860, Baron Haussmann integrated the village of Ménilmontant into Paris, making the Rue de Ménilmontant a street of Paris...
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The Rue Mosnier with Flags is an 1878 oil on canvas painting by Édouard Manet, showing the eponymous Parisian street, decorated with French flags for...
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Pierre de Coubertin (redirect from Baron de Coubertin Pierre)
Charles Pierre de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin (French: [ʃaʁl pjɛʁ də fʁedi baʁɔ̃ də kubɛʁtɛ̃]; born Pierre de Frédy; 1 January 1863 – 2 September 1937)...
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Lèse-nation (section A Swiss baron in the dock)
Laporte, rue des Noyers, Paris, 1789, p. 25 Pierre Victor, Baron de Besenval: Mémoires de M. Le Baron de Besenval, imprimerie de Jeunehomme, rue de Sorbonne...
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Hans Heinrich August Gábor Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon, Baron Thyssen (13 April 1921 – 27 April 2002), was a Dutch-born Swiss industrialist and art collector...
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Luc-Vincent Thiéry (section Baron de Besenval)
Thiéry took his chance and, accompanied by the baron, took an extensive tour of this hôtel particulier on the Rue de Grenelle. He describes his tour of the...
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La Gimblette (section La Gimblette: An inspiration for the decor of the Baron de Besenval's nymphaeum)
Baron de Besenval: Mémoires de M. Le Baron de Besenval, imprimerie de Jeunehomme, rue de Sorbonne no. 4, Paris, 1805 – chez F. Buisson, libraire, rue...
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